question: The Warsaw Pact (formally, the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance, sometimes, informally WarPac, akin in format to NATO) was a collective defense treaty among Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. The Warsaw Pact was the military complement to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CoMEcon), the regional economic organization for the communist states of Central and Eastern Europe. The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO in 1955 per the Paris Pacts of 1954, but it is also considered to have been motivated by Soviet desires to maintain control over military forces in Central and Eastern Europe.

While the Warsaw Pact was established as a balance of power or counterweight to NATO, there was no direct confrontation between them. Instead, the conflict was fought on an ideological basis. Both NATO and the Warsaw Pact led to the expansion of military forces and their integration into the respective blocs. The Warsaw Pact's largest military engagement was Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia (with the participation of all Pact nations except Romania and Albania). The Pact failed to function when the Revolutions of 1989 spread through Eastern Europe, beginning with the Solidarity movement in Poland and its success in June 1989.
1. Were NATo and the Warsaw Pact enemies of each other?
2. What was their relationship to one another?
3. Who invaded Czechoslovakia?
4. Did all members participate?
5. How many satellite states were involved in the Pact?
6. Where were these states located?
7. What was the regional economic organization for communist states in this area called?
8. And what did that organization compliment?
9. What is the Pact's informal nickname?
10. And its formal name?
11. When was it created?
12. As a result of what country joining Nato?
13. Is the Warsaw Pact formatted similarly to NATO?
14. What did the Soviets seek to control during the Pact's creation?
15. Could this be considered one of the reasons the Pact was formed?
16. When did the Pact end?
17. In which country was the beginning of the end?
18. With what occuring?
19. Was that movement ultimately successful?
20. What was spreading through parts of Europe at this time?
21. Which part of Europe was affected?
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answer: 1. No
2. They both led to the expansion of military forces and their integration into the respective blocs.
3. Warsaw Pact
4. all Pact nations except Romania and Albania
5. seven
6. Central and Eastern Europe
7. Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CoMEcon)
8. The Warsaw Pact
9. WarPac
10. the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance
11. 1955
12. West Germany
13. Yes
14. military forces in Central and Eastern Europe
15. Yes
16. June 1989
17. Poland
18. the Solidarity movement
19. Yes
20. the Revolutions of 1989
21. Eastern Europe

question: Diane Arbus is known for creating intense black and white photographs of very unusual people. She used a special camera that produced square shaped images. One art expert said Diane Arbus turned photography inside out. Instead of looking at her subjects, she made them look at her.

Diane Arbus was born in 1923 to a wealthy family in New York City. After finishing high school at the age of 18, Diane married Allan Arbus. Mr. Arbus worked in the advertising department of her father's store.

It was Mr. Arbus who gave Diane her first camera. Diane soon decided to take a class with the famous photographer Berenice Abbott. The Arbuses eventually started taking photographs of clothing. These images were used as advertisements for Diane's father's store. After the birth of their daughter, Doon, the Arbuses started a business together. Their purpose was to photograph clothing fashions. Diane Arbus was the stylist. She would prepare the hair and faces of the fashion models who wore the clothing being photographed. Allan Arbus took the pictures.

The couple soon had jobs from important fashion magazines such as "Vogue" and "Harper's Bazaar". Their work was very successful during the 1950s. They became part of a group of artists that were helping to redefine visual culture. They were breaking with past traditions to create a new look for a new decade, the sixties.

But Diane was not satisfied with her secondary role. She wanted a more active part in making photographs. She wanted to explore her own artistic expression and freedom. To do this, she stopped working with her husband. Then she started taking photography classes at the New School in New York City.

Arbus' teacher, Lisette Model, influenced her in many ways. She showed Diane how to use a camera like an expert. She also taught Diane to use her art to face her doubts and fears. Miss Model once said that Diane soon started "not listening to me but suddenly listening to herself."
1. Where did Allan Arbus work?
2. Did he influence Diane's career?
3. What did the Arbuses first photograph?
4. When was Diane Arbus born?
5. Did her family struggle to make ends meet?
6. What did she do when she finished high school?
7. Did she use a lot of vibrant colors in her pictures?
8. What type of pictures did she take?
9. Who did Diane take a class with?
10. What fashion magazines did the couple work with?
11. Did Diane enjoy her role in the partnership?
12. What did she want to do instead?
13. Who had an influence on her?
14. What things did she teach Diane?
15. What comment did she make of Diane?
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answer: 1. Advertising department.
2. No.
3. Clothing.
4. 1923
5. No.
6. Married Allan Arbus.
7. No.
8. Black and white.
9. Berenice Abbott.
10. "Vogue" and "Harper's Bazaar".
11. No.
12. Be a more active part.
13. Lisette Model.
14. How to use a camera.
15. She started "not listening to me but suddenly listening to herself."

question: Katie went to the store. She needed to buy some flowers. She also needed to buy a snack and a bow. The store is down the street. Katie's mother drove her to the store. Her mother is named June. Katie looked around for the flowers. She found some pink ones. Katie then looked for the snacks. She wanted cookies not chips. She found some chocolate cookies. Katie then looked for a bow. She wanted to get one for her cat. Her cat is named James. James likes wearing bows. Katie also has a dog, but he does not like bows. His name is Sammy. Katie gave the bow to James the cat. He liked it. Katie ate her snack. She likes chocolate cookies. Katie gave the flowers to her mother. Her mother was very happy. She likes flowers. Katie did not get anything for Sammy. She gave Sammy a hug instead. Sammy likes hugs. James does not like hugs. Katie had a great day.
1. Who went to the store?
2. Did she want to buy flowers?
3. What else did she need to buy?
4. Where was the store?
5. Who drove her there?
6. What was her name?
7. What color flowers did she find?
8. Did she want cookies or chips for a snack?
9. What kind of cookies did she find?
10. Who did she want to get a bow for?
11. What was her cat named?
12. Does she have any other pets?
13. What kind of pet is he?
14. Does he like wearing bows?
15. What's his name?
16. Did she eat her chocolate cookies for a snack?
17. Who did she give the flowers to?
18. Did katie have a good day?
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answer:
1. Katie
2. yes
3. a snack and a bow
4. down the street
5. Her mother
6. June
7. pink
8. cookies?
9. chocolate
10. her cat
11. James.
12. yes
13. a dog
14. no
15. Sammy
16. yes
17. her mother
18. Yes