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Ivory Coast () or Cote d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire (), is a country located in West Africa. Ivory Coast's political capital is Yamoussoukro, and its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan. Its bordering countries are Guinea and Liberia in the west, Burkina Faso and Mali in the north, and Ghana in the east. The Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) is located south of Ivory Coast.

Prior to its colonization by Europeans, Ivory Coast was home to several states, including Gyaaman, the Kong Empire, and Baoule. Two Anyi kingdoms, "Indenie" and "Sanwi", attempted to retain their separate identity through the French colonial period and after independence. Ivory Coast became a protectorate of France in 18431844 and was later formed into a French colony in 1893 amid the European scramble for Africa. Ivory Coast achieved independence in 1960, led by Felix Houphouet-Boigny, who ruled the country until 1993. The country maintained close political and economic association with its West African neighbors while at the same time maintaining close ties to the West, especially France. Since the end of Houphouet-Boigny's rule in 1993, Ivory Coast has experienced one "coup d'etat", in 1999, and two religion-grounded civil wars. The first took place between 2002 and 2007 and the second during 20102011. In 2000, the country adopted a new Constitution.

1. Who colonized the Ivory coast?
2. Who ended up controlling it?
3. Which European power ended up controlling it?
4. Did anyone try to maintain independence during that time?
5. Who?
6. When did the become independent from France?
7. How long was Felix Houphouet-Boigny head of state?
8. What ended his reign?
9. What is the country's capital?
10. Where is the country located?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Europeans
2. Felix Houphouet-Boigny
3. France
4. Yes
5. Ivory Coast
6. 1960
7. from 1960 until 1993
8. they achieved independence
9. political capital is Yamoussoukro
10. West Africa

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Wall Street is an eight-block-long street running roughly northwest to southeast from Broadway to South Street, at the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial services industry (even if financial firms are not physically located there), or New York-based financial interests.

Anchored by Wall Street, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world, and the city is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization, the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Several other major exchanges have or had headquarters in the Wall Street area, including the New York Mercantile Exchange, the New York Board of Trade, and the former American Stock Exchange.

There are varying accounts about how the Dutch-named "de Waalstraat" got its name. A generally accepted version is that the name of the street was derived from a wall (actually a wooden palisade) on the northern boundary of the New Amsterdam settlement, built to protect against Native Americans, pirates, and the British. A conflicting explanation is that Wall Street was named after "Walloons" the Dutch name for a "Walloon" is "Waal". Among the first settlers that embarked on the ship "Nieu Nederlandt" in 1624 were 30 Walloon families. While the Dutch word "wal" can be translated as "rampart", it only appeared on maps as "de Walstraat" on English maps of New Amsterdam. However, even some English maps show the name as Waal Straat, and not as Wal Straat.

1. What state is Wall Street in?
2. What is it's Dutch name?
3. How many blocks is the street?
4. is New York home to NASDAQ?
5. is it also home to The New York stock exchange?
6. What city is the leading financial center of the world?
7. How many Walloon families were on the ship?
8. What is the dutch name for a Walloon?
9. What was the ship named?
10. What do some maps show the name as?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. It is in New York
2. It's dutch name is "de Waalstraat"
3. Eight blocks
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. The leading financial center of the world is New York City
7. 30
8. The dutch name is "Waal"
9. The ship's name is Nieu Nederlandt
10. it shows the name "de Walstraat" on English maps of New Amsterdam

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Children who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of becoming better readers than those who don't. With help from their parents, children can learn techniques to improve their reading skills.

"A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading to them," Donna George said. "They are sadly mistaken."

George offers her services to parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable thing parents can do. "It is better for children to hear things at a higher level than where they are," George said. "Parents are their child's first teacher." Parents help their children build listening, phonics , comprehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.

Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy----television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Joiners said while her 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son enjoy reading, the television sometimes becomes a _ . So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series.

Parents who do not read themselves should not depend on their children being enthusiastic about it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in school. It is the parents' job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.

1. Who should children read with to improve a skill?
2. And what skill would that improve?
3. Should parents continue reading books to their kids after they learn to read?
4. What is Donna's last name?
5. And where does she work?
6. How many different skills do children build when parents read aloud to them?
7. Who or what does Miss George say is the enemy?
8. What room should children not have TVs in?
9. What book series is recommended as a family series?
10. How long per day should parents read to their children?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Parents
2. Reading
3. Yes
4. George
5. Title I Learning Centers.
6. Four
7. television
8. bedrooms
9. the Harry Potter series
10. at least 15 minutes