Which EU treaties are included?

The quiz covers Paris, Rome, Maastricht, Amsterdam, Nice, and Lisbon, plus key amendments.

Does the history quiz include enlargement rounds?

Yes, from the founding six to 27 members, including major enlargement waves and opt-outs.

How many questions and what difficulty levels are available?

Each game has 10 timed questions and supports Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty settings.

EU History Quiz

From the Treaties of Rome to Lisbon, from the ECSC to today’s Union: test your knowledge of milestones, founders, and enlargements.

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What’s inside the history category?

Founding treaties: Paris, Rome, Maastricht, Lisbon and beyond.
Institutions over time: Parliament, Commission, Council powers and reforms.
Enlargement waves: From 6 to 27 members, accessions and opt-outs.
Key figures & milestones: Monnet, Schuman, Delors, single market, euro.

How to practice

Select History in the quiz, pick a difficulty (Easy, Medium, Hard), and get 10 timed questions. Replays reshuffle questions so you can improve.

Keep learning

Watch related Shorts in the EU Videos section or read more about the project on the Info page. Ready for a new topic? Try Politics & institutions or Geography.

Sample questions you might see

Which treaty introduced the euro and in which year was it signed?
Who were the six founding members of the European Communities?
What milestone created the single market and when did it enter into force?

Tips to score higher

Start with Easy to memorize dates, then move to Medium and Hard for nuance like opt-outs and voting rules.
Create a quick timeline of treaties (Paris → Rome → Maastricht → Lisbon) to keep sequences straight.
Use the EU Shorts playlist on treaties to refresh before attempting a new round.

Related practice

If you enjoy dates and milestones, switch to the Politics category to see how institutions evolved, or test geography facts from each enlargement wave in the Geography quiz.

EU history at a glance

The European Union grew out of the wish to make war between European neighbours impossible after 1945. What began as cooperation on coal and steel between six countries developed step by step into a union of 27 member states with a single market, a shared currency for most members, and common institutions. Knowing the rough order of the founding treaties makes a large part of the history category much easier.

1951 – Treaty of Paris: six founding countries create the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
1957 – Treaties of Rome: the European Economic Community (EEC) and Euratom are born.
1986 – Single European Act: the plan for a true single market takes shape.
1992 – Treaty of Maastricht: the European Union is founded and the path towards a common currency begins.
2004 – Eastern enlargement: ten countries join at once, the biggest enlargement so far.
2007 – Treaty of Lisbon: the EU gets its current institutional shape.
2020 – Brexit: the United Kingdom becomes the first country to leave the EU.

Names to remember alongside the dates: Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet, whose 1950 declaration started it all, and Jacques Delors, who drove the single market and the euro project. The quiz asks about these milestones from many angles – play a few rounds of the EU history quiz and the timeline will stick.