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HONORS MODERN WORLD WEBQUEST

CONFLICT IN THE MODERN ERA

Start in the 1940’s

 

What countries belong to the European Union? What is the main purpose of the European Union?

Give a chronology of major events that have affected the European Union since the 1940’s?


<>How has the European Union changed since its inception? 

How well has the EU done economically since it started as the EEC in the 1950's?

Explain the main characteristics of the European Union. (Answer these questions based on the EU today.) In your own words –following the format below:
 

  • What is the structure of the European Union? 
  • How are countries represented in the European Union?

·         Has inclusion in the EU helped the countries of Eastern Europe?

·         How about Western Europe, how have they been impacted by the inclusion of Eastern European countries?

Explain how the development of the European Union has affected the following countries and regions:

  • The United States? 
  • Russia?
  • The rest of the world? 

In what way has the European Union changed the global economy?


<>Other countries have been forming economic unions, how are their unions different than the one the EU formed?

Do you believe the countries of the world will eventually unite into a giant economic union similar to the EU? Explain? (BE REALISTIC)



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