Problem: New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and south, and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north, respectively. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the south. Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, is New England's largest city. The largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston, which also includes Worcester, Massachusetts (the second-largest city in New England), Manchester (the largest city in New Hampshire), and Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island), with nearly a third of the entire region's population.

In 1620, Puritan Separatist Pilgrims from England first settled in the region, forming the Plymouth Colony, the second successful English settlement in the Americas, following the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia founded in 1607. Ten years later, more Puritans settled north of Plymouth Colony in Boston, thus forming Massachusetts Bay Colony. Over the next 126 years, people in the region fought in four French and Indian Wars, until the British and their Iroquois allies defeated the French and their Algonquin allies in North America. In 1692, the town of Salem, Massachusetts and surrounding areas experienced the Salem witch trials, one of the most infamous cases of mass hysteria in the history of the Western Hemisphere.
1. What is New England?
2. Containing what?
3. What are 3 of the states?
4. The other 3?
5. What state borders it to the west and south?
6. What country borders it to the north?
7. What ocean does it border/
8. What is the largest city in New England?
9. What happened in 1620?
10. Forming what?
11. Was that the first settlement?
12. What was?
13. When was that founded?
14. What happened in 1692?
Answer: 1. geographical region
2. six states of the northeastern United States
3. Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire
4. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
5. New York
6. New Brunswick and Quebec
7. Atlantic Ocean
8. Boston
9. Pilgrims from England first settled in the region
10. Plymouth Colony
11. no
12. Jamestown Settlement
13. 1607
14. Salem, Massachusetts and surrounding areas experiencd the Salem witch trails

Problem: Jockeys are the smallest athletes. They are rarely over five feet six, or 120 pounds. The lighter the weight on the horse, the faster it can go.

Riding fast horses on the track is tough on the small jockeys. The jockey doesn't"sit"on the horse. He leans forward on his legs. The strain is on his thighs and calf muscles. As jockeys age, their legs"go"first. Jockeys also need arm strength. It's a strain holding a 1000-pound racehorse.

On muddy days, jockeys get a pounding of mud. The mud comes flying off the hooves of the horses in front. "It feels like someone is punching you all over,"says one rider.

And a jockey can be hurt. A jockey can have a leg jammed between two horses. Or it can get caught between horse and the rail. The worst accidents are from falls. A horse may fall on his rider. Or horses behind may trample if he hits the track. In one year about 240 riders are hurt badly. That's one out of six jockeys.

But the jockeys are well-paid. A jockey keeps about ten percent of the money his horses win. Jacinto Vasquez, a five-foot-three comer, has ridden horses to $7,000,000 in wins in the last eight years, which means he does almost $100,000 a year.

Why do some jockeys do better than others? "It isn't the way a boy sits on a horse or uses the reins or the whip,"says Conn McCreary. McCreary was a top jockey of the 1950's. He rode two Kentucky Derby winners. "Most jockeys do this the same. It's the 'feel' he has for the horses."

"When you come right down to it, it just seems that horses run better for some riders," McCreary says. "A real good jockey doesn't lose with the best horse. And sometimes he'll win with the second or third best."

Many Latin-American riders, like Jacinto, seem to have the _ . "Maybe it's because we grew up with horses,"says Jacinto. "Maybe it's because we like to ride. There was a strike at Aqueduct last year. We, Jorge Velasquez, and Angel Cordero (two other top Latin riders) went to a park. We rented horses, and rode around the bridle path !"
1. Who are the smallest athletes?
2. Who tall are they usually
3. How much do they weigh?
4. How does a horse go faster?
5. Does the jockey sit on the horse?
6. what does he do?
7. Where is the strain?
8. What happens on muddy days?
9. Can a jockey be hurt?
10. What are the worst accidents from?
11. How many riders are hurt annually?
12. What percent is that?
13. Are they paid well?
14. How much money do they keep?
15. Who is five foot three?
16. How much has he won?
17. Over how long?
18. Who is Conn McCreary?
19. Are there many Latin-American riders?
20. What years was McCreary riding?
Answer: 1. Jockeys
2. Under 5'6"
3. Under 120lbs
4. With less weight on it
5. No
6. Leans forward on his legs
7. On his thighs and calf muscles
8. jockeys get a pounding of mud
9. Yes
10. Falls
11. About 240
12. One out of six
13. Yes
14. About 10% of what the horse wins
15. Jacinto Vasquez
16. $7,000,000
17. 8 years
18. a top jockey
19. Yes
20. During the 1950's

Problem: Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.

Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portola, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespi on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
1. What city borders Santa Monica to the North
2. Who had been living there for awhile?
3. When did Gaspar first camp there?
4. What is it known for in the current day?
5. What kind of neighborhoods are there?
6. Are the families generally considered to be in lower social classes?
7. In one of the versions of the naming who cried the tears the springs reminded people of?
8. What was she crying about?
9. What is the other story of the naming?
10. When is that actual date?
11. What kind of city is it?
Answer:
1. Pacific Palisades
2. Tongva people
3. August 3, 1769
4. intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues
5. single-family
6. no
7. Saint Monica
8. her son's early impiety
9. feast day of Saint Monica
10. May 4
11. beachfront