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The Kingdom of Italy () was a state which existed from 1861, when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when a constitutional referendum led civil discontent to abandon the monarchy and form the Italian Republic. The state was founded as a result of the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered its legal predecessor state.

Italy declared war on Austria in alliance with Prussia in 1866 and received the region of Veneto following their victory. Italian troops entered Rome in 1870, ending more than one thousand years of Papal temporal power. Italy entered into a Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1882, following strong disagreements with France about the respective colonial expansions. However, even if relations with Berlin became very friendly, the alliance with Vienna remained purely formal, as the Italians were keen to acquire Trentino and Trieste, corners of Austria-Hungary populated by Italians. So, in 1915, Italy accepted the British invitation to join the Allies in World War I because the western allies promised territorial compensation (at the expense of Austria-Hungary) for participation that was more generous than Vienna's offer in exchange for Italian neutrality. Victory in the war gave Italy a permanent seat in the Council of the League of Nations.
1. When did the Kingdom of Italty begin?
2. Who was King?
3. of?
4. until?
5. What did the dicontent cause?
6. What did it form?
7. When did Italy declare war?
8. Who was their alliance?
9. Who were they fightig?
10. when?
11. What did they receive?
12. When did Italy enter Rome?
13. How long had there been Papal power?
14. Who was in the triple alliance with Italy?
15. when?
16. How were they disagreeing with?
17. about what?
18. How was the alliance with Vienna described?
19. What did the Italians want?
20. What happened in 1915?

Numbered answers:
1. 1861
2. Victor Emmanuel II
3. Sardinia
4. 1946
5. abandonment of the monarchy
6. Italian Republic
7. 1866
8. Prussia
9. Austria
10. 1866
11. region of Veneto
12. 1870
13. more than one thousand years
14. Germany and Austria-Hungary
15. 1882
16. France
17. respective colonial expansions
18. formal
19. to acquire Trentino and Trieste,
20. accepted the British invitation to join the Allies in World War I

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Albany is the capital of the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Albany County. Roughly north of New York City, Albany developed on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. The population of the City of Albany was 97,856 according to the 2010 census. Albany constitutes the economic and cultural core of the Capital District of New York State, which comprises the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area, including the nearby cities and suburbs of Troy, Schenectady, and Saratoga Springs. With a 2013 Census-estimated population of 1.1 million the Capital District is the third-most populous metropolitan region in the state and 38th in the United States.

Fortune 500 companies with offices in Albany include American Express, J.P. Morgan and Chase, Merrill Lynch, General Electric, Verizon, Goldman Sachs, International Paper, and Key Bank. In the 21st century, the Capital District has emerged as a major anchor of Tech Valley, the moniker describing the technologically-focused region of eastern New York State.

This was the first European settlement in the state. It was settled by Dutch colonists who in 1614, built Fort Nassau for fur trading and Fort Orange in 1624. They formed successful relations with both the Mahican and the Mohawk peoples, two major Native American nations in the region. The fur trade attracted settlers who founded a village called Beverwijck near Fort Orange. In 1664 the English took over the Dutch settlements, renaming the city as Albany, in honor of the then Duke of Albany, the future James II of England and James VII of Scotland. The city was officially chartered in 1686 under English rule. It became the capital of New York State in 1797, following the United States gaining independence in the American Revolutionary War. Albany is one of the oldest surviving settlements of the original British thirteen colonies, and the longest continuously chartered city in the United States. Its charter is possibly the longest-running instrument of municipal government in the Western Hemisphere.
1. What are some Fortune 500 companies with offices in Albany?
2. What state is it the capital of?
3. What river was it developed on the bank of?
4. Who was it first settled by?
5. When was this?
6. Were there any other european colonies in the state at the time?
7. When did it become the capital?
8. How does it rank in poulation with other cities in the U.S.?
9. And what about in it's state?
10. What is notable about the cities charter?
11. Is it possible it's the longest-running in the western hemisphere?
12. What is it's population according to the 2010 census?
13. What other districts encompass the Capital district of New York State?
14. When did the English take over rule from the Dutch of the city?

Numbered answers:
1. American Express and J.P. Morgan and Chase
2. the state of New York
3. on the bank of the Hudson River
4. by Dutch colonists
5. 1614
6. yes
7. in 1797
8. it is 38th in the United States.
9. it is the third-most populous
10. it is the longest continuously chartered city in the United States
11. yes
12. 97,856
13. the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
14. In 1664

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As they went to the doors they saw they had the letters A, B, C, and D on them. What did it mean? Alpha, the leader, told everyone to stop and look at the doors, so as to see which door they would go through. The walls were brown and dirty. The lights were yellow. Door A was blue. This was Beta's choice. Door B was red. Door C was the same color as door A. Door D a color no one had seen before. Gamma felt that Alpha needed to make a choice soon before the monsters caught their scent. Delta was the first to voice a choice. He wanted to go in the red door. Alpha told him that the old books said to go in the blue door. This is why it was so hard for Alpha right now. Two doors were blue. Being a good leader, Alpha asked everyone what they wanted to do. The final choice was door D. They went in and enjoyed all of time in a world with odd colors.
1. what color were the lights?
2. how many doors were there?
3. what color were the walls?
4. were they clean?
5. who was the leader?
6. what color was door B?
7. and door c?
8. was it different than door A?
9. what did books say to do?
10. Did Delta have the same choice?
11. what door did he want?
12. what color was it?
13. what door did they pick?
14. was it a familiar color?
15. how many doors were blue?
Numbered answers:
1. yellow
2. Four
3. brown
4. no
5. Alpha
6. red
7. blue
8. no
9. go in the blue door
10. no
11. B
12. red
13. D
14. no
15. Two