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Return to Politics in the European Union 5e Student Resources
Chapter 21 Multiple choice questions
Agriculture
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True or false: Agricultural policy developed in the EC despite not being mentioned in the Treaty of Rome.
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False
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Which of the following objectives motivated EEC member states to create the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)?
The need to ensure adequate supplies of food at reasonable prices.
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The need to provide an adequate income to farmers.
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The need to increase agricultural productivity.
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All of the above.
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Which member state made it a condition of its participation in the EEC that agricultural policy be a joint pillar alongside the common market in industrial goods?
Ireland
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Italy
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France
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Belgium
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True or false: The rise of environmentalism made it politically easier for governments to pursue CAP reform.
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True.
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What produced pressure for CAP reform in the 1990s?
Budgetary pressures
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Reunification of Germany
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The need to stabilize democracy and capitalism in the states of Central and Eastern Europe
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All of the above
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Which of the following statements best describes the aim of the MacSharry reforms?
To separate income support from production
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To raise cereal and beef prices
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To encourage more people to farm
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To encourage farmers to cultivate more farmland
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What did the Agenda 2000 reforms include?
Decreasing price levels
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Decoupling direct payments to farmers from production
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Linking payments to social and economic objectives
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All of the above
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Which of the following factors prompted the 2013 reform of the CAP?
The application of co-decision to agriculture
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Demands from national governments for overall budgetary constraint
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Growing public concern about environmental issues
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The end of the Doha Round of the WTO
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Which of the following best explains the setting up of the CAP?
Neofunctionalism
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Institutionalism
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Intergovernmentalism
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Multi-level governance
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Who tends to benefit most from the CAP?
Consumers
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Large farms
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Small farms
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All of the above
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