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Decade - 2000s
This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 2000s.
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What impact does ancient greece government have on modern society?
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sent by Sidney mattys in gems world academy
Alexander the great had a massive impact. i cant be bothered to right more so bye
In the Senate and House, independents usually occupy seats that curve around. Crossbenches are often referred to as these seats.
What are blacks called in England?
People ! There is no segregation anymore in England. Everyone is on an equal.
What does is mean to be a hero?
Apparently the essence of being a hero is to die that others may live. If that is the case (and I have no reason to believe otherwise) then Jesus Christ is the Epitome' of being a true hero as he was prepared to die for all of humanity.
Which countries are enemies of Britain?
During World War II, the main enemies of Great Britain (or, England) were Germany, Italy, and Japan. While a variety of smaller nations were at war with the British, it was these three "Axis" Powers who served as the greatest threat to, and engaged in the most conflict with, Great Britain.
What was the America First Committee?
in 1939 6 yale law students formed a campus organization to oppose American intervention in the war in Europe. founding members were potter Stewart (later a supreme court judge, sargent shriver (Kennedy family member) fomer presedent Gerald r ford ,kingman brewster jr ,fomer present of yale. the America first committee held the view that America should build up ts national defenses and strongly opposed us aid to Britain .Charles Lindbergh was a fevent support of AFC and spoke often at their meetings and on the radio on behalf of the committee.sorry but that's all i know hope this gets you started
When did women start serving in the military?
Women, according to the Aspin Rules, are exempt from assignment to Direct Ground Combat units. This means that females cannot be assigned below brigade level to Combat Arms units (Infantry, Armor, Artillery).
Pilots, however, can be female since they are not expected to participate in ground combat.
This rule still exists, however, due to the nature of modern warfare, women in combat support and combat service support units are frequently encountered with situations in which mission accomplishment requires them to engage in ground combat.
The women in the United States military are great assets to our combat effectiveness and have proven time and again that they are valuable members of the team, even if they don't serve in combat positions.
What are the Achievements of sebi?
The Following are some of the main functions of SEBI:
1. The business that happens in the Indian stock exchanges and other securities markets in India
2. Registering and monitoring of Intermediaries like Brokers who may participate in the securities market
3. Registering and monitoring the work of depository participants, custodians of securities, FII's etc
4. Prohibiting unfair trade practices and fraudulent practices in the markets
5. Promoting Investor education
6. Training of Intermediaries
7. Prohibiting Insider trading
8. Regulating substantial acquisitions and take overs of companies.
Why is religion an important part of the world and culture?
Religion has shaped what our country has become. Many historical aspects of the world has been revolved around the church, either making a new church or breaking away from the church. It doesn't matter what religion you believe or even if you believe in God. Everyone could agree that religion has changed our culture and what our country is today.
The event of 9/11 happened when terrorist attacked the United States. Terrorists hijacked planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon and one plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.
What are the major crops for Spain and Portugal?
Spain grows grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, and citrus.
Portugal grows grain, potatoes, tomatoes, olives, and grapes.
What are some of the social movements of the 2000's?
women's liberation, environmentalism, peace movement, gay rights, indigenous rights, antinuclear movement, African-Americans joining mainstream America, American-Indian movement, Disability Rights Movement.
The region of Southern Asia is also known as the Indian Subcontinent. Famous men and women from this region include Mohandas Gandhi who masterminded the nonviolence movement for Indian independence, Nobel Laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and the Srinivasa Ramanujan, a gifted mathematician.
What kind of ammo does the army use in a 21 gun salute?
To my knowledge here is no standard caliber for a rifle salute of 21 guns or less, but they seem to be most often done with older wooden-stocked rifles in .30 caliber or comparable. Also, if I am not mistaken, blank rounds are used for the salute, in which case there is no bullet.
Y2K failed to cause any significant problems. George W. Bush was elected President of the United States, although he didn't assume office until January, 2001. The Summer Olympics took place in Australia.
Why are labor unions so important?
