Ch29 Flashcards
Internet revolution
1990s
War in Persian Gulf
1990 - 1991
Civil war erupts in former Yugoslavia
Failed coup by Communist hardliners in Soviet Union
1991
Soviet Union is dissolved
1992
Toni Morrison wins Nobel Prize for Literature
1993
Czechoslovakia splits into Czech Republic and Slovakia
1993
Nelson Mandela is elected president of South Africa
1994
Russian troops invade Chechnya
1994
European Union is officially formed
1994
European Union introduces the euro
1999
World population reaches 6 billion
1999
Vladimir Putin becomes president of Russia
2000
September 11 terrorist attacks
2001
United States declares “ war against terrorism” , attacks Afghanistan
2001
United States invades Iraq, the West divides on this policy
2003
Ten countries join European Union
2004
Emissions reductions of Kyoto Protocol go into effect
2005
Bulgaria and Romania are admitted to European Union
2007
World economic crisis begins
2007
Barack Obama becomes the first African American president of the United States
2009
China overtakes Japan to become world’s second largest economy
2010
Russia annexes Crimea and sends military assistance to anti-Ukraine forces
2014
When was the Euro introduced by the European Union?
1999
When did Vladimir Putin become president of Russia?
2000