question: In England, a civil parish (CP) is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. It is an administrative parish, in contrast to an ecclesiastical parish.

A civil parish can range in size from a large town with a population of about 80,000 to a single village with fewer than a hundred inhabitants. In a limited number of cases a parish might include a whole city where city status has been granted by the Monarch. Reflecting this diverse nature, a civil parish may be known as a town, village, neighbourhood or community by resolution of its parish council. Approximately 35% of the English population live in a civil parish. As of 31 December 2015 there were 10,449 parishes in England.

On 1 April 2014, Queen's Park became the first civil parish in Greater London. Before 2008 their creation was not permitted within a London borough.

The division of land into ancient parishes was linked to the manorial system: parishes and manors often covered the same area and had the same boundaries. The manor was the principal unit of local administration and justice in the early rural economy. Later the church replaced the manor court as the rural administrative centre, and levied a local tax on produce known as a tithe. In the medieval period, responsibilities such as relief of the poor passed increasingly from the Lord of the Manor to the parish's rector, who in practice would delegate tasks among his vestry or the (often well-endowed) monasteries. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the power to levy a rate to fund relief of the poor was conferred on the parish authorities by the Act for the Relief of the Poor 1601. Both before and after this optional social change, local (vestry-administered) charities are well-documented.
1. How many parishes were there in England in 2015?
2. What is a civil parish?
3. What kind of territorial designation is it?
4. About what percentage of English live in a civil parish?
5. What was the first civil parish in Greater London?
6. On what date?
7. What was the dividing up of land into ancient parishes linked to?
8. What was a manor?
9. What later replaced it?
10. What's the range in size of a civil parish?
11. Can parishes include whole cities?
12. What wasn't permitted before 2008?
13. In medieval times, where did responsibilities pass?
14. What was the Act for the Relief of the Poor?
15. In what year?
16. Did parishes and manors sometimes cover the same places?
17. What was the main unit of local administration and justice in early rural economy?
18. What was a tithe?
19. Who delegated tasks to his vestry?
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answer: 1. 10,449
2. a town, village, neighbourhood or community
3. the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties
4. Approximately 35
5. Queen's Park
6. 1 April 2014
7. the manorial system
8. the principal unit of local administration and justice in the early rural economy
9. the church
10. about 80,000 to fewer than a hundred inhabitants
11. Yes
12. creation of civil parishes were not permitted within a London borough.
13. to the parish's rector
14. the power to levy a rate to fund relief of the poor
15. 1601
16. Yes
17. The manor
18. a local tax on produce
19. the parish's rector

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli troops have completed their withdrawal from Gaza after a three-week military campaign against Hamas militants, the Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday.

Palestinians look at an damaged rocket launcher left behind by Israeli forces.

"The forces are now redeployed outside the Gaza Strip, and are prepared for any development," a military statement read.

During their withdrawal, Israeli troops warned Gaza residents to avoid unexploded bombs or shells left behind and report their location to Israeli authorities.

Israel said it had achieved its goal to halt Hamas' firing of rockets into southern Israel from Gaza. Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that has controlled the territory since 2007, also declared victory in the conflict during a rally in Gaza City on Tuesday.

Israeli troops began to withdraw Sunday following tentative, separate cease-fire declarations by Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Hamas.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who visited the territory Tuesday, criticized both sides and the international community for what he called their "collective political failure" in settling the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"I have condemned from the outbreak of this conflict the excessive use of force by Israeli forces in Gaza. I view the rocket attacks into Israel as completely unacceptable. We need to restore basic respect for civilians," he said. Watch troops prepare to withdraw "

The conflict, which began December 27, has left more than 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead.

Confirmation of the Israeli withdrawal came within a day of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the new president of the United States, replacing George W. Bush, whose administration was among the most supportive of Israel in decades. Ban said he hoped Obama would consider settling the conflict "a matter of priority." 1. What goal did Israel achieve?
2. Where were the rockets being aimed?
3. From where?
4. Who told the troops to withdraw?
5. What is his title?
6. When were the cease-fire orders announced?
7. How long did the campaign last?
8. What did the troops warn locals to avoid?
9. What should they do if any are found?
10. to who?
11. Did Hamas also claim to have won the conflict?
12. When did they make this statement?
13. During what type of gathering?
14. In what city?
15. Was Ban Ki-moon impressed with the resolution?
16. What is his title?
17. How long had the conflict persisted?
18. Between which two groups?
19. Whose rocket attacks did he find unacceptable?
20. Were there any casualties?
21. On one side, or both sides?
22. Which side suffered more losses?
23. With how many?
24. In contrast to how many Israelis?
25. Which U.S. President supported Israel?
26. Who was he replaced by?
numbered_answers:
1. end rocket firing
2. into southern Israel
3. Gaza
4. Ehud Olmert
5. Israel Prime Minister
6. Sunday
7. three weeks
8. unexploded bombs or shells
9. report their location
10. Israeli authorities
11. yes
12. Tuesday
13. a rally
14. Gaza
15. no
16. U.N. Secretary-General
17. decades
18. Israelis and Palestinians
19. Israeli
20. yes
21. both sides
22. Palestinians
23. more than 1,300
24. 13
25. George W. Bush
26. Barack Obama