Portugal gave up its last colony, on December
20, 1999 after a long period of imperialism.
Vladimir Putin on March 16, 2000 won the presidential election and became the President of Russia and in 2004 he was again reelected.
In September 2004, Russia endorsed the Kyoto
protocol on climate change.
In July 2004, the Butler report on Pre-Iraq British
intelligence was released i.e., the intelligence report on Iraq’s possession of biological weapons
are false and misleading.
In March 2000, the Pope issued an apology for
sins committed by Catholics over the past 2000
years, including religious persecutions and discrimination against women. In 2003, the Vatican
launched an international campaign against
leaglising same-sex marriage.
In 2002 Niyazov the President of Turkmenistan
renamed all the months of the Calendar April is
now named after his mother. He was voted president for life-by his rubber stamp Parliament in
1999. He died recently.
Scottish writer Ali Smith’s, ‘The Accidental’
wins the 2006 Whitbread prize.
In June 2006 Montenegro’s Parliament proclaims
independence forming a new European state. It is
the 192 member in the UN.
French adventurer Raphaela le Gouvello becomes
the world’s first person to windsurf the Indian ocean,
reaching Reunion Island after a 60-day Odyssey.
SMART 1, Europe’s first space craft to the Moon
launched in September 2003, ends its mission with
a planned crash on the lunar surface on 3 September 2006.
Africa
In 2004 January Algeria assumed a two-year seat
on the UN Security council.
In March 2002, Zimbabwe was suspended from
the Commonwealth of Nations.
In 2003, an outbreak of polio spread throughNigeria.
The Kano region lifted its ten-month ban against vaccination in July 2004. On Aug 24, there were 602 polio
cases world wide 79% of which were in Nigeria.
Over 1,300 people are killed after an Egyptian cruise
liner sinks in the Red Sea between Duba in Saudi
Arabia and Safaga in Egypt on 3 February 2006.
A new tomb is discovered in the Egyptian valley
of the kings the first since the 1922 unravelling of
king Tatankhamun’s tomb.
On 7 December Joseph Kabila sworn in as the
first democratically elected President of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
North America
In 2001 George W. Bush sworn in as the 43rd
President of the United States of America.
The August and September 2004, four hurricanes
Kathrina, Rita, Gama etc) devastated Florida and
other parts of Southern United States.
In the Presidential elections 2004, Bush got a majority of votes to rule the state for a second term
by defeating John Kerry.
In 2001 Canada legalised medical Marijuana for
the terminally or chronically ill. It began legally
dispensing Marijuana by prescription in July 2003.
As per the report of the Transparency International 2006 Haiti is the most corrupt country in
the world.
NASA’s Stardust space craft returned to earth with
the first comet dust samples and landed in the Utah
desert after seven years journey, in 2006 January 15.
In 2006, February 7, the Haitians cast ballots in
the country’s first presidential election in nearly
six years.
Space shuttle Discovery safely landed in Florida
competing a 13 day mission on 17 July 2006.
South America
In Januray 2003,Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former
trade union leader and factory worker widely
known by the name Lula, became Brazil’s first
working class President.
In March 2000 Ricardo Lagos became the first
socialist President of Chile. In 2004, Chile passed
a law permitting divorce for the first time.
According to 2004 polls cited in the Economist,
Alejandro Toledo, the President of Peru is Latin
America’s least popular leader.
On 11 March 2006 Michelle Bachlet is sworn in
as Chile’s first woman president.
Now there is a trend in South America that several of its countries moving to the communist side
of political ideology.
Australia
Harriet a 178 year old giant tortoise credited with
helping Charles Darwin pioneer the theory of evolution dies in Australia in 2006 June 22.
Australian Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin (44) died
on September 4, 2006 following a stingray blow
to the chest while filming a documentary on the
Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Port Douglas in
Queenland state.
Marsupial lions, Kangaroos as tall as trucks and
wombats the size of a rhinoceros roamed
Australias outback before being killed off by fires
it by arriving humans. The giant animals lived in
the arid Nullarbor Desert around 400,000 years
ago, but died out around 50,000 year ago, relatively shortly after the arrival of human settlers,
according to new fossil skeletons found in Caves.
Selected Questions
from World History
Father of History
Herodotus
Iron was accidently discovered by
Neanderthal man
Humans with similarity to the Neanderthal man
Cromagnans
Mesopotamian ruler who gave a famous code of
laws
Hammurabi
The Cunieform script was discovered by
Sumerians
Largest Pyramid of Egypt
Khufu
Large temple in ancient Egypt dedicated to Sun
God
Temple of Abusimbel
Three states of China existed in the 300 BC
Chin, Chu, Ehi
Siesmograph was discovered by
Ancient Chinese
Most important Persian ruler who lived in BC 600
Cyrus
God of Parsies or Zorastrians
Ahuramazda
Most famous ruler of ancient Athens
Pericles
Olygarchy is a form of government led by .
a group of rich people
Greek poetess who sung about love, nature and
beauty
Sappho
Greek poet who wrote poems in honour of victorious athletes
Pindar
Father of tragic dramas
Aeschilus
Father of Comic dramas
Sophocles
Most important example of Greek architecture
Temple of Parthenon
The word Heirogliphic means
Sacred Writing
Philosopher king of Rome
Marcus Areleus
Famous Orator of Greece
Cesero
The Roman Governor who gave the verdict to
crucify christ
Pontheos Pelathose
The birth place of Prophet Muhammed
Mecca
Who as the wife of Prophet Muhammed
Khadeija
Which place is known as the Bermingham of Central Africa
Sinja – Trophus
Most famous ruler of Mali in Africa
Manga Kangan Muza
Time taken to complete the construction of the
Software
Internet
Hardware 
Programming