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QUESTION: In Western Europe, what percent of people live outside of cities? ANSWER: 25%

QUESTION: How many people left Europe between 1945 and 1960 each year? ANSWER: 500,000

QUESTION: What caused non-Europeans to immigrate to Europe? ANSWER: Decolonization

QUESTION: What caused groups like the National Front to emerge? ANSWER: Racial Tensions

QUESTION: What were the two causes of Muslim immigration to Europe? ANSWER: European economic growth and Decolonization

QUESTION: Which political parties were the vehicle of the new postwar politics? ANSWER: Christian Democratic Parties

QUESTION: What events changed how people saw social welfare? ANSWER: The Great Depression, the rise of authoritarian states, and World War II

QUESTION: What two models of social welfare were there before World War II? ANSWER: German and British

QUESTION: What was the common thinking of social welfare after World War II? ANSWER: It was a social right and should be available to all citizens.

QUESTION: Which country was the first to become a modern welfare state? ANSWER: Britain

QUESTION: How did World War II affect women’s roles? ANSWER: They assumed larger economic and political positions.

QUESTION: Who was the most influential postwar feminist? ANSWER: Simone de Beauvoir

QUESTION: How was this feminism different from years prior? ANSWER: This feminism was more of social movement, not pressing for specific rights.

QUESTION: Why were there more married women in the work force? ANSWER: There were less single women to work because of low birth rates, better health care, and financial nessesity.

QUESTION: Why were there no major women's rights movements in Eastern Europe? ANSWER: Communist governments considered them equal and independent organizations were discouraged.

QUESTION: Why did many intellectuals support communism? ANSWER: Other forms of government failed with the Great Depression and communism was seen as a savior.

QUESTION: What is the twentieth century European philosophy? ANSWER: Existentialism

QUESTION: Existentialism questioned what other philosophy? ANSWER: Rationalism

QUESTION: How many people were enrolled in a university in any major European country in ANSWER: Over 200,000.

QUESTION: What were the student rebellions of the 60’s based on? ANSWER: Anti-militarism.

QUESTION: What was the first computer built for? ANSWER: Ballistic calculations

QUESTION: Who started European cooperation between countries? ANSWER: United States

QUESTION: What treaty created the European Economic Community? ANSWER: Treaty of Rome.

QUESTION: What was the European Economic Community’s greatest achievement? ANSWER: Creation of the Euro?

QUESTION: Who initiated the greatest change the Roman Catholic Church had seen in more than a century? ANSWER: Pope John XXIII