Chapter 31 Timeline Exercise

correct incorrect Greenhouse gases reach 310 ppm

correct incorrect Collapse of communism in Soviet Bloc

correct incorrect Civil war and ethnic cleansing in former Yugoslavia

correct incorrect US invasion of Kuwait

correct incorrect End of apartheid and election of Nelson Mandela as president in South Africa; Hutu genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda

correct incorrect Al-Qaeda attack on United States; US invasion of Afghanistan

correct incorrect US military budget reaches $400 billion

correct incorrect US invasion of Iraq; Darfu crisis

correct incorrect Global financial crisis and economic recession

correct incorrect Number of cell phones reaches 5 billion worldwide

correct incorrect Arab Spring; world population reaches 7 billion; greenhouse gases = 380 ppm

correct incorrect Military coup détat in Egypt; Edward Snowden reveals secret documents on the extent of US spying efforts

correct incorrect ISIS jihadist movement in Iraq and Syria; political unrest in Ukraine, Russia annexes Crimea; war between Israel and Hamas

correct incorrect Saudi Arabian military intervention in Yemen; Russian intervention in Syria; US-Iranian nuclear agreement; massive refugee crisis in Europe

correct incorrect Great Britain popular decision to leave European Union (EU); failed coup in Turkey; Paris Global Climate Agreement ratified