Q: The Alps (/lps/; Italian: Alpi [alpi]; French: Alpes [alp]; German: Alpen [alpm]; Slovene: Alpe [alp]) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia, and Switzerland. The Caucasus Mountains are higher, and the Urals longer, but both lie partly in Asia. The mountains were formed over tens of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided. Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrusting and folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn. Mont Blanc spans the FrenchItalian border, and at 4,810 m (15,781 ft) is the highest mountain in the Alps. The Alpine region area contains about a hundred peaks higher than 4,000 m (13,123 ft), known as the "four-thousanders".

The altitude and size of the range affects the climate in Europe; in the mountains precipitation levels vary greatly and climatic conditions consist of distinct zones. Wildlife such as ibex live in the higher peaks to elevations of 3,400 m (11,155 ft), and plants such as Edelweiss grow in rocky areas in lower elevations as well as in higher elevations. Evidence of human habitation in the Alps goes back to the Paleolithic era.

1. the Alps
2. approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi)
3. Eight
4. Two
5. 0
6. no
7. yes
8. ibex
9. Edelweiss
10. in rocky areas in lower elevations as well as in higher elevations
11. back to the Paleolithic era
12. over tens of millions of years
13. tectonic plates
14. African and Eurasian
15. Mont Blanc
16. the Alpine region
17. unknown
18. in Asia
19. a hundred peaks in the Alpine region

Numbered questions:
1. What is the most extensive mountain range system in Europe?
2. How far do they stretch?
3. Through how many countries?
4. How many of them start with S?
5. How many of them start with C?
6. Is rain consistent in these mountains?
7. Is Europe's climate affected by them?
8. What animals live up high?
9. What plants can you find there?
10. In what kind of areas does it grow?
11. How far back do we have proof of humans living there?
12. How long did it take for the mountains to form?
13. What collided to form them?
14. Which ones?
15. Which mountian is the highest in the range?
16. Which mountains in the world are higher?
17. Which are longer?
18. Where are they located?
19. What are the "four-thousanders"?

Q: Long ago, Bluebird's feathers were the colour of dust. She did not like her ugly colour. She was attracted by the colour of the lake near her home. It was as blue as the sky after a storm. Bluebird wanted to be the colour of that beautiful lake very much. Flapping her wings one morning, Bluebird flew from her tree to the blue lake. Then she bathed in the water three times. After each bath, she sang, "Blue water. Still water. I went in. I am blue." Bluebird repeated this every morning. On the third day, she came out of the lake with beautiful blue feathers. Now Coyote was a trickster --and hungry too. He stayed behind Bluebird's tree for a long time every day and watched her go to the lake. He pretended to be interested in everything she did. He wanted Bluebird for lunch, but he was afraid of the blue water. On the third morning, Coyote saw Bluebird come out of the lake with beautiful blue feathers. Impressed, he sat next to Bluebird's tree and waited for her. When she returned, he asked, "How did you get blue feathers? I want to be blue like the mountains too." Bluebird didn't believe Coyote, but she taught him how to bathe three times each morning and how to sing her song. Coyote did what she said, and after three days of bathing in the lake, his white fur turned deep blue. Convinced that blue fur was even more beautiful than blue feathers, Coyote forgot all about being hungry. He ran as fast as he could to the top of the hill. Standing on his back legs, he raised his front legs off the ground and howled. But Coyote slipped and rolled down the hill. He couldn't stop himself, and the dust and dirt covered his new blue fur. He rolled and rolled until he hit into Bluebird's tree heavily. No matter how much he tried, foolish Coyote could not shake the dust from his fur. And so the fur of all coyotes had the dull colour of dust to this very day.

1. the colour of dust
2. Long ago
3. no
4. blue
5. the sky after a storm
6. lake
7. yes
8. her tree
9. yes
10. no
11. yes
12. After each bath
13. no
14. every morning
15. three
16. came out of the lake with blue feathers
17. yes
18. Coyote
19. yes
20. behind Bluebird's tree

Numbered questions:
1. What color were Bluebirds feathers?
2. When?
3. Did she like them?
4. What color did she like?
5. How blue was it?
6. Where had she seen this color?
7. Did she fly there?
8. From where?
9. Did she bathe in the water?
10. Twice?
11. Three times?
12. When did she sing?
13. At night?
14. When?
15. For how many days?
16. What happened on the 3rd day?
17. Was anyone watching Bluebird?
18. Who?
19. Was he hungry?
20. Where did he stay?

Q: The Inuit (pronounced or ; Inuktitut: , "the people") are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska. Inuit is a plural noun; the singular is Inuk. The Inuit languages are part of the Eskimo-Aleut family. Inuit Sign Language is a critically endangered language isolate spoken in Nunavut.

In the United States and Canada, the term "Eskimo" was commonly used to describe the Inuit and Alaska's Yupik and Inupiat peoples. However, "Inuit" is not accepted as a term for the Yupik, and "Eskimo" is the only term that includes Yupik, Inupiat and Inuit. However, aboriginal peoples in Canada and Greenlandic Inuit view "Eskimo" as pejorative, and "Inuit" is more commonly used in self-reference for these groups. In Canada, sections 25 and 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982 classified the Inuit as a distinctive group of Aboriginal Canadians who are not included under either the First Nations or the Metis.

The Inuit live throughout most of Northern Canada in the territory of Nunavut, Nunavik in the northern third of Quebec, Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut in Labrador, and in various parts of the Northwest Territories, particularly around the Arctic Ocean. These areas are known in Inuktitut as the "Inuit Nunangat".

1. the people
2. a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska
3. the Eskimo-Aleut family
4. Inuit Sign Language
5. no
6. in Nunavut
7. yes
8. Eskimo
9. In the United States and Canada
10. no
11. aboriginal peoples in Canada and Greenlandic Inuit
12. because it's pejorative
13. no
14. a distinctive group of Aboriginal Canadians
15. sections 25 and 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982
16. the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska.
17. Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut
18. Inuit Nunangat
19. Yupik and Inupiat
20. Alaska

Numbered questions:
1. What does Inuit mean?
2. What does it descibe?
3. What language group are those peoples' language a part of?
4. What is one specific example?
5. Is it common?
6. Where is it used?
7. Are there any other names for these people?
8. What word(s)?
9. Where is that one usually used?
10. Does everyone like that word?
11. Who doesn't?
12. Why not?
13. Are these popel part of the First Nations?
14. What are they considered?
15. Where is that defined?
16. Where do the Inuit live?
17. What are some Canadian regions they live in?
18. What are all of these regions called in their language?
19. Besides the Inuit, what other Eskimo groups are ther?
20. Where do they live?