Labor unions were formed to protect the rights of the individual workers. Alone, one worker could not demand anything, because he coudl easily be fired and not hurt productivity too much to find a replacement. When they banded together they could affect change cause you can't fire them all and still produce a product (make money). So they had to make deals which included decent pay and working conditions. They are not as important anymore because of labor laws protecting the people (in Canada and the United States).
Top 20 countries in the world with lowest crime rate?
The easiest answer would be the Vatican City, but it only takes a crime or two with the small permanent population.
With most countries, a low crime rate may mean less crime or simply less reported crime (as in many developing countries). Also, countries with liberal drug laws obviously have fewer drug crimes. Among the most developed countries, Switzerland, Denmark, and Sweden all have low rates of violent crime, while India and Japan rank high when measured on a per capitabasis. Iceland has the lowest homicide rate in Europe.
What major events happened in 1999?
There are many major events that happened in 1999. One major event that happened is the Columbine High School massacre. Another major event was that John F Kennedy Jr. died in a plane crash./// Also, pro golfer Payne Stewart died when his private plane lost pressurization causing the deaths of all on board.
What big events happened in 2003?
During the year 2002, In the Olympics, Korea went up to 4th place in Soccer and Italy came in first.
What important events have happened in the last 15 years?
-9/11
-Iraq War and Afganistan
-Darfur
-Bhutto exile and return
-Rabin and Araffat deaths
-Ongoing Isreali-Palistian conflict
-Tsunami
-Pervez Musharaff steps down as President
-Murtuza Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto assasinations
-Russia invades Georgia and threatens Poland with war
-7/7
-Fall and death of Saddam Hussian
-Fall of Taliban gov. in Afganistan
-First African American get nomination of party in US (Obama)
-Hillary Clinton is the woman closest to presidency
-First Republican woman VP, Sarah Palin
-Bill and Monica
-Prince Charles get Hitched to Mistress
-Reagans death
-Pope John Paul II death
-Battle of Tora Bora
-Betancourt kiddnapping
-Asif Zardari runs for President
-N Korea and the nuclear issue
-Democratic election in Iraq
-King Hussain of Jordan death
-JFK Jr death
-Pakistan and India missle tests/kashmir in 98
-millenium
-Putin goes from pres. to prime minister
-Congo War
-Kosovo and second Chechen war
-Virginia Tech
-Isreal and Lebannon Summer 2006
-Oil price rise
-Robert and Zimbabwe
-Bye Bye Kofi Annan, Tony Blair, Boris Yeltzin, Bill Clinton, Chirac
-Hello Ban Ki Moon, Gordon Brown, Putin, 2nd Bush, Sarcozy
Historical events that happened from 1975 to 2005?
January 2005
Thursday 06:
Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers.
Sunday 09:
Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat.
Wednesday 12:
Deep Impact (space mission) launches from Cape Canaveral by a Delta 2 rocket.
Wednesday 26:
A helicopter crash in eastern Iraq kills 31 United States soldiers.
Sunday 30:
Amid violence and threats to boycott the results, Iraq holds an election for its National Assembly, the country's first free election since 1953.
February 2005
Thursday 10:
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction: North Korea suspends participation in multi-nation talks to discuss its arms program and officially admits to developing nuclear weapons.
Wednesday 16:
The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labour dispute.
Friday 18:
The United Kingdom law banning fox hunting, hare coursing and other sports which kill wild mammals is enforced from this date.
Sunday 20:
Jeff Gordon wins his third Daytona 500.
Tuesday 22:
Milford, Connecticut's Mayor James Richetelli Jr. named February 22nd, 2005 as Christy Carlson Romano Day. She also received the "Connecticut's Finest Citizen Award" the same day.
March 2005
Thursday 10:
In Edmonton, Alberta, the largest memorial (of its kind) in Canadian history was held for four RCMP constables who were gunned down March 3, 2005.
Saturday 12:
Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, steps down from his post after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government.
Monday 14:
The online statistics service SOTKAnet is opened for the public in Finland.
