The United Kingdom 2001-2020
2020
When did Brexit go into effect ?
The first ever Black president of the United whose motto was "Yes we can"
Who is Barack Obama ?
An agreement bringing peace to Northern Ireland in 1998
What is the Good Friday Agreement ?
The Prime Minister elected in 2016.
Who is Justin Trudeau ?
Chinese(Mandarin)
What is the most spoken language in the world ?
Suicide bombers killing 52 people.
What are the 7/7 London Bombings ?
The country America invaded after the 9/11 attacks in 2001
What is Afghanistan ?
An uprising in 1916 in Dublin where the Post office was seized
What was the Easter Rising ?
1848
When was canada created as a British Dominion.
A mix of English and Hindi
What is Hinglish ?
How long did Queen Elizabeth's reign last ?
The American big five of tech Google,Amazon, Facebook Apple and Microsoft
What are GAFAM ?
1845-1849
When was the Irish Potato Famine ?
A system that separated natives from their families to adopt a Western/European education.
What were residential schools ?
The dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland.
What is a diaspora ?
The two dominant parties occupy the British
political scene
What are the Conservative and Labour parties ?
A Hurricane that killed 1800 people and left a quarter of New Orleans homeless.
What was Hurricane Katrina ?
The name of the Nationalist party in Ireland meaning "We ourselves" in Irish.
What is Sinn Fein ?
1918
When were women allowed to vote in Canada ?
The use of a country's cultural and economic influence to persuade other countries to do something, rather than the use of military power.
What is soft power ?
A country whose governement asked for referendum for independence in 2014.
What is Scotland ?
The first ever woman candidate to run for presidency.
Who is Hillary Clinton ?
The nickname given to the Republic of Ireland during its economic boom.
What is the Celtic Tiger ?
1931
When did Canada gain complete autonomy ?
A language used for communication between groups of people who speak different languages.
What is a lingua franca ?