Q: Lower Saxony is a German state ("Bundesland") situated in northwestern Germany. It is the second largest state by land area, with , and fourth largest in population (7.9 million) among the sixteen "Lander" of Germany. In rural areas Northern Low Saxon, a dialect of Low German, and Saterland Frisian, a variety of Frisian language, are still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining.

Lower Saxony borders on (from north and clockwise) the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Netherlands. Furthermore, the state of Bremen forms two enclaves within Lower Saxony, one being the city of Bremen, the other, its seaport city of Bremerhaven. In fact, Lower Saxony borders more neighbours than any other single "Bundesland." The state's principal cities include the state capital Hanover, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Luneburg, Osnabruck, Oldenburg, Hildesheim, Wolfenbuttel, Wolfsburg and Gottingen.

The northwestern area of Lower Saxony, which lies on the coast of the North Sea, is called East Frisia and the seven East Frisian Islands offshore are popular with tourists. In the extreme west of Lower Saxony is the Emsland, a traditionally poor and sparsely populated area, once dominated by inaccessible swamps. The northern half of Lower Saxony, also known as the North German Plains, is almost invariably flat except for the gentle hills around the Bremen geestland. Towards the south and southwest lie the northern parts of the German Central Uplands: the Weser Uplands and the Harz mountains. Between these two lie the Lower Saxon Hills, a range of low ridges. Thus, Lower Saxony is the only "Bundesland" that encompasses both maritime and mountainous areas.

1. Lower Saxony
2. Northern Low Saxon
3. Germany
4. yes
5. Hanover
6. Braunschweig
7. northwestern
8. North Sea
9. North Sea
10. East Frisian Islands offshore
11. no
12. yes
13. range of low ridges
14. Weser Uplands and the Harz mountains

Numbered questions:
1. What is the northwestern area called?
2. What is the northern half also known as?
3. What country is Lower Saxony in?
4. Does it border a lot of neighbors?
5. What is the state capital?
6. What is one main city in the state?
7. What part of Germany is it in?
8. What coast does East Frisia lie on?
9. What is to their north?
10. What is popular with tourists?
11. Is Emsland a rich area?
12. Are the North German pains mostly flat?
13. What are the lower saxon hills?
14. Where do these hills lie?

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. One hot summer day in August my family and I wanted to go to the beach. We had not gone to the beach in a very long time and felt that today was a great day to do it.

We piled everyone into the car-my mom, my dad, my sister, my dog, and me. I begged mom and dad to let me sit in the front seat, but they said no. I had to sit next to the smelly dog instead for the whole trip.

When we got to the beach and opened the car door our dog raced down to the water to play. I grabbed the large umbrella we brought and walked down to the sand with mom and dad. After we had found a spot, they let me go play in the water.

It felt really good to cool off in the ocean water on such a hot day. As I swam around I saw many cool things, like fish, seaweed, and shells. I brought the interesting shells that I found to a bucket I had on the beach and threw them in. They would be great to add to my collection at home.

When I got tired of swimming, my sister and I wanted to make a sand castle. We built towers using buckets and dug a huge ditch with our shovels. When our castle was complete we were about to take a picture, but then the dog ran it over and smashed it. I was about to yell at the dog, but then mom said it was getting late and we had to go home.

When we got home I was wiped out from playing all day, so I went to sleep almost immediately. It was a very good day that I'll always remember. 1. Why did someone go to the beach?
2. Who hadn't?
3. How many people are in the family?
4. Any pets?
5. What kind?
6. Did you sit in the front of the car?
7. who sat with you?
8. When did you get in the water?
9. Was it warm?
10. Was there anything interesting there?
11. What were they?
12. such as?
13. What did you do with the shells?
14. Who yelled at the dog?
15. What did you build?
16. did anyone help?
17. Who said it was time to go home?
18. why?
19. Did you stay up late?
20. why?
21. so what did you do?
numbered_answers: 1. they hadn't been in a long time
2. my family and I
3. Four
4. yes
5. my dog
6. no
7. the smelly dog
8. After we had found a spot
9. no
10. yes
11. many cool things
12. like fish, seaweed, and shells.
13. I put them in a bucket
14. no one
15. a sandcastle
16. my sister
17. mom
18. she said it was getting late
19. no
20. I was wiped out from playing all day
21. I went to sleep almost immediately

The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a part of Antarctica. It was claimed by the United Kingdom and placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1933. It is the largest territory of Antarctica claimed by any nation. In 1961, the Antarctic Treaty came into force. Article 4 deals with territorial claims, and although it does not renounce or diminish any preexisting claims to sovereignty, it also does not prejudice the position of Contracting Parties in their recognition or non-recognition of territorial sovereignty. As a result, only four other states recognise Australia's claim to sovereignty in Antarctica.

AAT consists of all the islands and territory south of 60S and between 45E and 160E, except for Adelie Land (136E to 142E), which divides the territory into Western AAT (the larger portion) and Eastern AAT. It is bounded by Queen Maud Land in the West and by Ross Dependency in the East. The area is estimated at 5,896,500km.

The territory is inhabited by the staff of research stations. The Australian Antarctic Division administers the area primarily by maintaining three year-round stations (Mawson, Davis and Casey), which support various research projects.

The territory is divided into nine districts, which are from West to East: These regions are split into two separate areas geographically, with George V Land and Oates Land lying to the east of the French Territorial claim of Adelie Land, and all other districts lying to its west. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who controls Antarctica?
2. All of Antarctica?
3. How big an area?
4. Since when have they claimed it?
5. Did Autralians conquer it themselves?
6. Do a lot of countries recognize their ownership?
7. How many do?
8. What other countries claim part of Antarctica?
9. What sort of work is done there?
10. What sort?
11. Does the US have any land there?
12. How is the territory subdivided?
Answer:
1. Australia
2. no
3. 5,896,500km.
4. 1933
5. no
6. no
7. four
8. France
9. research
10. year-round
11. unknown
12. into nine districts