The document is a 20 question modern history quiz covering the time period of 1989-2015. The quiz questions cover topics like the first popularly elected president of Poland, the Schengen Agreement eliminating border checks, the launch of the euro currency, leaders like Ceaușescu and Thatcher, dates like the fall of the Soviet Union and the Lisbon Treaty expanding EU powers.

1. MODERN HISTORY QUIZ
Thirdperiod 1989-2015
1. Who became the firstpopularlyelectedPresidentof Poland?
a) Lech Wałęsa
b) AleksanderKwaśniewski
c) WojciechJaruzelski
2. What isthe name of the agreementsthatgraduallyallow people totravel withouthaving
theirpassportscheckedatthe borders(introducedin1995)?
a) Luxembourg
b) Schengen
c) Geneva
3. Whenwas the eurolaunchedasa virtual currencyforcash-lesspaymentsandaccounting
purposes?
a) on 1 January 1999
b) on 1 January2000
c) on 31 January2000
4. What was the name of Romaniandictatorwho wasexecutedin1989?
a) Nicolae Ceaușescu
b) IonMihai Pacepa
c) IonIliescu
5. Whenwas Treatyof Maastricht onEuropeanUnion signed?
a) 7 February1994
b) 7 February 1992
c) 17 February1992
6. WhichBritishPrime MinisterwascalledIronLady?
a) Tony Blair
b) Margaret Thatcher
c) WinstonChurchil
7. Who became became Chancellorof Germanyin2006?
a) Gerhard Schroeder
b) AngelaMerkel
c) HelmutKohl
8. Whichdat eisthe official endof the SovietUnion?
a) 31 December1991
b) 24 August1991
c) 1 January1992
9. Whichcountry wasadmittedas the latesttothe EU (in2013)?
a) Croatia
b) Bulgaria
c) Romania
10. Whichcountry became the firstcountryto legalisesame-sexmarriage?
a) Belgium
b) The Netherlands
c) France
11. Why the date 10th April 2010 is imporatntforPoles?
a) PolishAir Force Tu-154 crash killingPolishPresidentLechKaczyński
b) PolishPope JohnPaul IIdied
c) Polandjoinedthe EUthen

2. 12. Whichcivil war resultedintensionalongthe countries'borderanda huge influx of refugees
intoTurkey
a) In Russia
b) In Cyprus
c) In Syria
13. What famouspaintingwasstolen fromaNorwegianmuseumin2004?
a) Mona Lisa
b) Scream
c) Starry Night
14. In whatyear didscientistscomplete amapof the human genome?
a) 2000
b) 2005
c) 2015
15. In whichcityin2007 was the …Treaty signed whichhandsgreaterpowerstoBrussels?
a) Amsterdam
b) Lisbon
c) Maastricht
16. Complete the sentence "The fall of ……………………………………representsnotonlythe collapse
of totalitarianisminCentral andEasternEurope…”
a) Warsaw Pact
b) Prague Spring
c) the BerlinWall
17. How manymemberstatesof the EU use euroas a currency?
a) 19
b) 15
c) 26
18. Whenwere the TwinTowersof the WorldTrade Centerdestroyed?
a) March 23, 2001
b) August30, 2001
c) September11, 2001
19. In March of 2004 El Quidaoperativesbombedthe subways inaEuropeancapital.Which
one?
a) Paris
b) Madrid
c) Brussels
20. The euro (€) is the official currency insome countriesof the EU.These countriesare called:
a) Euro union
b) Eurozone
c) Zone euro