Jeopardy Political Institution Economy Public Policy Citizens, Political Socialization, Society Intro, History, Geography Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Political Institutions What is the EU’s Executive Branch called?

$100 Answer from Political Institutions The European Commission

$200 Question from Political Institutions What does the European Commission do?

$200 Answer from Political Institutions Makes proposals to and executes decisions made by the Council of Ministers

$300 Question from Political Institutions Who judges the legality of decisions passed by the Council of Ministers and the European Commission?

$300 Answer from Political Institutions The European Court of Justice

$400 Question from Political Institutions What is the main decision making body of the EU?

$400 Answer from Political Institutions The Council of Ministers

$500 Question from Political Institutions What does the Council of Ministers consist of?

$500 Answer from Political Institutions 27 foreign ministers appointed by the member states

$100 Question from Economy What is the framework for cooperation on economic policy?

$100 Answer from Economy It is the economic and monetary union (EMU), of which all EU countries are part.

$200 Question from Economy What is the EMU significant or responsible for?

$200 Answer from Economy It is the context within which they agree common guidelines for questions of importance for the economy. The overall result is more growth, more jobs and a higher level of social welfare for all.

$300 Question from Economy What are two of the original core objectives of the European Economic Community?

$300 Answer from Economy A common market, (single market) and a customs union between its member states.

$400 Question from Economy The Single market in the European Union involves what?

$400 Answer from Economy The single market involves the free circulation of goods, capital, people and services within the EU

$500 Question from Economy The European Union, in 2009, amounting to over 21% of the world's total economic output in terms of purchasing power parity makes it what?

$500 Answer from Economy It makes it the largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the second largest trade bloc economy in the world by PPP valuation of GDP

$100 Question from Public Policy The most recent public policy that the EU is trying to pass is?

$100 Answer from Public Policy A health policy

$200 Question from Public Policy Most important and expensive policy in the EU is?

$200 Answer from Public Policy Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) – ensures stable food supply

$300 Question from Public Policy The EU first started passing equality policies in what year?

$300 Answer from Public Policy 1957 – with a clause on equal pay written into the treaty of Rome.

$400 Question from Public Policy The environmental policy helps prevent against what?

$400 Answer from Public Policy Water, air, and noise pollution – controls related to chemicals, biotechnology and nuclear energy within the union.

$500 Question from Public Policy A subject where policies are constantly being renewed/made is?

$500 Answer from Public Policy Gender/equality policies.

$100 Question from Citizens, Political Socialization, Society In what ways can being a member country of the European Union benefit its citizens?

$100 Answer from Citizens, Political Socialization, Society Become a citizen of an EU country Become a resident of an EU country Marry an EU resident/citizen Obtain an EU passport Work temporary in any of the member countries

$200 Question from Citizens, Political Socialization, Society All Member States of the European Union (EU) are affected by the flow of international migration. They have agreed to develop a common immigration policy at EU level. When and where did the leaders of the EU set out for a new approach to manage migration?

$200 Answer from Citizens, Political Socialization, Society October 1999 European Council in Tampere (Finland)

$300 Question from Citizens, Political Socialization, Society What is the program in which one or more cities of the EU are selected for one year to assist the cultural development of that city?

$300 Answer from Citizens, Political Socialization, Society European Capital of Culture Programme

$400 Question from Citizens, Political Socialization, Society To give its diplomacy more clout and visibility, the Union created which position? (coordinates between EU countries to shape and carry out foreign policy)

$400 Answer from Citizens, Political Socialization, Society The post of High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy

$500 Question from Citizens, Political Socialization, Society The Commission follows the new external aid concept of SSR. What does SSR stand for?

$500 Answer from Citizens, Political Socialization, Society Security System Reform

$100 Question from Intro., History, Geography What is the EU?

$100 Answer from Intro., History, Geography A supranational organization

$200 Question from Intro., History, Geography The Treaty of Amsterdam consolidates each of the three great "pillars" which have been the foundation for the Union's work since the Maastricht Treaty, What are these three pillars?

$200 Answer from Intro., History, Geography Trade and Economic Matters Justice and Home Affairs Foreign and Security Policy

$300 Question from Intro., History, Geography What countries make up the “Big Three” ?

$300 Answer from Intro., History, Geography France, Germany, and the United Kingdom

$400 Question from Intro., History, Geography What treaty paved the way for other European countries to join the EU?

$400 Answer from Intro., History, Geography The Maastricht Treaty paved the way for other European countries to join the EU.

$500 Question from Intro., History, Geography How many member-states are in the European Union?

$500 Answer from Intro., History, Geography 27

Final Jeopardy Which six countries were the founding members of the European Union (EU)?

Final Jeopardy Answer Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands & West-Germany