The document is a questionnaire from March 2016 containing 25 multiple choice questions about European history between 1945-2015. The questions cover a wide range of topics including major treaties, political and cultural figures, scientific discoveries, sporting events, and political upheavals during this time period in Europe.

1. EVENING HIGH SCHOOL OF AIGALEO
70 YEARS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY (1945-2015)
QUESTIONNAIRE 02
March 2016
Choose the right answer by circling A, B, C or D
1. In August 1975, after the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, one of the major
treaties of the 20th century, was signed by 35 countries in Finland. That treaty was:
Α. the treaty of Finland C. the treaty of Rome
Β. the Helsinki final act D. the MaastrichtTreaty
2. Which of the following is the highest institution of the European Union, established in 1975 and
comprising the heads of the state or government of the member countries?
Α. EuropeanCommission C. European Parliament
Β. EuropeanCouncil D. EuropeanCentralBank
3. The Turkish invasion of Cyprus, in July 1974, had the code name:
Α. invasion “Barbarosa”
Β. JenkinsKhan
C. operation “Eagle”
D. operation “Atilla”
4. In the following photo you can see a picture titled “the four seasons”. It is an oil painting,
representative sample of the work of the great Greek painter:
Α. GiannisTsarouhis
Β. Fotis Kondoglou
C. KonstantinosVolonakis
D. Nikos Hatzikiriakos-Gikas

2. 5. In 1971, aged 87, died in Lausanne, Switzerland, one of the most important women in the field of the 20th
century’s fashion and the creator of the famous perfume “No. 5”, the French:
Α. MaryQuant C. EdithPiaf
Β. MarilynMonroe D. CocoChanel
6. In November 1973, the beginning of the end for the junta in Greece was marked by the uprising of:
Α. the Polytechnic Schoolof Athens
Β. the Philosophical SchoolofThessaloniki
C. the LawSchoolof Athens
D. the Medical School ofAthens
7. Thefirstmobilephone,25cmlong and 900gr in weight,wasreleased to theworld marketin 1973bythe
firm:
Α. SonyEricsson C. Samsung
Β. Motorola D. Nokia
8. Theterm“BloodySunday” –which isalso thetitleofa “U2’s” song -is referred to:
Α. the kidnappingandmurderofseveral government members,inthe summerof1975,in Rome
Β. the militaryintervention in the Polytechnic School ofAthens on November17th, 1973
C. the British soldiers’ attackduringa peacefulmarchinDerry,North Ireland, onJanuary 30th, 1972
D. MikhailGorbachev's rise to the leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,in 1985
9. On May 28th 1979, Konstantinos Karamanlis signed the full treaty of Greece’s accession in:
Α. ΝΑΤΟ
Β. the UnitedNations
C. EEC
D. UNESCO

3. 10. Themusicband appearedin thepicture,formed in 1975in G.Britain,initiated thepunkmovementin Europe
and inspired manylater rockmusicians,is:
Α. TheSexPistols
Β. TheBeatles
C. TheRamones
D. TheRolling Stones
11. The terrorist attack during the Olympic Games, by members of the Palestinian organization "Black
September" resulted in the death of 17 people, took place:
Α. in 1936in Berlin C. in 1980in Frankfurt
Β. in 1972in Munich D. in 2000in Paris
12. On October 18th 1979, the Swedish Academy announced the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature,
to the so called “Poet of the Aegean sea”:
Α. Odysseas Elytis
Β. GeorgiosSeferis
C. NikiforosVrettakos
D. Angelos Sikelianos
13. The terrorist organization “Red Brigades” (Brigate Rosse) in 1978, kidnapped and murdered the
former Italian Prime Minister :
Α. Olof Palme C. JulioAndreotti
Β. LechVallesa D. Aldo Moro
14. The faction "Red Army» (RAF) or Baanter- Meinhof group was:
Α. a left East Germanpoliticalpartycreatedinthe 70s
Β. a radical leftist group which conducted urban guerrillas and was activated in West Germanyfrom 1970 to 1998
C. the militarygroup which ledthe revolutionfor the restorationof democracyinSpain
D. a special,welltrainedpartof the RussianNational MilitaryForceswhichwasactiveduring theWorld War II
15. The overthrow of Salazar’s dictatorship in Portugal, in April 1974, is known as:

4. Α. «thecolonelsrevolution» C. «thePragueSpring»
Β. «theblackrevolution» D. «thecarnationrevolution»
16. In the photo below you can see the last Soviet leader and inspirer of "perestroika". His name is:
Α. Leonid Brezhnev
Β. Mikhail Gorbachev
C. Nikita Khrushchev
D. Georgy Malenkov
17. Karolos Koun,thegreat Greektheaterdirectorwho died in 1987,founded the :
Α. the Art Theater
Β. the Avant-Garde theatre
C. the NationalTheaterofGreece
D. the Theaterofthe Absurd
18. Lech Walesa was:
Α. leaderof the CommunistParty of Czechoslovakia
Β. ForeignAffairs’ Ministerof Britainat the timeof the Thatchergovernment
C. co-founderof the trade union"Solidarity" and presidentof Poland
D. ChancellorofWest Germanywhoworkedcloselywith M. Gorbachev
19. Thelargestnuclearaccidentin historyoccurredon April 26th,1986,at thereactorNo.4 of the nuclear power
plant:
Α. at Chernobyl, Ukraine C. at Belfast, North Ireland
Β. at Seveso, Italy D. at Prague, CzechRepublic
20. TheGreece National BasketballTeam won theEuropean Championship by beating theUSSR103-101,during
the final in Athens, in:
Α. 1967 C. 1990
Β. 1987 D. 1982

5. 21. By the term “perestroika”, we mean:
Α. the Soviet Union flagduringthe ColdWar
Β. the economic and social reforms that took place in the Soviet Union from April 1985 until December 1991
Γ. the famousballetof Tchaikovskywhichfirst presented in August 1971
Δ. the famouspaintingbyPabloPicassoillustrating thedestructionof the homonymouscityof Spain
22. The man in the picture, the British director, producer, actor and leading figure of the world cinema,
often called "maitre of suspense" who died in April 29th, 1980 was:
Α. GeorgeWelles
Β. RobertoRossellini
C. Winston Churchill
D. Alfred Hitchcock
23. The retrovirus HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) was isolated in 1983. The HIV causes the
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, a disease known as:
Α. HepatitisC C. AIDS
Β. Hansen's disease D. Parkinson'sdisease
24. In 1989, a European city was reunited by the fall of a wall. That city was:
Α. Paris
Β. Kiev
C. Berlin
D. Dublin
25. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1990, became known as:
Α. the “Iron Lady”
Β. “whiteorchid”
C. the “silky primeminister “
D. the “goldenleader”