Q: Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland (, "Jumhuriyat Sumaliland"), is a self-declared state internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia.

The government of the de facto state of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the former British Somaliland protectorate, which, in the form of the briefly independent State of Somaliland, united as scheduled on 1 July 1960 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic.

Somaliland lies in northwestern Somalia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden. It is bordered by the remainder of Somalia (per international recognition) to the east, Djibouti to the northwest, and Ethiopia to the south and west. Its claimed territory has an area of , with approximately 4 million residents. The capital and the largest city is Hargeisa, with the population of around 1,500,000 residents.

In 1988, the Siad Barre government began a crackdown against the Hargeisa-based Somali National Movement (SNM) and other militant groups, which were among the events that led to the Somali Civil War. The conflict left the country's economic and military infrastructure severely damaged. Following the collapse of Barre's government in early 1991, local authorities, led by the SNM, unilaterally declared independence from Somalia on 18 May of the same year and reinstated the borders of the former short-lived independent State of Somaliland.

1. Somaliland
2. self-declared
3. Republic of Somaliland
4. autonomous region of Somalia.
5. Somalia
6. Djibouti
7. Ethiopia
8. approximately 4 million
9. Hargeisa
10. around 1,500,000

Numbered questions:
1. What state is this talking about?
2. What kind of a state is it?
3. What is its official name?
4. and what is it internationally known as?
5. What is bordered to the east of it?
6. to the northwest?
7. and to the south?
8. What is its population?
9. and name its largest city?
10. what population do they have?

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(Simon & Schuster). Be prepared for humor as sharp as knives. 1. how many different books are described?
2. is Carrie Fishers book funny?
3. if you are into crime which book should you read?
4. who published that one?
5. whose book should you read if you want a thriller?
6. who published that one?
7. who published carrie fisher's work?
8. what is highlighted as a peaceful book?
9. by who?
10. how do you think you would feel reading it?
11. is she a private person?
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numbered_answers: 1. Four
2. Yes
3. Patricia Cornwell
4. Putnam
5. Jim Lehrer's
6. Random House
7. Simon & Schuster
8. Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World
9. Mary Pipher
10. unknown
11. Yes
12. Yes
13. Riverhead
14. unknown

Poultry (/poltri/) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, their feathers, or sometimes as pets. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails and turkeys) and the family Anatidae, in order Anseriformes, commonly known as "waterfowl" and including domestic ducks and domestic geese. Poultry also includes other birds that are killed for their meat, such as the young of pigeons (known as squabs) but does not include similar wild birds hunted for sport or food and known as game. The word "poultry" comes from the French/Norman word poule, itself derived from the Latin word pullus, which means small animal.

The domestication of poultry took place several thousand years ago. This may have originally been as a result of people hatching and rearing young birds from eggs collected from the wild, but later involved keeping the birds permanently in captivity. Domesticated chickens may have been used for cockfighting at first and quail kept for their songs, but soon it was realised how useful it was having a captive-bred source of food. Selective breeding for fast growth, egg-laying ability, conformation, plumage and docility took place over the centuries, and modern breeds often look very different from their wild ancestors. Although some birds are still kept in small flocks in extensive systems, most birds available in the market today are reared in intensive commercial enterprises. Poultry is the second most widely eaten type of meat globally and, along with eggs, provides nutritionally beneficial food containing high-quality protein accompanied by a low proportion of fat. All poultry meat should be properly handled and sufficiently cooked in order to reduce the risk of food poisoning. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When was poultry first domesticated?
2. Why might people have kept quail in captivity before using them for nourishment?
3. What about chickens?
4. Are today's chickens virtually the same as their ancestors?
5. What did breeders look for when breeding?
6. How can one avoid food poisoning when eating poultry?
7. How is the term poultry defined?
8. Are pidgeons considered poultry?
9. What are they sometimes alternatively called?
10. From which language is "poultry" derived?
11. Which means?
12. In what language originally?
13. Which scientific order includes both chickens and turkeys?
14. Which is a subcategory of which superorder?
15. How are most birds raised today?
16. Globally, where does poultry rank as a meat source?
17. Are chickens and eggs a high source of fat?
18. What nuitritonal benefit do they have?
19. Originally, where did people find birds to raise?
Answer:
1. several thousand years ago.
2. for their songs
3. for cockfighting
4. no
5. fast growth, egg-laying ability, conformation, plumage and docility
6. by properly handling and sufficiently cooking
7. domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, their feathers, or sometimes as pets.
8. yes
9. squabs
10. the French/Norman word poule
11. small animal
12. Latin
13. Galliformes
14. Galloanserae
15. in intensive commercial enterprises.
16. second
17. no
18. they contain high-quality protein
19. eggs collected from the wild