Student A:The towns of Staten Island were dissolved in 1898 with the consolidation of the City of Greater New York, as Richmond County became one of the five boroughs of the expanded city. Although consolidated into the City of Greater New York in 1898, the county sheriff of Staten Island maintained control of the jail system, unlike the other boroughs who had gradually transferred control of the jails to the Department of Correction. The jail system was not transferred until January 1, 1942. Today, Staten Island is the only borough without a New York City Department of Correction major detention center.

Answer this question based on the passage: when did staten island became part of nyc?
Student B:OK... To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: The towns of Staten Island were dissolved in 1898 with the consolidation of the City of Greater New York, as Richmond County became one of the five boroughs of the expanded city.
1898.

Problem:Originally populated by the indigenous Taino people, the island was claimed in 1493 by Christopher Columbus for Spain during his second voyage. Later it endured invasion attempts from the French, Dutch, and British. Four centuries of Spanish colonial government influenced the island's cultural landscapes with waves of African slaves, Canarian, and Andalusian settlers. In the Spanish Empire, Puerto Rico played a secondary, but strategic role when compared to wealthier colonies like Peru and the mainland parts of New Spain. Spain's distant administrative control continued up to the end of the 19th century, helping to produce a distinctive creole Hispanic culture and language that combined elements from the Native Americans, Africans, and Iberians. In 1898, following the Spanish -- American War, the United States acquired Puerto Rico under the terms of the Treaty of Paris.

Answer this question: when did puerto rico become a part of united states?
Solution:OK... The relevant information is: In 1898, following the Spanish -- American War, the United States acquired Puerto Rico under the terms of the Treaty of Paris.
1898.

Student A:Context: Puerto Rico means "rich port" in Spanish. Puerto Ricans often call the island Borinquen -- a derivation of Boriken, its indigenous Taino name, which means "Land of the Valiant Lord". The terms boricua and borincano derive from Boriken and Borinquen respectively, and are commonly used to identify someone of Puerto Rican heritage. The island is also popularly known in Spanish as la isla del encanto, meaning "the island of enchantment".

Question: what is the original name of puerto rico?
Student B:OK... To answer the question, consider the following: Puerto Ricans often call the island Borinquen -- a derivation of Boriken, its indigenous Taino name, which means "Land of the Valiant Lord".
Boriken.

Problem:"The New Colossus" is a sonnet that American poet Emma Lazarus (1849 -- 1887) wrote in 1883 to raise money for the construction of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. In 1903, the poem was engraved on a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level.

Answer this question: who wrote the message on the statue of liberty?
Solution:OK... The important part for answering this question is: In 1903, the poem was engraved on a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level.
Emma Lazarus.

Student A:Passage: The Indian national highway system was introduced and many roads were widened to accommodate the increasing traffic. Tourism also expanded. The twenty-point programme was launched in 1975. It was followed from 1974 to 1979.

Question: Based on this passage, when was the first twenty point economic program launched in india?
Student B:OK... This is the relevant information: The twenty-point programme was launched in 1975.
1975.

Student A:A rift valley is a linear-shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault. A rift valley is formed on a divergent plate boundary, a crustal extension, a spreading apart of the surface, which is subsequently further deepened by the forces of erosion. When the tensional forces were strong enough to cause the plate to split apart, a center block dropped between the two blocks at its flanks, forming a graben. The drop of the center creates the nearly parallel steeply dipping walls of a rift valley when it is new. That feature is the beginning of the rift valley, but as the process continues, the valley widens, until it becomes a large basin that fills with sediment from the rift walls and the surrounding area. One of the best known examples of this process is the East African Rift. On Earth, rifts can occur at all elevations, from the sea floor to plateaus and mountain ranges in continental crust or in oceanic crust. They are often associated with a number of adjoining subsidiary or co-extensive valleys, which are typically considered part of the principal rift valley geologically.

A rift valley is evidence of which kind of plate boundary?
Student B:
OK... To answer the question, consider the following: A rift valley is formed on a divergent plate boundary, a crustal extension, a spreading apart of the surface, which is subsequently further deepened by the forces of erosion.
a divergent plate boundary.