Q: Jews originated as a national and religious group in the Middle East during the second millennium BCE, in the part of the Levant known as the Land of Israel. The Merneptah Stele appears to confirm the existence of a people of Israel, associated with the god El, somewhere in Canaan as far back as the 13th century BCE. The Israelites, as an outgrowth of the Canaanite population, consolidated their hold with the emergence of the Kingdom of Israel, and the Kingdom of Judah. Some consider that these Canaanite sedentary Israelites melded with incoming nomadic groups known as 'Hebrews'. Though few sources in the Bible mention the exilic periods in detail, the experience of diaspora life, from the Ancient Egyptian rule over the Levant, to Assyrian Captivity and Exile, to Babylonian Captivity and Exile, to Seleucid Imperial rule, to the Roman occupation, and the historical relations between Israelites and the homeland, became a major feature of Jewish history, identity and memory.

1. as far back as the 13th century BCE
2. somewhere in Canaan
3. The Merneptah Stele
4. in the Middle East
5. during the second millennium BCE
6. a national and religious group
7. Kingdom of Israel
8. god El
9. Canaanite
10. incoming nomadic groups
11. 'Hebrews'
12. the Roman occupation
13. no
14. historical relations between Israelites and the homeland
15. unknown

Numbered questions:
1. How long have people in Israel existed?
2. Where?
3. According to what?
4. Where did Jews originate?
5. When?
6. What kind of group were they?
7. What did they call their homeland?
8. What god did the first Israelites associate with?
9. What population did they grow from?
10. What group of people did they merge with?
11. Combined, what were they known as?
12. What was one of many historical events that influenced Jewish identity?
13. Is it referenced in detail within the Bible?
14. Were there any other major historical events that influenced the area?
15. How many groups of people were held captive and eventually exiled?

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. October 21 was a very dark day in Texas.Not only did Hurricane Hanna destroy homes,it caused the largest business damage in Texas's history.The worst thing is Hanna's destructive force nearly wiped out most power poles and power lines.According to Center Point Energy,Hurricane Hanna affected 2.15 million customers.Currently, more than 4,000 of them are still in the dark.Crews have worked 16-hour shifts to restore power to residents.

Most of Houston seems to be returning to normal.Schools,restaurants,retail stores and gas stations are open.Smiles are back.But harder-hit places,including Galveston,will take much longer to recover. Hundreds of people are still missing,and coastal towns are a mess.Some ruins from storm have drifted south to other beaches in Texas.Several public schools in Galveston are closed due to water damage.Parents are registering kids in other area schools which are scheduled to begin class on November 13.Many school supplies were destroyed.

Clara Barton Village is an emergency shelter located at Alamo Elementary School in Galveston,Texas.This is where Paula Reed and her family are staying.Believe it or not,Paula Reed and her family consider this hurricane a blessing.When Paula was a girl,she was an orphan,but was taken in by her stepmom,Antonia Flores.Reed lost contact with Flores and had been trying desperately to locate her for the past few years.Before the hurricane,Reed and her family moved away from Galveston to a San Antonio shelter.There,she reunited with Flores after 30 long years! The moment they saw each other, their lives were changed. 1. What is the temporary housing called?
2. Where is it located?
3. Is it in Austin?
4. Where then?
5. What was the tragedy that promptated these accomidatios?
6. When did this happen?
7. Was anyone unaccounted for?
8. How many?
9. Who was reunited?
10. How long of an absence?
11. Was Houston hardest hit?
12. Who had it worse?
13. How many households were left with out lights?
14. Are all the education centers open in Galveston?
15. When was the semester supposed to start?
numbered_answers: 1. Clara Barton Village
2. Alamo Elementary School
3. no
4. Galveston,Texas.
5. Hurricane Hanna
6. October 21
7. yes
8. Hundreds
9. Paula Reed and Antonia Flores
10. 30 years
11. no
12. Galveston
13. 2.15 million
14. no
15. November 13

The majority of astronauts from America have been men. At the start of the space programme there was strong resistance from some people against having women in space. However, some women were very keen to become astronauts and in the end they were successful. In 1978, NASA began the first training programme for women astronauts.

Judy Resnick and Christa McAuliffe were both astronauts and they were both women, but in many other ways they were very different. Both of them were on Flight STS-5L-L. Judy Resnick was born in 1949 and studied engineering at university and went on to obtain a PhD in 1977. She was a member of the first group of women selected for astronaut training in 1978, and in 1984, she became the second woman in space. During that flight, she helped to launch three new satellites and she carried out a programme of research. She was, in many ways, a professional astronaut whose whole life was devoted to space travel.

Christa McAuliffe was born in 1948 and she was an astronaut almost by accident. In 1984, NASA decided to find a teacher who could accompany astronauts into space. They hoped that she would be able to communicate with students from space and encourage every one of them to be interested in space travel. Christa was a secondary teacher in history and social studies. She was a gifted teacher and she was selected from over 11,000 applicants to go on flight STS-51-L. She was also a very good communicator and she immediately established a very good relationship with the news media(radio, television and newspapers). It was partly because of this that there was a great deal of interest and excitement about the flight. Thousands of students in schools and universities all around the country were looking forward to communicating with Christa in space. Millions of people were watching her flight with great interest. It is partly because of the excitement over McAuliffe's place in the flight that the disaster in 1986 had such an effect on people. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what gender are most atronauts
2. were people against women being in it
3. did they do it anyway
4. were they successful
5. what year did their training begin
6. who were two women astronauts
7. what flight were they on
8. who studied engineering
9. did she ever get to go to space
10. was she the first or second woman
11. what did she help launch
12. what was her life devoted to
13. who was born in 1948
14. what year did NASA find her
15. why did they want a teacher
16. what did she teach
17. how many people applied for it
18. did she make people excited about the flight
19. what year was the disaster
Answer:
1. men
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. 1978
6. Judy Resnick and Christa McAuliffe
7. STS-5L-L
8. Judy Resnick
9. Yes
10. second
11. three new satellites
12. space travel.
13. Christa McAuliffe
14. 1984
15. They hoped that she would be able to communicate with students from space and encourage every one of them to be interested in space travel.
16. history and social studies.
17. 11,000
18. Yes
19. 1986