question: The Arctic ( or ) is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Alaska (United States), Northern Canada, Finland, Greenland (Denmark), Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden. Land within the Arctic region has seasonally varying snow and ice cover, with predominantly treeless permafrost-containing tundra. Arctic seas contain seasonal sea ice in many places.

The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth's ecosystems. For example, the cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions. In recent years, Arctic sea ice decline has been caused by global warming. Life in the Arctic includes organisms living in the ice, zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants and human societies. Arctic land is bordered by the subarctic.

The word Arctic comes from the Greek word ("arktikos"), "near the Bear, northern" and that from the word ("arktos"), meaning bear. The name refers either to the constellation Ursa Major, the "Great Bear", which is prominent in the northern portion of the celestial sphere, or to the constellation Ursa Minor, the "Little Bear", which contains Polaris, the Pole star, also known as the North Star.
1. how many countries make up the Arctic?
2. is it warm there?
3. is there anywhere else like it in the world?
4. what lives there?
5. what borders it?
6. what language is the word taken from?
7. what does it mean?
8. where is the area located?
9. are any bodies of water included in its area
10. what is one of them?
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answer: 1. Eight
2. No
3. No
4. organisms living in the ice, zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants and human societies.
5. subarctic.
6. Greek
7. near the Bear, northern
8. the northernmost part of Earth
9. Yes
10. the Arctic Ocean

question: Afrikaans () is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe. It evolved from the Dutch vernacular of South Holland (Hollandic dialect) spoken by the mainly Dutch settlers of what is now South Africa, where it gradually began to develop distinguishing characteristics in the course of the 18th century. Hence, it is a daughter language of Dutch, and was previously referred to as "Cape Dutch" (a term also used to refer collectively to the early Cape settlers) or "kitchen Dutch" (a derogatory term used to refer to Afrikaans in its earlier days). However, it is also variously described as a creole or as a partially creolised language. The term is ultimately derived from Dutch "" meaning "African Dutch". It is the first language of most of the Afrikaners and Coloureds of Southern Africa.

Although Afrikaans has adopted words from other languages, including Portuguese, the Bantu languages, Malay, German and the Khoisan languages, an estimated 90 to 95% of the vocabulary of Afrikaans is of Dutch origin. Therefore, differences with Dutch often lie in the more analytic morphology and grammar of Afrikaans, and a spelling that expresses Afrikaans pronunciation rather than standard Dutch. There is a large degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languagesespecially in written form.
1. what is Afrikaans?
2. what type?
3. where is it spoken?
4. where else?
5. any other places?
6. which places is it spoken the most?
7. where did it originate?
8. of where?
9. what did it used to be called?
10. when was that?
11. what is it also considered?
12. is that a negative reference?
13. what else is it described as?
14. what does Afrikaan mean?
15. who is it the main language for?
16. which language is it most similar to?
17. where can you see the most difference?
18. did it also take words from other languages?
19. which ones?
20. what percentage is from languages other than dutch?
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answer: 1. a language
2. West Germanic
3. South Africa
4. Namibia
5. Botswana and Zimbabwe
6. South Africa and Namibia
7. Dutch vernacular
8. South Holland
9. "Cape Dutch"
10. 18th century
11. "kitchen Dutch"
12. yes
13. a creole
14. "African Dutch"
15. Afrikaners and Coloureds of Southern Africa
16. Dutch
17. morphology and grammar
18. yes
19. Portuguese, the Bantu languages, Malay, German and the Khoisan languages
20. 5-10%

question: Jake and Carol live next door to a banana farm. One day as they were taking a walk, Jake asked Carol if she could smell the sweet bananas. Carol said yes and that she would love it if the farmer would give them some. Jake's mouth watered at the thought of eating the golden yellow bananas. They then began walking to the farmer's barn to ask him if they could have some. When they arrived they saw a sign that said the farmer would be out until tomorrow night. He was also a singer and would be performing at a school two towns over in Orangeville. Instead of waiting for the farmer to return so that they could ask for some bananas, Jake and Carol began walking around the farm to pick their own.

As he was walking, Jake tripped on a rock. As he tried to stand back up he felt a sharp pain in his leg. He could walk, but it was very painful. Carol let Jake lean on her as they walked home. They knew it was a bad idea to go on the farmer's land without his permission and would never do it again.
1. What bad decision did they make?
2. why did they do it?
3. Why was the owner gone?
4. did they know that?
5. What happened after they trespassed?
6. could he move?
7. Were they able to get home?
8. Did they regret what they did?
9. Did they have far to walk home?
10. why did they head to the farm in the first place?
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answer:
1. enter without permission
2. didn't want to wait to get bananas
3. performing in town
4. yes
5. Jake tripped and hurt himself
6. yes
7. Carol let Jake lean on her as they walked home.
8. yes
9. no
10. they smelled the bananas.