Friday 18:
Terri Schiavo's feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband, fueling a nationwide debate about her.
Tuesday 22:
Pat Summitt, coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols (women's college basketball), becomes the all-time leader in victories for both men's and women's college basketball, getting her 880th win as coach of the team.
April 2005
Saturday 16:
BBC announces David Tennant's casting as the Tenth Doctor in the long-running science-fiction series, Doctor Who
Friday 22:
Mordechai Vanunu installed as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow.
Sunday 24:
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
Tuesday 26:
Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.
Thursday 28:
The Patent Law Treaty goes into effect.
May 2005
Sunday 08:
The new Canadian War Museum opens, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of V-E Day.
Friday 13:
The United States Department of Defense issues a list of bases to be closed as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process (BRAC 2005).
Saturday 14:
Nintendo opens up its first retail store, Nintendo World, in Rockefeller Center in New York City. They celebrate the grand opening with a block party in Rockefeller Plaza.
Saturday 21:
In Kiev, Ukraine, Greece wins the fiftieth Eurovision Song Contest with "My Number One" performed by Elena Paparizou.
Tuesday 31:
W. Mark Felt admits in the magazine Vanity Fair published today that he is the anonymous source Deep Throat in the Watergate scandal. The Washington Post would confirm this on June 1st. Felt was at the time (1972) the number two man at the FBI.
June 2005
Thursday 02:
Sun Microsystems announces it will purchase Storage Technology Corporation for US$4.1 billion.
Saturday 04:
First day of Einstein Symposium in Alexandria, Egypt.
Monday 13:
Michael Jackson found not guilty on all 10 counts during his child molestation trial.
Tuesday 14:
Asafa Powell from Jamaica sets a new world record on the 100 m sprint in Athens with 9.77 seconds.
Thursday 23:
The IWW Centennial in Chicago, Illinois
July 2005
Thursday 07:
Terrorist explosions occur on the London Underground network and on a London Bus.
Tuesday 12:
Prince Albert II is enthroned as ruler of the Principality of Monaco.
Wednesday 20:
Canada becomes the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, after the bill C-38 received its Royal Assent. See Same-sex marriage in Canada
Sunday 24:
Lance Armstrong wins his seventh Tour de France.
Wednesday 27:
STS-114: NASA makes the decision to ground the Space shuttle pending an investigation of the external tank's continued foam shed problem. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery shed a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam did not strike the spacecraft.
August 2005
Friday 12:
Civil unrest provoked in the Maldives
Sunday 14:
Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes north of Athens, killing the 121 on board.
Sunday 21:
Pope Benedict XVI concludes World Youth Day with a mass. Over 800,000 people attended the closing liturgy.
Friday 26:
Fiji's High Court rules that the island's sodomy law is unconstitutional.
Monday 29:
Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing thousands and costing over 100 billion dollars in damage.
September 2005
Wednesday 07:
Apple Computer announced iTunes 5.
Tuesday 20:
The Opera Web Browser is rereleased as freeware.
Saturday 24:
Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and Houston, Texas.
Sunday 25:
Fernando Alonso wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by finishing 3rd in the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Monday 26:
The shock elimination of favoured to win, Teresa Bergman, on New Zealand Idol.
October 2005
Saturday 01:
Another bombing happens in Bali, almost three years to the anniversary of a similar event which occurred in 2002.
Sunday 02:
The Ethan Allen tour boat capsized on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty-one people.
Thursday 13:
The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 is scheduled to carry two astronauts for five days in orbit.
Tuesday 18:
The Nameless Novel aka Book The Twelfth of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is released to the public.
Saturday 29:
2005-Animusic 2 will be released.
November 2005
Tuesday 15:
DVD release of huge-hit television serial Friends. The One with All Ten Seasons
Tuesday 22:
Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console is due to debut in North America.
December 2005
Friday 02:
Microsoft releases its Xbox 360 video game console in Europe.
Saturday 10:
Microsoft releases its Xbox 360 video game console in Japan.
