European Economic Community

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/european-economic-community

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the founding treaty?Treaty of Rome
2. What is the year of establishment?1957
3. What was the European Economic Community (EEC)?The EEC was a group of six countries that joined together to trade more easily and help each other grow after the war. It started with Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany.
4. Why did the EEC start after World War II?After World War II, the countries wanted peace and prosperity, so they made the EEC to work together and keep the continent safe.

Economic Integration: The process by which countries reduce or eliminate economic barriers between themselves.
Common Market: An economic union where member states remove trade barriers and adopt common policies on trade with non-members.
Customs Union: A free trade area with a common external tariff applied to goods imported from outside the union.
Single Market: A market where the four freedoms (free movement of goods, services, capital, and people) are realized.