Problem: Higher education systems, that are influenced by the French education system set at the end of the 18th century, use a terminology derived by reference to the French Ecole polytechnique. Such terms include Ecoles Polytechniques (Algeria, Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland, Tunisia), Escola Politecnica (Brasil, Spain), Polytechnicum (Eastern Europe).
What term in Brasil and Spain refers to a polytechnic institute?
The answer is the following: Escola Politecnica

Problem: At Buya in Eritrea, one of the oldest hominids representing a possible link between Homo erectus and an archaic Homo sapiens was found by Italian scientists. Dated to over 1 million years old, it is the oldest skeletal find of its kind and provides a link between hominids and the earliest anatomically modern humans. It is believed that the section of the Danakil Depression in Eritrea was also a major player in terms of human evolution, and may contain other traces of evolution from Homo erectus hominids to anatomically modern humans.
What is the importance pertaining to the age of the hominid that was found in Eritrea?
The answer is the following: it is the oldest skeletal find of its kind

Problem: On 30 March, Nasser proclaimed a manifesto stipulating the restoration of civil liberties, greater parliamentary independence from the executive, major structural changes to the ASU, and a campaign to rid the government of corrupt elements. A public referendum approved the proposed measures in May, and held subsequent elections for the Supreme Executive Committee, the ASU's highest decision-making body. Observers noted that the declaration signaled an important shift from political repression to liberalization, although its promises would largely go unfulfilled.
What organization was to undergo a big overhaul?
The answer is the following: ASU

Problem: Several Germanic tribes celebrated the returning of the daylight. A predominant deity was during this jubilee driven around in a noisy procession on a ship on wheels. The winter would be driven out, to make sure that fertility could return in spring. A central figure was possibly the fertility goddess Nerthus. Also there are some indications that the effigy of Nerthus or Freyr was placed on a ship with wheels and accompanied by a procession of people in animal disguise and men in women's clothes. Aboard the ship would the marriage of a man and woman be consummated as a fertility ritual.
What typically accompanied the effigy of Nerthus?
The answer is the following:
a procession of people in animal disguise