Ch29

Question 1

Internet revolution

Answer 1

1990s

Question 2

War in Persian Gulf

Answer 2

1990 - 1991

Question 3

Civil war erupts in former Yugoslavia
Failed coup by Communist hardliners in Soviet Union

Answer 3

1991

Question 4

Soviet Union is dissolved

Answer 4

1992

Question 5

Toni Morrison wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Answer 5

1993

Question 6

Czechoslovakia splits into Czech Republic and Slovakia

Answer 6

1993

Question 7

Nelson Mandela is elected president of South Africa

Answer 7

1994

Question 8

Russian troops invade Chechnya

Answer 8

1994

Question 9

European Union is officially formed

Answer 9

1994

Question 10

European Union introduces the euro

Answer 10

1999

Question 11

World population reaches 6 billion

Answer 11

1999

Question 12

Vladimir Putin becomes president of Russia

Answer 12

2000

Question 13

September 11 terrorist attacks

Answer 13

2001

Question 14

United States declares “ war against terrorism” , attacks Afghanistan

Answer 14

2001

Question 15

United States invades Iraq, the West divides on this policy

Answer 15

2003

Question 16

Ten countries join European Union

Answer 16

2004

Question 17

Emissions reductions of Kyoto Protocol go into effect

Answer 17

2005

Question 18

Bulgaria and Romania are admitted to European Union

Answer 18

2007

Question 19

World economic crisis begins

Answer 19

2007

Question 20

Barack Obama becomes the first African American president of the United States

Answer 20

2009

Question 21

China overtakes Japan to become world’s second largest economy

Answer 21

2010

Question 22

Russia annexes Crimea and sends military assistance to anti-Ukraine forces

Answer 22

2014

Question 23

When was the Euro introduced by the European Union?

Answer 23

1999

Question 24

When did Vladimir Putin become president of Russia?

Answer 24

2000

Question 25

Which 10 states joined EU in 2004?

Answer 25

Czech Republic
Cyprus
Latvia
Lithuania
Slovakia
Slovenia

Estonia
Poland
Malta
Hungry

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