The most recent country to join the European Union is

The most recent country to join the European Union is
 
  a. Turkey.
 b. Croatia.
 c. the Ukraine.
  d. Iceland.
 e. Switzerland.

 Q. 2

The cost of gubernatorial campaigns is less expensive today than in the past because of public financing.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

 Q. 3

What did Georgia have that Russia wanted so much that led to the Russian invasion?
 
  a. Control of oil and gas pipelines to the West
  b. Access to large gold reserves
  c. Access to the Red Sea
  d. Access to vast mineral deposits
  e. All of these choices are correct.

 Q. 4

Until the Treaty of Lisbon, the Council of Ministers used a system of qualified majority voting, which meant that
 
  a. at least four of the original six had to be part of the majority that approved legislative proposals.
  b. the voting power of members was weighted by population size.
 c. at least three-fourths of the members had to approve legislative proposals.
 d. Council decisions had to be approved by a majority of the judges in the European Court of Justice.
  e. all decisions required a vote of unanimity.

 Q. 5

During the early days of the nation, the state legislatures, rather than voters, typically elected governors.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

 Q. 6

Perestroika included all of the following goals EXCEPT
 
  a. challenging the power of the nomenklatura.
  b. restructuring the Soviet economic system.
  c. initiating economic reforms.
  d. improving the efficiency of Soviet workers.
  e. relaxing media censorship.