Q: The Republic of the Congo (French: Republique du Congo), also known as Congo, Congo Republic, West Congo[citation needed], or Congo-Brazzaville, is a country located in Central Africa. It is bordered by five countries: Gabon to the west; Cameroon to the northwest; the Central African Republic to the northeast; the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the east and south; and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to the southwest.

The region was dominated by Bantu-speaking tribes, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo-Brazzaville was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa. Upon independence in 1960, the former colony of French Congo became the Republic of the Congo. The People's Republic of the Congo was a MarxistLeninist one-party state from 1970 to 1991. Multi-party elections have been held since 1992, although a democratically elected government was ousted in the 1997 Republic of the Congo Civil War and President Denis Sassou Nguesso has ruled for 26 of the past 36 years.

1. President Denis Sassou Nguesso
2. Bantu
3. trade links
4. the Congo River basin
5. formerly
6. Africa
7. unknown
8. Bantu-speaking tribes
9. 1960
10. yes
11. since 1992

Numbered questions:
1. Who ruled for 26 years?
2. Which language is spoken?
3. What did they build?
4. to what?
5. Were they a colony?
6. What country?
7. Who ruled the colony?
8. Which nation once ruled over the colony?
9. When was independence gained from the French?
10. Were elections held?
11. When?

Q: Joey got a German Shepherd for his birthday present. He had never had any pets before, but was always excited to see the other dogs and cats in his neighborhood. Since his birthday was in June, he spent a lot of time playing outside with his new puppy, which he named Max. Max and Joey would often run through fields in a game of chase. They also liked to go through the small forest behind the house, making a game of hide and seek. They never went near the lake because Joey was afraid of water. One day, Max hid a little too well and Joey couldn't find him. Joey spent the afternoon looking for his German Shepherd where they often played, like the field and forest. Joey was a shy boy who often read by himself, and Max was his best friend. After dinner, he went to look for Max one last time before he had to take a bath and go to bed. He heard some barking on the next street, so he ran to see if it was his puppy. Sure enough, he saw Max playing with a poodle. The dogs were having so much fun. Joey brought Max home, happy that he had his puppy back. Max seemed to be happy to have his human by his side as well as a new doggy friend. All summer long, Joey took Max to the poodle's house so they could play without having to worry about losing his present.

1. Joey
2. June
3. German Shepherd
4. puppy
5. hide and seek
6. outside
7. the field and forest
8. a poodle
9. All summer long,
10. seemed to be happy

Numbered questions:
1. Who is the human character?
2. When is his birthday?
3. What did he get for that?
4. What age?
5. How many games did they play?
6. Where didn't they play?
7. Where did Joey look for Max?
8. Who was Max with when he was found?
9. Did Max play with the poodle again?
10. Was Max happy?

Q: CHAPTER XXIX

LOCATING THE LOST MINE

While Yates and another of the men ran toward Noxton to make him a prisoner, the others turned their attention to the Baxters and Al Roebuck.

The Baxters were hiding behind a clump of bushes, but now, as soon as discovered, they took to their heels, making sure that the bushes and trees should keep them screened, so that there would be no danger from a fire such as had brought down their unlucky companion.

"They're on us, dad!" groaned Dan Baxter, "Oh, why did we ever come out here!"

"Silence, Dan," whispered Arnold Baxter. "If we don't keep still they may shoot us down in cold blood." And then Dan became as mum as an oyster, although his teeth chattered with terror.

On went father and son, down a hill and into a deep valley where the rocks were numerous and the growth thick. Several shots flew over their heads, causing Dan to almost drop from heart failure.

"I--I can't ru--run much further!" he panted.

"Come, here is an opening between the rocks," whispered Arnold Baxter. "In you go, before it is too late. If they follow us, we can sell our lives as dearly as possible."

Dan gave a groan at this, and slipped into the hollow. He did not wish to sell his life at any price.

"Let us put out a--a flag of truce," he whined. "Give them everything, father, but don't let them shoot us!" Every ounce of courage had oozed away from him, for he had seen Noxton brought down, and thought the rascal was dead.

1. bushes
2. Dan
3. Arnold
4. No
5. fear
6. Yes
7. they were father and son
8. Yates
9. make him a prisoner
10. Yes
11. over their heads
12. Dan
13. heart failure

Numbered questions:
1. What were the Baxters hidden behind?
2. What was one of their first names?
3. What was the other first name?
4. Did Dan's teeth chatter because he was cold?
5. From what then?
6. Were Dan and Arnold related?
7. How?
8. Who ran toward Noxton?
9. To do what?
10. Were the Baxters shot at?
11. Where did the bullets go?
12. Causing who to almost fall down?
13. From what?

Q: The history of science is the study of the development of science and scientific knowledge, including both the natural sciences and social sciences. (The history of the arts and humanities is termed as the history of scholarship.) Science is a body of empirical, theoretical, and practical knowledge about the natural world, produced by scientists who emphasize the observation, explanation, and prediction of real world phenomena. Historiography of science, in contrast, often draws on the historical methods of both intellectual history and social history.

The English word scientist is relatively recentfirst coined by William Whewell in the 19th century. Previously, people investigating nature called themselves natural philosophers. While empirical investigations of the natural world have been described since classical antiquity (for example, by Thales, Aristotle, and others), and scientific methods have been employed since the Middle Ages (for example, by Ibn al-Haytham, and Roger Bacon), the dawn of modern science is often traced back to the early modern period and in particular to the scientific revolution that took place in 16th- and 17th-century Europe. Scientific methods are considered to be so fundamental to modern science that some consider earlier inquiries into nature to be pre-scientific. Traditionally, historians of science have defined science sufficiently broadly to include those inquiries.

1. William
2. William Whewell
3. 19th century.
4. natural philosophers
5. nature
6. unknown
7. Roger Bacon
8. natural world
9. 16th- and 17th-century
10. unknown
11. scientific methods
12. no
13. Traditionally

Numbered questions:
1. What scientist is relatively recent?
2. Who first coined the word scientist?
3. When?
4. What did people call themselves before scientists?
5. What did they investigate?
6. How long have empirical investigations of the natural world been described?
7. Who was one of the people who described these investigations?
8. What did Thales describe?
9. Recently?
10. Have the scientific methods only been used since 2001?
11. What has been employed since the Middle Ages?
12. Is science defined broadly?
13. What have historians of science defined science sufficiently?