Q: Saint Lucia is a sovereign island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 617km (238.23sqmi) and reported a population of 165,595 in the 2010 census. Its capital is Castries.

The French were the island's first European settlers. They signed a treaty with the native Carib Indians in 1660. England took control of the island from 1663 to 1667. In ensuing years, it was at war with France 14 times, and rule of the island changed frequently (it was seven times each ruled by the French and British). In 1814, the British took definitive control of the island. Because it switched so often between British and French control, Saint Lucia was also known as the "Helen of the West Indies".

Representative government came about in 1840 (with universal suffrage from 1953). From 1958 to 1962, the island was a member of the Federation of the West Indies. On 22 February 1979, Saint Lucia became an independent state of the Commonwealth of Nations associated with the United Kingdom. Saint Lucia is a mixed jurisdiction, meaning that it has a legal system based in part on both the civil law and English common law. The Civil Code of St. Lucia of 1867 was based on the Quebec Civil Code of 1866, as supplemented by English common law-style legislation. It is also a member of "La Francophonie".

Answer the following questions:
1. What country is described here?
2. What kind of country is it?
3. In what ocean does it belong?
4. How is it located in regards to Saint Vincent?
5. How many people live there?
6. How do you know?
7. Who were the first settlers?
8. How big is this island?
9. Does it have a capital?
10. What would that be?
11. When did the French arrive?
12. How long did they maintain control?
13. Who took it over?
14. How long did they control it?
15. How many times did it change hands?
16. Who finally was the victor?
17. When?
18. What was the island known as?
19. Did the island ever change its form of government?
20. When?
A: 1. Saint Lucia
2. sovereign island
3. Atlantic Ocean
4. north/northeast
5. 165,595
6. the 2010 census.
7. The French
8. 617km
9. yes
10. Castries
11. 1660
12. 3 years
13. England
14. 1663 to 1667
15. 14
16. the British
17. 1814
18. "Helen of the West Indies".
19. yes
20. 22 February 1979

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Institute of technology (also: university of technology, polytechnic university, technikon, and technical college) is a designation employed for a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system. It may be an institution of higher education and advanced engineering and scientific research or professional vocational education, specializing in science, engineering, and technology or different sorts of technical subjects. It may also refer to a secondary education school focused in vocational training.[citation needed] The term institute of technology is often abbreviated IT and is not to be confused with information technology.

The English term polytechnic appeared in the early 19th century, from the French Ecole Polytechnique, an engineering school founded in 1794 in Paris. The French term comes from the Greek (polu or poly) meaning "many" and (tekhnikos) meaning "arts".

While the terms "institute of technology" and "polytechnic" are synonymous, the preference concerning which one is the preferred term varies from country to country.[citation needed]

1. Is the institute of technology just one kind of school?
2. can you get different types of degrees?
3. is polytechnic a Latin term?
4. Then what kind?
5. where did it come from?
6. What school was opened in Paris?
7. Did it open in 1894?
8. When then?
9. Institute of technology can be shortened to what?
10. what else does that stand for?
11. Does institute of technology and polytechnic mean the same thing?
12. Are there advanced kinds of studies at these institutes?
13. What's an example?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. No
2. Yes
3. No
4. English
5. Ecole Polytechnique
6. an engineering school
7. No
8. 1794
9. IT
10. information technology
11. Yes
12. Yes
13. advanced engineering

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The Alps (/lps/; Italian: Alpi [alpi]; French: Alpes [alp]; German: Alpen [alpm]; Slovene: Alpe [alp]) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia, and Switzerland. The Caucasus Mountains are higher, and the Urals longer, but both lie partly in Asia. The mountains were formed over tens of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided. Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrusting and folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn. Mont Blanc spans the FrenchItalian border, and at 4,810 m (15,781 ft) is the highest mountain in the Alps. The Alpine region area contains about a hundred peaks higher than 4,000 m (13,123 ft), known as the "four-thousanders".

The altitude and size of the range affects the climate in Europe; in the mountains precipitation levels vary greatly and climatic conditions consist of distinct zones. Wildlife such as ibex live in the higher peaks to elevations of 3,400 m (11,155 ft), and plants such as Edelweiss grow in rocky areas in lower elevations as well as in higher elevations. Evidence of human habitation in the Alps goes back to the Paleolithic era.

1. What is the most extensive mountain range system in Europe?
2. How far do they stretch?
3. Through how many countries?
4. How many of them start with S?
5. How many of them start with C?
6. Is rain consistent in these mountains?
7. Is Europe's climate affected by them?
8. What animals live up high?
9. What plants can you find there?
10. In what kind of areas does it grow?
11. How far back do we have proof of humans living there?
12. How long did it take for the mountains to form?
13. What collided to form them?
14. Which ones?
15. Which mountian is the highest in the range?
16. Which mountains in the world are higher?
17. Which are longer?
18. Where are they located?
19. What are the "four-thousanders"?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. the Alps
2. approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi)
3. Eight
4. Two
5. 0
6. no
7. yes
8. ibex
9. Edelweiss
10. in rocky areas in lower elevations as well as in higher elevations
11. back to the Paleolithic era
12. over tens of millions of years
13. tectonic plates
14. African and Eurasian
15. Mont Blanc
16. the Alpine region
17. unknown
18. in Asia
19. a hundred peaks in the Alpine region