Trabalho de Inglês 12º Ano, resumindo alguns aspectos culturais dos

1. General Overview
Ana R., G. Meyers, R. Monteiro, V. Braz
12ºA e C

2. Intro
 With this work, we intend to give you an
overall perspective of this decade and the
most important events that occurred
between 1990 and 1999.
 In this presentation we’ll share aspects
related to economy, politics and war, arts,
culture (mainly music and TV shows) and
society.
Skip intro

3. Economical Perspective
 Many countries, institutions and organizations were
prosperous during the 1990s.
 High-income countries such as the United States, Japan,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and those in
Western Europe experienced steady economic growth for
much of the decade.
 Dow Jones index

4.  1990 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms:
major inflation and economic chaos;
 1990 – Russia's transition towards a capitalist free
market;
 1992 – booming of the US stock market;
 1999 – the Euro was adopted on January 1st (in
Portugal, 2001);
 1999 – World Trade Organization;
 Late 90’s – China’s economical growth

6. Politics .WARS.
 The Gulf War 91
 The Congo Wars 96-97 & 98
 The Chechen Wars 94–96/99
 The Kargil War 99
 The Kosovo War 98-99
 The Yugoslav Wars 91–95
GULF WAR

7. Politics .POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
 Great Britain hands Hong Kong to the People's
Republic of China on July 1st, 1997;
 The USSR (Union of Social Soviet Republics) broke
apart.
 Portugal hands sovereignty of Macau to the People's
Republic of China on December 20th, 1999;
 Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia in 1993;

8. Politics .POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
 East Timor breaks away from Indonesian
control in 1999;
 The republics of Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and Macedonia declared
independence from Yugoslavia;
 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into Czech
Republic and Slovakia in 1993;

10. Environment
 Global Warming became a concern;
 Chernobyl disaster effects were extensive to the 90s;
 Greenpeace

11. Art & Culture .TV.
 Beverly Hills;
 Baywatch;
 The Simpsons;
 Anime (japanese cartoons);
 Reality TV (MTV);

12. Art & Culture .CINEMA.
 Dances with Wolves (1990);
 The Silence of the Lambs (1991);
 Unforgiven (1992);
 Schindler's List (1993);
 Forrest Gump (1994);
 Braveheart (1995);
 The English Patient (1996);
 Titanic (1997);
 Shakespeare in Love (1998);
 American Beauty (1999);

13. Art & Culture .MUSIC.
Rock Bands Pop Bands
The Offspring Christina Aguilera
Nirvana Britney Spears
Pearl Jam Backstreet Boys
Nickelback Mariah Carey
Muse Spice Girls
Oasis Simply Red
Bryan Adams Eurhythmics

14. Art & Culture .MUSIC. _ MUSE
 1994
 Uprising, Resistance, Supermassive Black Hole…

15. Art & Culture .MUSIC. _ PEARL JAM
 1990
 Betterman, Just Breathe, Amongst the Waves…

16. Art & Culture .MUSIC. _ OASIS
 1993
 Don’t look back in anger, Live forever…

17. Art & Culture .VIDEO GAMES.
 The PlayStation:
 Test Drive,
 Super Mario,
 Pokemon

18. Social Icons .POLITICAL/RELIGIOUS.
 Yasser Arafat
 Bill Clinton
 Gorbachev
 Saddam Hussein
 Nelson Mandela
 António Guterres
 John Paul II

19. Social Icons .CINEMA.
 Jodie Foster
 Arnold Schwarzenegger
 Harrison Ford
 Eddie Murphy
 Cameron Diaz
 Sylvester Stallone
 Angelina Jolie
 Brad Pitt

20. Social Icons .SPORTS.
 Eric Cantona
 Marco Van Bastenn
 Ronaldinho Gaúcho
 David Beckham
 Luís Figo
 Rui Costa
 Krasimir Balakov
 Roberto Baggio

21. Technology
 1991 – CERN creates WWW program;
 1995 – Playstation is introduced to market;
 1998 – MPMan, the first MP3 is launched (64Mb);
 CD-ROM becomes popular;
 Pagers become obsolete and cell-phones get more usage;
 Microsoft introduces Windows NT 3.1, Windows 95 and later
Windows 98;

23. THE END