Q: Nashville is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in the north central part of the state. The city is a center for the music, healthcare, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and home to numerous colleges and universities. It is known as a center of the country music industry, earning it the nickname "Music City, U.S.A."

Since 1963, Nashville has had a consolidated city-county government, which includes six smaller municipalities in a two-tier system. The city is governed by a mayor, a vice-mayor, and a 40-member Metropolitan Council; 35 of the members are elected from single-member districts, while the other five are elected at-large. Reflecting the city's position in state government, Nashville is home to the Tennessee Supreme Court's courthouse for Middle Tennessee. According to 2016 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the total consolidated city-county population stood at 684,410. The "balance" population, which excludes semi-independent municipalities within Nashville, was 660,388. The 2015 population of the entire 13-county Nashville metropolitan area was 1,830,345, making it the largest metropolitan statistical area in the state. The 2015 population of the Nashville-DavidsonMurfreesboroColumbia combined statistical area, a larger trade area, was 1,951,644.

1. Nashville
2. Nashville
3. consolidated city-county government
4. 684,410
5. yes
6. "Music City, U.S.A."
7. 35
8. yes
9. 660,388
10. 13
11. Nashville metropolitan area
12. on the Cumberland River
13. a center of the country music industry
14. music, healthcare, publishing, banking and transportation industries
15. the Tennessee Supreme Court's courthouse for Middle Tennessee
16. Nashville-DavidsonMurfreesboroColumbia
17. no
18. yes
19. 40
20. a mayor, a vice-mayor, and the Metropolitan Council

Numbered questions:
1. what is the capital of Tennessee
2. what is the county seat
3. what kind of government is it run
4. what was the population in 2016
5. was the total population 1,830,345 in 2015
6. what was it nicknamed
7. how many members were elected from single member districts
8. was there a larger trade area in 2015
9. what was the balance population
10. how many counties are there
11. what was the largest metropolitan area of the state
12. where is Nashville located
13. what is it known as
14. what is the center for
15. Nashville is home to what, reflecting the cities position in local government
16. what was the larger trade area
17. Is Nashville the capital of Arizona
18. does it have a 2 teir system?
19. how many are on the council
20. who is it governed by

Q: Megan Tarzynski, 17, knows she lives in a world where looks are important, especially for teenage girls, but she is not ashamed of (...) her looks.

At Notre Dame High School for girls, Tarzynski takes an active part in many activities. "I am involved with drama club and another club called Polish club," said Megan.

Eighty-five percent of Megan's body is covered with what are called "port wine stains "caused by a serious illness. She also has glaucoma .

Megan has been going to Children's Memorial Hospital for laser treatment since she was a child.

When she was growing up, her mom, Karen Miller, had a hard time dealing with the public.

"I'd be accused of beating her and burning her. I mean, it was very difficult, very difficult, and I was a young mom and just to hear those things from people was hurtful," said Karen.

Support from her family and persons of her age have helped Megan accept herself.

"I only wear make-up if I'm going out in public or some place where I would feel more uncomfortable," she said. "And, if I'm at school, I usually don't wear make-up. I feel pretty comfortable with the girls around me," said Megan.

One of those girls is Megan's new friend Tanan Nicpon. She said, "I don't judge Megan by her looks. She is a really cool person."

"Megan is amazing. There is nothing that she can't do. She doesn't let anybody put her down. She does not let anyone help her in any way; she doesn't want any special treatment. She just does everything. She's amazing," said Karen.

In the autumn, Megan will be a senior at Notre Dame High School.

1. Children's Memorial Hospital
2. Eighty-five percent
3. She also has glaucoma
4. drama club and Polish club
5. Karen Miller
6. beating her and burning her
7. Yes
8. senior at Notre Dame High School.
9. Tanan Nicpon.
10. no
11. usually not

Numbered questions:
1. Where does Megan get laser treatments?
2. How much of her body is covered with port wine stains?
3. Is something wrong with her eyes, too?
4. What two clubs is Megan in at school?
5. What's her mom's name?
6. What did people say she was guilty of?
7. Did hearing those things cause her pain?
8. In Autumn, what will Megan be?
9. Who's her new friend?
10. Does she size Megan up by her outside appearance?
11. Does Megan wear makeup to school?

Q: MarxismLeninism is the political ideology adopted by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Comintern, which its proponents consider to be based on Marxism and Leninism. The term was suggested by Joseph Stalin and gained wide circulation in the Soviet Union after Stalin's 1938 "History of the VKP(b). A Brief Course," which became an official standard textbook.

The goal of MarxismLeninism, according to its proponents, is the development of a state into what it considers a socialist state through the leadership of a revolutionary vanguard composed of "professional" revolutionaries, an organic part of the working class who come to socialist consciousness as a result of the dialectic of class struggle. The socialist state, which according to MarxismLeninism represents a "dictatorship of the proletariat", is primarily or exclusively governed by the party of the revolutionary vanguard through the process of democratic centralism, which Vladimir Lenin described as "diversity in discussion, unity in action." Through this policy, the communist party (or equivalent) is the supreme political institution of the state and primary force of societal organisation. MarxismLeninism professes its final goal as the development of socialism into the full realisation of communism, a classless social system with common ownership of the means of production and with full social equality of all members of society. To achieve this goal, the communist party mainly focuses on the intensive development in industry, science and technology, which lay the basis for continual growth of the productive forces and therein increases the flow of material wealth. All land and natural resources are publicly owned and managed, with varying forms of public ownership of social institutions.

1. a "dictatorship of the proletariat
2. Vladimir Lenin
3. Marxism and Leninism.
4. Joseph Stalin
5. 1938
6. History of the VKP(b). A Brief Course
7. a socialist state
8. a revolutionary vanguard composed of "professional" revolutionaries
9. the working class
10. the dialectic of class struggle

Numbered questions:
1. What does the socialist state represent?
2. Who described it using the word unity?
3. What ideological framework does the party of communism use?
4. who came up with this term?
5. what year did it become more widely used?
6. after what book was circulated?
7. what kind of a state do its followers want to develop?
8. using leaders made up of what?
9. which is a natural development of what class of people?
10. resulting from what struggling?