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North Africa is a group of Mediterranean countries situated in the northern-most region of the African continent. The term "North Africa" has no single accepted definition. It is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco in the west, to the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the east. Others have limited it to the countries of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, a region known by the French during colonial times as "Afrique du Nord" and by the Arabs as the Maghreb ("West"). The most commonly accepted definition includes Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, as well as Libya, Sudan, and Egypt. The term "North Africa", when commonly used in North Africa and the Middle East, often refers only to the countries of the Maghreb and Libya. Egypt, due to its greater Middle Eastern associations, is in the Middle East.

The countries of North Africa share a common ethnic, cultural and linguistic identity that is unique to this region. North west Africa has been inhabited by Berbers since the beginning of recorded history, while the eastern part of North Africa has been home to the Egyptians. Following the Muslim conquest in the seventh century C.E., the region underwent a process of Arabization and Islamization that has defined its cultural landscape ever since.

1. Does North African countries share commonalties?
2. what do they share in common?
3. Who inhabits the North west?
4. When was the Muslim conquest?
5. Is "north Africa" defined?
6. Does it only have one definition?
7. what is the most common definition?
8. what kind of countries are in North Africa?
9. true or false, egypt is a part of north africa
10. is Egypt a part of the middle east?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. yes
2. ethnic, cultural and linguistic identities
3. Berbers
4. in the seventh century C.E.
5. somewhat
6. no
7. Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, as well as Libya, Sudan, and Egypt
8. countries situated in the northern-most region of the African continent
9. true
10. yes

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Jen put on her favorite dress. She liked it because it had cats on it. She was very excited about her birthday cake. Maybe the cake would have a turtle on it. Jen was going to have turkey. She had no gravy, so she had chicken for dinner instead. After eating the chicken, she remembered she was late for the dance! She ran up the stairs. She put on a coat and ran out the door. She walked past some ice cream. She did not have time to stop and eat any of the ice cream. She walked past some sprinkles. She did not have time to eat the sprinkles. Jen walked past the yogurt. She did not have time to get the yogurt. Jen got to where she had to go. Soon after, she turned around and started the long walk back home. She got home at last. She saw her huge cake. It had chocolate on it. Jen was very happy. She was ready to enjoy the cake.

1. Who put on her favorite dress?
2. Why did she like it?
3. Was she excited?
4. About what?
5. What might be on it?
6. What was she going to have?
7. Why didn't she have it?
8. So what did she have instead?
9. What was she late for?
10. Where did she run?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Jen.
2. Because it had cats on it.
3. Yes.
4. Her birthday cake.
5. A turtle.
6. Turkey
7. Because she had no gravy
8. Chicken.
9. The dance!
10. Up the stairs.

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Can a boss fire an employee he finds attractive because he and his wife, fairly or not, see her as a threat to their marriage?

Yes, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.

"The question we must answer is ... whether an employee who has not engaged in flirtatious conduct may be lawfully terminated simply because the boss views the employee as an irresistible attraction," Justice Edward M. Mansfield wrote for the all-male high court.

Such firings may not be fair, but they do not constitute unlawful discrimination under the Iowa Civil Rights Act, the decision read, siding with a lower court.

An attorney for Melissa Nelson, the fired employee, said the decision was wrong.

"We are appalled by the court's ruling and its failure to understand the nature of gender bias," said Paige Fiedler, the attorney. "For the seven men on the Iowa Supreme Court not to 'get it' is shocking and disheartening. It underscores the need for judges on the bench to be diverse in terms of their gender, race and life experiences."

Read the court's decision (PDF)

The case concerns her client's employment as a dental assistant. Nelson worked for James Knight in 1999 and stayed for more than 10 years at the Fort Dodge business.

Toward the end of her employment, Knight complained to Nelson her clothing was tight and "distracting," the decision read. She denied her clothes were inappropriate.

At one point, Knight told Nelson that "if she saw his pants bulging, she would know her clothing was too revealing," the decision read.

1. When was the ruling?
2. In what state?
3. Which court?
4. Can a worker get fired because they are too pretty?
5. Who was let go?
6. Who was her lawyer?
7. Did she agree?
8. What was her emotion?
9. How long had Melissa worked there?
10. Who let her go?
11. What was his occupation?
12. What was her job?
13. When did she start working there?
14. Were there any women on the bench?
15. Did the court say it was fair?
16. What did they say?
17. Who wrote the opinion
18. Why was she let go according to him?
19. What was Knight's complaint?
20. What city did they work in?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Friday
2. Iowa
3. Supreme
4. Yes
5. Melissa Nelson
6. Paige Fiedler
7. No
8. appalled
9. 10
10. James Knight
11. Dentist
12. dental assistant
13. 1999
14. No
15. No
16. it was lawful
17. Edward M. Mansfield
18. an irresistible attraction
19. her clothing was tight and "distracting
20. Fort Dodge