Problem: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. It is involved in data gathering and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy, and education. IUCN's mission is to "influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable".

Over the past decades, IUCN has widened its focus beyond conservation ecology and now incorporates issues related to sustainable development in its projects. Unlike many other international environmental organisations, IUCN does not itself aim to mobilize the public in support of nature conservation. It tries to influence the actions of governments, business and other stakeholders by providing information and advice, and through building partnerships. The organization is best known to the wider public for compiling and publishing the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™️, which assesses the conservation status of species worldwide.

IUCN has a membership of over 1400 governmental and non-governmental organizations. Some 16,000 scientists and experts participate in the work of IUCN commissions on a voluntary basis. It employs approximately 1000 full-time staff in more than 50 countries. Its headquarters are in Gland, Switzerland.
1. What does IUCN stand for?
2. what is the longer name for it?
3. Is it a local organization?
4. What field do they work in?
5. and?
6. Do they gather data?
7. Research?
8. Field projects?
9. How long have they been broadening their focus?
10. What are they adding now?
11. Does it do something different than others?
12. Does it try to get the public to support conservation?
13. Is it known to the public what they do?
14. for what?
15. How many members does it have?
16. Are they all governmental?
17. How many scientists?
18. Are they all paid?
19. How many staff members do they have?
20. where is its headquarters?
Answer: 1. International Union for Conservation of Nature
2. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
3. No
4. nature conservation
5. sustainable use of natural resources
6. Yes
7. Yea
8. Yes
9. Over the past decades
10. issues related to sustainable development
11. Yes
12. No
13. Yes
14. compiling and publishing the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™️
15. over 1400 organizations
16. No
17. around 16,000
18. No
19. approximately 1000
20. Gland, Switzerland.

Problem: Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Greater Los Angeles area of Southern California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257. It is the 36th most populous city in the United States and the 7th most populous in California. Long Beach is the second largest city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and the third largest in Southern California behind Los Angeles and San Diego.

The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports. The city also maintains a progressively declining oil industry with minor wells located both directly beneath the city as well as offshore. Manufacturing sectors include those in aircraft, automotive parts, electronic equipment, audiovisual equipment, petrochemicals, precision metals and home furnishings.

Long Beach lies in the southeastern corner of Los Angeles County and borders Orange County. Downtown Long Beach is approximately south of downtown Los Angeles, though the two cities share an official border for several miles.

Indigenous people have lived in coastal Southern California for over 10,000 years, and several successive cultures have inhabited the present-day area of Long Beach. By the 16th-century arrival of Spanish explorers, the dominant group were the Tongva people. They had at least three major settlements within the present-day city. "Tevaaxa'anga" was an inland settlement near the Los Angeles River, while "Ahwaanga" and "Povuu'nga" were coastal villages. Along with other Tongva villages, they were forced to relocate in the mid-19th century due to missionization, political change, and a drastic drop in population from exposure to European diseases.
1. When did Spanish explorers get to Long Beach?
2. Who were the main people living there at that time?
3. How many of their own large areas did they reside in?
4. Which one was inland?
5. What happened to the Tongva people?
6. What's one reason for that?
7. Which reason was do to outsiders from another continent?
8. Which coast is Long Beach on?
9. Which state is it in?
10. Where does it rank in population in California?
11. And in size within the Los Angeles area?
Answer: 1. 16th-century
2. the Tongva people
3. three
4. "Tevaaxa'anga"
5. they were forced to relocate in the mid-19th century
6. missionization
7. exposure to European diseases
8. southeastern corner
9. California
10. 7th most
11. second largest

Problem: CNN -- Sebastian Junger found him crouched on a battlefield in Afghanistan, fighting to stay alive.

Ahmad Shah Massoud, center in white shirt, leads his men in his beloved Afghan mountains.

The Taliban had the man cornered and outnumbered. A sniper's bullet came so close to the man that it plucked dirt between his feet. But Junger watched him coolly orchestrate a cunning counterattack by his soldiers -- all while discussing his favorite poetry and international news.

"He had tremendous magnetism," says Junger, a noted journalist and author who has written bestsellers like "The Perfect Storm," and "A Death in Belmont."

"You didn't even need to speak his language to fall under his sway. That's the only time I've ever really felt that from another person."

The man Junger met was Ahmad Shah Massoud, the "Lion of Panjshir." Today, Massoud is a national hero in Afghanistan, but he's also become something else: the prototype for the tough but enlightened leader Afghanistan desperately needs today, some Afghans say. Watch how images of Massoud are everywhere in Afghanistan "

Massoud was assassinated two days before the September 11 terrorist attacks by agents linked to al Qaeda. Though he died eight years ago, his legacy looms over any would-be leader in Afghanistan, Afghans and scholars say. See current key players in Afghanistan "

'He would have found bin Laden'

Afghanistan's government has been accused of being corrupt and weak. Massoud had a reputation for integrity and strength, says Junger, who traveled to Afghanistan in 2000 to profile Massoud for his book, "Fire."
1. What was Ahmad wearing?
2. Where does he live?
3. What is Junger's job?
4. Is Massoud alive?
5. How did he die?
6. What was his nickname?
7. Is he portrayed positively in Afghanistan?
8. Who would he have found if he was still alive?
9. What was the name of Junger's novel?
10. When did he travel to see him for the book?
11. What is another book he has written?
12. What's another?
13. What was the government accused of?
14. What traits did Massoud have?
Answer:
1. a white shirt
2. Afghanistan,
3. \journalist
4. no
5. he was assassinated
6. Lion of Panjshir
7. yes
8. bin Laden
9. Fire
10. 2000
11. he Perfect Storm
12. A Death in Belmont
13. being corrupt and weak.
14. integrity and strength