The question
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________ Joining a customs union and a shared currency: what a member state gains and gives up (7 points)
(A) Identify Identify ONE power over its own economy that a state gives up when it adopts a currency shared with other states. [1 point]
Identify means: Give the information asked for: a word or short phrase can earn the point, with no reasons needed.
(B) Define Define supranationalism. [1 point]
Define means: Give the specific meaning of the term, in your own words, not an example of it.
(C) Describe Describe ONE way a customs union changes trade between its member states. [1 point]
Describe means: Give the relevant characteristics: what it is like, where and how much. A name alone earns nothing.
(D) Explain Explain why farmers in a small state might oppose joining a customs union with larger, wealthier neighbors. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(E) Explain Explain how free movement of people within the European Union can affect migration between member states. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(F) Compare Compare how supranationalism affects sovereignty at the national scale with how devolution affects sovereignty at the subnational scale. [1 point]
Compare means: Give a similarity or a difference and say it about both things, not one.
(G) Explain the degree Explain the degree to which a member state can protect its own language and culture while belonging to a supranational organization. [1 point]
Explain the degree means: State the degree first (to a high, moderate or low degree), then explain why with evidence.