Problem: The Uralic languages (; sometimes called Uralian languages ) constitute a language family of 38 languages spoken by approximately 25 million people, predominantly in Northern Eurasia. The Uralic languages with the most native speakers are Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian, which are official languages of Hungary, Finland, and Estonia, respectively, and of the European Union. Other Uralic languages with significant numbers of speakers are Erzya, Moksha, Mari, Udmurt, and Komi, which are officially recognized languages in various regions of Russia.

The name "Uralic" derives from the fact that areas where the languages are spoken spread on both sides of the Ural Mountains. Also, the original homeland (Urheimat) is commonly hypothesized to lie in the vicinity of the Urals.

Finno-Ugric is sometimes used as a synonym for Uralic, though Finno-Ugric is widely understood to exclude the Samoyedic languages. Scholars who do not accept the traditional notion that Samoyedic split first from the rest of the Uralic family, such as Tapani Salminen, may treat both terms as synonymous.

In recent times, linguists often place the Urheimat (original homeland) of the Proto-Uralic language in the vicinity of the Volga River, west of the Urals, close to the Urheimat of the Indo-European languages, or to the east and southeast of the Urals. Gyula Laszlo places its origin in the forest zone between the Oka River and central Poland. E.N. Setala and M.Zsirai place it between the Volga and Kama Rivers. According to E.Itkonen, the ancestral area extended to the Baltic Sea. P.Hajdu has suggested a homeland in western and northwestern Siberia. Recent ancient DNA analysis revealed that Uralic haplogroup N1 (Y-DNA) was originated from northeastern China, Liao river region, which is a new candidate of the homeland.
1. What language's original homeland is Urheimat?
2. What does the name come from?
3. Is this just one tongue, or is it made up of many?
4. How many?
5. By how many?
6. Is Tasmania somewhere this is prevalent?
7. How many countries are the most fluent?
8. Does anywhere else also use it to a lesser degree?
9. Where?
10. Does a governing body also recognize it?
11. Which one?
12. Where do those who study these tongues think the original home of this tongue is today?
13. Is this in dispute?
14. What's the most recent theory of where it is?
15. Is there science behind this?
16. What kind?
Answer: 1. Uralic
2. Ural Mountains
3. Many
4. 38
5. 25 million people
6. No
7. Hungary, Finland, and Estonia
8. Yes
9. Russia
10. YEs
11. Various regional governments of Russia
12. Near the Urals
13. Yes
14. Northeastern China
15. Yes
16. DNA analysis

Problem: The Normans (Norman: Nourmands; French: Normands; Latin: Normanni) were the people who in the 10th and 11th centuries gave their name to Normandy, a region in France. They were descended from Norse ("Norman" comes from "Norseman") raiders and pirates from Denmark, Iceland and Norway who, under their leader Rollo, agreed to swear fealty to King Charles III of West Francia. Through generations of assimilation and mixing with the native Frankish and Roman-Gaulish populations, their descendants would gradually merge with the Carolingian-based cultures of West Francia. The distinct cultural and ethnic identity of the Normans emerged initially in the first half of the 10th century, and it continued to evolve over the succeeding centuries.

The Norman dynasty had a major political, cultural and military impact on medieval Europe and even the Near East. The Normans were famed for their martial spirit and eventually for their Christian piety, becoming exponents of the Catholic orthodoxy into which they assimilated. They adopted the Gallo-Romance language of the Frankish land they settled, their dialect becoming known as Norman, Normaund or Norman French, an important literary language. The Duchy of Normandy, which they formed by treaty with the French crown, was a great fief of medieval France, and under Richard I of Normandy was forged into a cohesive and formidable principality in feudal tenure. The Normans are noted both for their culture, such as their unique Romanesque architecture and musical traditions, and for their significant military accomplishments and innovations. Norman adventurers founded the Kingdom of Sicily under Roger II after conquering southern Italy on the Saracens and Byzantines, and an expedition on behalf of their duke, William the Conqueror, led to the Norman conquest of England at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Norman cultural and military influence spread from these new European centres to the Crusader states of the Near East, where their prince Bohemond I founded the Principality of Antioch in the Levant, to Scotland and Wales in Great Britain, to Ireland, and to the coasts of north Africa and the Canary Islands.
1. what is the normans in french ?
2. what was a great fief of medieval France ?
3. The Normans were famed for what ?
4. anything else ?
5. what cuntury did they give thier name in ?
6. what is a region of france ?
7. norman comes from what ?
8. from how many places ?
9. cna you name them ?
10. under what ruler ?
11. from where ?
12. how many inpacts the the dynasty have ?
13. can you name them ?
14. and the far west ?
15. what language did they adopt ?
16. of what land ?
Answer: 1. Normands
2. The Duchy of Normandy
3. martial spirit
4. Christian piety
5. 10th and 11th
6. Normandy
7. Norseman
8. Three
9. Denmark, Iceland and Norway
10. Richard I
11. Normandy
12. political, cultural and military impact
13. political, cultural and military
14. no
15. Gallo-Romance language
16. Near East

Problem: CHAPTER XVII. THREE DAYS

Lincoln awaited Graham in an apartment beneath the flying stages. He seemed curious to learn all that had happened, pleased to hear of the extraordinary delight and interest which Graham took in flying Graham was in a mood of enthusiasm. "I must learn to fly," he cried. "I must master that. I pity all poor souls who have died without this opportunity. The sweet swift air! It is the most wonderful experience in the world."

"You will find our new times full of wonderful experiences," said Lincoln. "I do not know what you will care to do now. We have music that may seem novel."

"For the present," said Graham, "flying holds me. Let me learn more of that. Your aeronaut was saying there is some trades union objection to one's learning."

"There is, I believe," said Lincoln. "But for you--! If you would' like to occupy yourself with that, we can make you a sworn aeronaut tomorrow."

Graham expressed his wishes vividly and talked of his sensations for a while. "And as for affairs," he asked abruptly. "How are things going on?"

Lincoln waved affairs aside. "Ostrog will tell you that tomorrow," he said. "Everything is settling down. The Revolution accomplishes itself all over the world. Friction is inevitable here and there, of course; but your rule is assured. You may rest secure with things in Ostrog's hands."

"Would it be possible for me to be made a sworn aeronaut, as you call it, forthwith--before I sleep?" said Graham, pacing. "Then I could be at it the very first thing tomorrow again.
1. Did Lincoln's music have potential to be new?
2. Who was Lincoln waiting for?
3. Where?
4. was it beneath something?
5. What?
6. What kind of mood was Graham in?
7. What did he want to learn?
8. What kind of air did he experience?
9. Does anyone object to his learning?
10. Who?
11. Does Lincoln make an exception?
Answer:
1. no
2. Graham
3. in an apartment
4. yes
5. the flying stages
6. enthusiasm
7. to fly
8. sweet swift air
9. Yes
10. Graham
11. yes