Q: Egypt (i/idpt/; Arabic: Misr, Egyptian Arabic: Masr, Coptic: Khemi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia, via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is the world's only contiguous Eurafrasian nation. Most of Egypt's territory of 1,010,408 square kilometres (390,000 sq mi) lies within the Nile Valley. Egypt is a Mediterranean country. It is bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba to the east, the Red Sea to the east and south, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.

Egypt has one of the longest histories of any modern country, arising in the tenth millennium BC as one of the world's first nation states. Considered a cradle of civilisation, Ancient Egypt experienced some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanisation, organised religion and central government. Iconic monuments such as the Giza Necropolis and its Great Sphinx, as well the ruins of Memphis, Thebes, Karnak, and the Valley of the Kings, reflect this legacy and remain a significant focus of archaeological study and popular interest worldwide. Egypt's rich cultural heritage is an integral part of its national identity, having endured, and at times assimilated, various foreign influences, including Greek, Persian, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and European. Although Christianised in the first century of the Common Era, it was subsequently Islamised due to the Islamic conquests of the seventh century.

Answer the following questions:
1. What part of the African continent is Egypt in?
2. Is it part of Asia?
3. What distinguishes it from other nations of the world?
4. Does it have a long history?
5. What kind of foreign influences has it encountered?
6. What river valley is it part of?
7. How large is the country?
8. What country borders it to the northeast?
9. the south?
10. the west?
11. What is its official name?
12. How is it connected to Asia?
13. called what?
14. Is it a Mediterranean country?
15. When did civilization begin there?
16. What are some of the monuments in Egypt?
17. and?
18. and?
19. Does it have a rich cultural identity?
20. Was it ever a christian nation?
21. What is its primary religion now?
A: 1. the northeast
2. yes
3. It is the world's only contiguous Eurafrasian nation
4. yes
5. Greek, Persian, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and European.
6. the Nile Valley
7. 1,010,408 square kilometres
8. the Gaza Strip and Israel
9. Sudan
10. Libya
11. Arab Republic of Egypt
12. a land bridge
13. the Sinai Peninsula
14. yes
15. the tenth millennium BC
16. the Giza Necropolis
17. the Great Sphinx
18. The ruins of Memphis, Thebes and Karnak
19. yes
20. yes
21. Islam
Q: (CNN) -- Even a presidential campaign's airplane troubles can get partisan in an election year.

Aviation incidents involving President Barack Obama and Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, have inspired hundreds of supporters commenting at CNN.com to connect those events to the candidates' political positions.

When the Air Force One pilot aborted his first landing in Toledo, Ohio, due to weather on Wednesday, commenters were quick to jump on Obama.

"See, Barack Obama can't even land a plane correctly," wrote a commenter whose handle is TheOtherBob. "He was probably checking the polls - thinks he has Ohio in the bag - no need to land," wrote another commenter.

"He was distracted, since he was busy adjusting gas prices over his smart phone," wrote another commenter.

Ann Romney's smoke-filled plane

Ann Romney couldn't catch a break, either. Her airplane cabin filling up with smoke due to an electrical problem was no laughing matter, but commenters quickly took aim at her husband and his response.

Mitt Romney talked about not being able to open the airplane's windows in flight. (New York Times writer Ashley Parker, who wrote the presidential pool report mentioning the comments, declined to comment on his remarks, referring CNN to a New York magazine piece where she made it clear that Romney was joking.)

"Maybe if Romney hadn't started the outsourcing trend, that plane would have been built and maintained better by hardworking 47%ers," wrote one commenter.

"Firefighters came to the rescue, paramedics were there on time and the police took special care of your security. We are the 47% your husband scorns," wrote commenter Kweso.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who's Ann married to?
2. Which political party is he with?
3. Where were hundreds commenting?
4. Where was the aborted landing?
5. When?
6. Why?
7. Who didn't think Obama could land it?
8. What was Ann's plane full of?
9. Why?
10. Was it a funny matter?
11. Was Mitt being funny about not being able to open a window?
12. Did firefighters race to the tarmac?
A: 1. Mitt Romney
2. Republican
3. CNN.com
4. Toledo, Ohio
5. Wednesday
6. due to weather
7. TheOtherBob
8. smoke
9. electrical problem
10. No
11. Yes
12. Firefighters came to the rescue
Q: (CNN) -- In most of the country, employers can force pregnant workers out of the workplace when their pregnancy interferes with their normal job duties.

Heather Wiseman, a retail sales associate, lost her job because consuming water while working, an activity necessary to maintain a healthy pregnancy, violated store policy.

Victoria Serednyj, a nursing home activity director, lost her job because her pregnancy interfered with her ability to lift heavy tables. Her employer terminated her employment even though lifting tables "took up a small part, roughly five to 10 minutes" of her day and her co-workers volunteered to perform this task.

Workers covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, by contrast, can continue working despite their physical limitations.

The Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 broadened the ADA to include many short-term and relatively minor physical conditions. Pregnant women who experience comparable physical limitations should also have the opportunity to receive accommodations that will enable them to continue working.

According to EEOC regulations issued in 2011, the amended ADA requires employers to accommodate persons who experience "shortness of breath and fatigue when walking distances that most people could walk without experiencing such effects."

It also requires employers to accommodate persons with back injuries resulting in a "20-pound lifting restriction that lasts or is expected to last for several months." In some circumstances, even a far more common 50-pound lifting restriction may qualify an individual for ADA coverage.

To date, courts have balked at including pregnancy within the Americans with Disabilities Act. They've reasoned the physical limitations accompanying pregnancy are too short-term and minor to qualify as disabilities.

Answer the following questions:
1. What are employers able to do to pregnant workers?
2. Who is Heather Wiseman?
3. Why was she fired?
4. What was the name of the nursing home director who was fired?
5. Why was she fired?
6. How many minutes of her day was spent doing this?
7. Did coworkers offer to help her?
8. What act allows workers with limitations protections in the workforce?
9. What was it broadened to include?
10. In what year?
11. What year were accommodations for shortness of breath added?
12. What other accommodation is included?
13. How many pounds restriction was mentioned?
14. lasting for how long?
15. Is pregnancy covered by ADA?
16. What is one reason why not?
17. and another?
18. What news station reported this?
19. What group issued the 2011 regulations?
20. What does EEOC stand for?
A:
1. fired them
2. a retail sales associate
3. for consuming water
4. Victoria Serednyj
5. she couldn't lift tables.
6. five to ten minutes
7. yes
8. Americans with Disabilities Act
9. short-term and minor conditions
10. 2008
11. 2011
12. back injuries
13. a 20 and 50
14. several months
15. no
16. physical limitations too short-term
17. too minor
18. CNN
19. EEOC
20. unknown