Defining Global Events of the Early 21st Century (2000-2020): Multiple Choice

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01The devastating Hurricane Katrina made landfall in August 2005, causing catastrophic damage primarily to which U.S. city?
02What company, led by CEO Steve Jobs, revolutionized the mobile phone industry with the release of its first smartphone in 2007?
03The collapse of which investment bank in September 2008 is considered a pivotal moment in the global financial crisis?
04The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, in the United States were carried out by which militant Islamist group?
05In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched which social networking service from his Harvard dorm room?
06In 2012, scientists at CERN announced the discovery of a new particle consistent with which long-theorized boson, often called the 'God particle'?
07The global pandemic that began spreading worldwide in early 2020 was caused by which novel coronavirus?
08In 2016, citizens of the United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave which political and economic union?
09On January 1, 2002, twelve member states of the European Union officially introduced physical banknotes and coins for what new currency?
10U.S. Navy SEALs conducted a raid in 2011 that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden in which country?
11What is the common name for the series of anti-government protests and uprisings that spread across the Middle East and North Africa starting in late 2010?
12Who was inaugurated in January 2009 as the first African American President of the United States?