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The 1990s: Global Shifts and Digital Beginnings: Multiple Choice
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- 01Launched in 1990, which space telescope has provided some of the most detailed and iconic images of the universe?
- 02The popular sitcom "Friends," which followed a group of six friends living in Manhattan, first aired in what year?
- 03The military conflict known as the Gulf War began in 1990 after which country invaded its neighbor, Kuwait?
- 04What monumental international scientific research project, aimed at mapping all of the genes of our species, was formally launched in 1990?
- 05Released in 1993, which graphical web browser is widely credited with popularizing the World Wide Web for the general public?
- 06What 1995 Pixar film was the first feature-length film to be entirely computer-animated?
- 07Who was elected as the first black president of South Africa in 1994, marking a formal end to the apartheid system?
- 08In what year did the Soviet Union formally dissolve, bringing an end to the Cold War?
- 09The Good Friday Agreement, a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process, was signed in what year?
- 10What genre of alternative rock, characterized by its angst-filled lyrics and distorted guitars, gained mainstream popularity with bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam?