Q: Tennessee (i/tnsi/) (Cherokee: , Tanasi) is a state located in the southeastern United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 601,222. Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 653,450.

The state of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War in 1861. Occupied by Union forces from 1862, it was the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war.

Answer the following questions:
1. What state is featured in the article?
2. When did Tennessee become a state?
3. What's the capital?
4. Is that the largest city?
5. What's the largest?
6. How many people live there?
7. How many people live in Nashville?
8. What state lies to the north of Tennessee?
9. Is there any other?
10. What large river makes up part of its border?
11. What mountain range is in the east?
12. What side was Tennessee for in the civil war?
13. When did the civil war happen?
14. What states are to the south of Tennessee?
15. From what language is the name derived?
16. In which part of the US is TN located?
17. In terms of size what is its ranking?
18. In terms of population what is its ranking?
19. What association does TN belong to?
20. When was that formed?
A: 1. Tennessee
2. June 1, 1796
3. Nashville
4. second largest
5. Memphis
6. 653,450.
7. 601,222
8. Virginia
9. Yes. Kentucky
10. Mississippi River
11. Appalachian
12. Confederacy
13. 1861
14. Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi
15. Cherokee
16. southeastern
17. 17th most populous
18. 17th
19. Watauga Association
20. 1772

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Washington (CNN) -- Establishment Republicans, backed by business-friendly outside groups, launched a counter-offensive this year against conservative Senate challengers after two election cycles of hard-right candidates winning GOP primaries but losing in November.

Republicans need to flip six seats this year to win back the majority and don't want the same scenario to play out again. The tea party's scorecard this year is far different than in 2010 and 2012, when it knocked off several establishment-backed candidates.

Short-lived tea party victories

It's too early to say if the party's over, but as Stuart Rothenberg of the non-partisan Rothenberg Political Report wrote earlier this month, "it's already clear that the pragmatist conservatives have stopped the anti-establishment's electoral momentum."

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March 4

Firebrand Republican Rep. Steve Stockman launched a last-minute bid against Texas Sen. John Cornyn, but he never seriously challenged the incumbent. Cornyn won by more than 40 points.

May 6

North Carolina state House Speaker Thom Tillis won big against his top two conservative opponents, winning enough of the vote in the primary to avoid a costly runoff that would have delayed his general election face-off against Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, one of the nation's most vulnerable incumbents.

May 13

The primary in solidly red Nebraska might have been the high-water mark for the tea party in this cycle. Ben Sasse, a former Bush administration official who was endorsed by high-profile conservatives like Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin as well as the Club for Growth and other well-funded conservative groups, beat his two primary opponents and will likely coast to victory in November.

1. How many seats do Republicans need for the majority?
2. which kind of Republicans launched a campaign against challengers?
3. What did the Tea Party do in 2010 and 2012?
4. Which man is referred to as a "Firebrand?"
5. who did he run against?
6. in which state were they running?
7. did he win?
8. How much did Stockman lose by?
9. Who is speaker of North Carolina
10. did he win or lose his primary?
11. did he have a run off election?
12. who will he run against in the main election?
13. is this her first time running for office?
14. What president did Ben Sasse work under?
15. Who endorsed him?
16. anyone else?
17. who?
18. any groups?
19. is he expected to win his contest?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Six
2. Establishment
3. Knocked off several establishment-backed candidates.
4. Steve Stockman
5. John Cornyn
6. Texas
7. Yes, Cornyn did
8. More than 40 points
9. Thom Tillis
10. He won
11. No
12. Kay Hagan
13. No
14. Bush
15. Ted Cruz
16. Yes
17. Sarah Palin
18. Yes
19. Yes

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Legends about the development of coffee are varied and interesting, involving chance occurrences, political tricks, and the pursuit of wealth and power.

According to one story, a sheepherder named Kaldi, as he tended his sheep, noticed the effect of coffee beans. He noticed that the sheep became excited after eating the red "cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures . He tried it himself, and was soon as overactive as his sheep. Another story relates that a monk happened to discover that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help him stay awake.

Another legend gives us the name for coffee, "mocha". Omar, an Arabian was thrown to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the soup save the group, but the residents of the nearest town, Mocha, took their survival as a religious sign. The plant and its beverage were named Mocha to honor this event.

Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia, whose inhabitants believed it to be a tasty thing and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans. The government forbade transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations. The actual spread of coffee was started illegally. One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there. Early in this century, some of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region.

Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide, and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export.

1. What crop can small farmers profit from on export?
2. Is it grown and enjoyed worldwide today?
3. When was it introduced to countries beyond Arabia?
4. What secret did they guard like top secret military plans?
5. What did the Arabian goverment forbade?
6. Was the actual spread of coffee legal?
7. Who is Baba Budan?
8. What did he do?
9. Where to?
10. What did he do with them there?
11. What was found early in this century?
12. What is another name for coffee?
13. Who named it that?
14. Who was thrown in the desert to die of starvation?
15. How did they survive?
16. What was the name of the nearest town?
17. Why was the plant and its beverage named Mocha?
18. Who was Kaldi?
19. What did he notice about his sheep?
20. When they did what?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Coffee
2. yes
3. much later
4. coffee
5. transporting it out of Moslem nations.
6. in the beginning
7. An Arab
8. smuggled beans
9. near Mysore, India
10. started a farm
11. some of those plants
12. mocha
13. unknown
14. Omar and his followers
15. eating an unknown plant
16. Mocha
17. to honor the event
18. a sheepherder n
19. they became excited
20. eating the "cherries"