Question: The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated from 5000 BC have been excavated in Mexico and the Indus Valley Civilization in Ancient India (modern-day Pakistan and some parts of India). Although cultivated since antiquity, it was the invention of the cotton gin that lowered the cost of production that led to its widespread use, and it is the most widely used natural fiber cloth in clothing today.

The earliest evidence of cotton use in South Asia has been found at the site of Mehrgarh, Pakistan, where cotton threads have been found preserved in copper beads; these finds have been dated to Neolithic (between 6000 and 5000 BCE). Cotton cultivation in the region is dated to the Indus Valley Civilization, which covered parts of modern eastern Pakistan and northwestern India between 3300 and 1300 BCE The Indus cotton industry was well-developed and some methods used in cotton spinning and fabrication continued to be used until the industrialization of India. Between 2000 and 1000 BC cotton became widespread across much of India. For example, it has been found at the site of Hallus in Karnataka dating from around 1000 BC. 1. Where was cotton used earliest?
2. What is the fiber usually spun into?
3. And what is it used to make?
4. Fabric discovered in Mexico was dated from when?
5. What is Ancient India now called?
6. Was there an invention that lowered production costs?
7. What was it?
8. What is the most commonly used material in clothing today?
9. Where was the earliest evidence of cotton being in use found?
10. At what particular site?
11. What have threads been found preserved in?
12. To what period have they been dated?
13. What is the range of years in that period?
14. When did cotton become common across India?
15. Has it been found in Karnataka?
16. At what location?
17. From what time?
18. Was cotton grown in the Indus Valley?
19. What parts did this Valley cover?
20. In what time period? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. since prehistoric times
2. into yarn or thread
3. a soft, breathable textile
4. from 5000 BC
5. modern-day Pakistan and some parts of India
6. yes
7. the cotton gin
8. cotton
9. South Asia
10. at the site of Mehrgarh, Pakistan
11. copper beads
12. to Neolithic
13. between 6000 and 5000 BCE
14. Between 2000 and 1000 BC
15. yes
16. at the site of Hallus
17. around 1000 BC
18. yes
19. parts of modern eastern Pakistan and northwestern India
20. between 3300 and 1300 BCE

Question: CHAPTER XIV: Three Vain And Foolish Wishes

There's nothing so foolishly silly and vain As to wish for a thing you can never attain. --Old Granny Fox.

We all know that, yet most of us are just foolish enough to make such a wish now and then. I guess you have done it. I know I have. Peter Rabbit has done it often and then laughed at himself afterwards. I suspect that even shrewd, clever old Granny Fox has been guilty of it more than once. So it is not surprising that Reddy Fox, terribly hungry as he was, should do a little foolish wishing.

When he left home to go to the Old Pasture, in the hope that he would be able to find something to eat there, he started off bravely. It was cold, very cold indeed, but his fur coat kept him warm as long as he was moving. The Green Meadows were glistening white with snow. All the world, at least all that part of it with which Reddy was acquainted, was white. It was beautiful, very beautiful, as millions of sparkles flashed in the sun. But Reddy had no thought for beauty; the only thought he had room for was to get something to put in the empty stomachs of himself and Granny Fox.

Jack Frost had hardened the snow so that Reddy no longer had to wade through it. He could run on the crust now without breaking through. This made it much easier, so he trotted along swiftly. He had intended to go straight to the Old Pasture, but there suddenly popped into his head a memory of the shelter down in a far corner of the Old Orchard which Farmer Brown's boy had built for Bob White. Probably the Bob White family were there now, and he might surprise them. He would go there first. 1. What season is it?
2. What kind of animal is Reddy?
3. Does he live alone?
4. Who lives with him?
5. Have they recently eaten?
6. How long has it been?
7. What was his original destination?
8. Did he get sidetracked?
9. Does he decide to go somewhere else on the way?
10. Where?
11. Who's shelter is it?
12. Did he build it?
13. How did he get it?
14. Does Bob live alone?
15. Who does he live with?
16. Why is Reddy going to the shelter?
17. Does he sink in the snow?
18. Why not?
19. Is he going fast?
20. Is he traveling by foot? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. winter
2. Fox
3. no
4. Granny Fox
5. no
6. unknown
7. Old Pasture
8. no
9. yes
10. shelter down in a far corner of the Old Orchard
11. Bob White.
12. no
13. Farmer Brown's boy built it for him
14. no
15. family
16. to surprise them
17. no
18. Jack Frost had hardened it
19. yes
20. yes

Question: (CNN) -- Mohammad Idrissou put Cameroon on course for a spot in the African Nations Cup quarterfinals with a late winner in a topsy-turvy 3-2 Group D victory over Zambia.

Zambia bossed the first half and went ahead inside 10 minutes through Jacob Mulenga.

A terrible mistake from Zambia keeper Kennedy Mweene allowed Geremi to equalise and Samuel Eto'o gave Cameroon the lead in the 72nd minute.

Christopher Katongo thought he had earned a point with an 82nd-minute penalty but Idrissou had the last word for Cameroon just four minutes later.

The Indomitable Lions were looking to ignite their campaign after a shock 1-0 defeat by Gabon in their opening match, which was also a first loss for manager Paul Le Guen.

But it got worse for the four-time champions in only the eighth minute, and it was experienced center-back Rigobert Song who was the architect of his own side's downfall.

Felix Katongo swung in a great cross from the left and, in attempting to head behind, Song instead drew a point-blank save from his keeper. Carlos Kameni, though, could only push the ball out to Mulenga, who was left with a simple tap-in.

Zambia should have doubled their lead before half-time. Rainford Kalaba's fierce free-kick was pushed back into the danger area by Kameni but Christopher Katongo could not direct his shot away from the keeper.

And that was made to look very costly in the 68th minute when a calamitous mistake from Mweene saw Cameroon draw level.

Geremi sent in a hopeful cross from the right wing that the Zambia keeper inexplicably helped into his own net. 1. What team was ahead in the 1st half?
2. Who is the manager of the Lions?
3. Who helped Cameroon get on track for a spot? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Zambia
2. Paul Le Guen
3. Mohammad Idrissou