Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta (), is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The country covers just over , with a population of just under 450,000, making it one of the world's smallest and most densely populated countries. The capital of Malta is Valletta, which at 0.8km, is the smallest national capital in the European Union by area. Malta has one national language, which is Maltese, and English as an official language.

Malta's location in the middle of the Mediterranean has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base, and a succession of powers, including the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Sicilians, Spanish, Knights of St. John, French, and British have ruled the islands.

King George VI of the United Kingdom awarded the George Cross to Malta in 1942 for the then British colony's bravery in the Second World War. The George Cross continues to appear on Malta's national flag. Under the Malta Independence Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1964, Malta gained independence from the United Kingdom as an independent sovereign Commonwealth realm, officially known from 1964 to 1974 as the State of Malta, with Elizabeth II as its head of state. The country became a republic in 1974, and although no longer a Commonwealth realm, remains a member state of the Commonwealth of Nations. Malta was admitted to the United Nations in 1964 and to the European Union in 2004; in 2008, it became part of the Eurozone.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. in the Mediterranean Sea
2. Italy
3. it is a strategic Naval location
4. they included the Phoenicians and Carthaginians,
5. English
6. Maltese
7. they were awarded the George Cross
8. bravery
9. unknown
10. Malta became part of the Eurozone.
11. 1964

Numbered questions:
1. Where is Malta?
2. What is north of it?
3. Why was Malta's location important?
4. Who were the succession of powers?
5. What is the offical language?
6. What is their native language?
7. What happened in 1942?
8. for what?
9. when did malta became offical?
10. what happened in 2008?
11. When was it admitted to UN?