Question: BMW AG is a Germany-based company which currently produces automobiles and motorcycles, and produced aircraft engines until 1945.

The company was founded in 1916 and has its headquarters in Munich, Bavaria. BMW produces motor vehicles in Germany, Brazil, China, India, South Africa and the United States. In 2015, BMW was the world's twelfth largest producer of motor vehicles, with 2,279,503 vehicles produced. The Quandt family are long-term shareholders of the company, with the remaining stocks owned by public float.

Automobiles are marketed under the brands BMW (with sub-brands BMW M for performance models and BMW i for plug-in electric cars), Mini and Rolls-Royce. Motorcycles are marketed under the brand BMW Motorrad.

The company has significant motorsport history, especially in touring cars, Formula 1, sports cars and the Isle of Man TT.

"BMW AG" is an abbreviation for the German name "Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft" (). "Bayerische Motoren Werke" translates into English as "Bavarian Motor Works", while Aktiengesellschaft signifies it is a corporation owned by shareholders.

BMW's origins can be traced back to three separate German companies: Rapp Motorenwerke, Bayerische Flugzeugwerke and Automobilwerk Eisenach. The history of the name itself begins with Rapp Motorenwerke, an aircraft engine manufacturer. In April 1917, following the departure of the founder Karl Friedrich Rapp, the company was renamed Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW).. BMW's first product was the BMW IIIa aircraft engine. The IIIa engine was known for good fuel economy and high-altitude performance. The resulting orders for IIIa engines from the German military caused rapid expansion for BMW. 1. What does BMW AG stand for?
2. What is the translation of "Bayerische Motoren Werke" ?
3. And what does Aktiengesellschaft mean?
4. When was BMW AG founded?
5. What country is it from?
6. Where are its headquarters?
7. Where else does it produce motor vehicles?
8. Can you name another place?
9. What?
10. How many vehicles did it make in 2015?
11. Who are the Quandt family? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. "Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft"
2. "Bavarian Motor Works"
3. corporation owned by shareholders
4. 1916
5. Germany
6. Munich
7. Brazil
8. Yes
9. China
10. 2,279,503
11. long-term shareholders

Question: On 29 November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly recommended the adoption and implementation of the Partition Plan for Mandatory Palestine. This UN plan specified borders for new Arab and Jewish states and also specified an area of Jerusalem and its environs which was to be administered by the UN under an international regime. The end of the British Mandate for Palestine was set for midnight on 14 May 1948. That day, David Ben-Gurion, the executive head of the Zionist Organization and president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, declared "the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to be known as the State of Israel," which would start to function from the termination of the mandate. The borders of the new state were not specified in the declaration. Neighboring Arab armies invaded the former Palestinian mandate on the next day and fought the Israeli forces. Israel has since fought several wars with neighboring Arab states, in the course of which it has occupied the West Bank, Sinai Peninsula (195657, 196782), part of Southern Lebanon (19822000), Gaza Strip (19672005; still considered occupied after 2005 disengagement) and the Golan Heights. It extended its laws to the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, but not the West Bank. Efforts to resolve the IsraeliPalestinian conflict have not resulted in peace. However, peace treaties between Israel and both Egypt and Jordan have successfully been signed. Israel's occupation of Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem is the world's longest military occupation in modern times.[note 2] 1. What was proposed on November 29, 1947?
2. What borders were involved?
3. What was the name of the plan?
4. What was the international regine to do?
5. Who was the head of Zionist Organization?
6. What declaration did he make?
7. When would operations there begin?
8. What borders were on the declaration?
9. Were the borders written out in the declaration?
10. Who invaded the day after the declaration?
11. What is the outcome between Irael and Palestine? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. United Nations General Assembly
2. Arab and Jewish states
3. Partition Plan
4. specified borders for new Arab and Jewish states and also specified an area of Jerusalem and its environs
5. David Ben-Gurion
6. the establishment of a Jewish state
7. 14 May 1948
8. West Bank, Sinai Peninsula, part of Southern Lebanon , Gaza Strip (19672005; still considered occupied after 2005 disengagement)
9. West Bank.
10. Neighboring Arab
11. Israel has since fought several wars with neighboring Arab states

Question: 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist.So he invented a very simple camera .He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden .That was the first photo.

The next important date in the history of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different processs. In his pictures, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest details. This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype.

Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's process. Travellers brought back daguerreotypes from all around the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities and mountains.

In about 1840, the process was improved. Now photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. The process was not simple. The photographers had to carry lots of film and processing equipment. But this did not stop the photographers, especially in the United States, where from the 1840s daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities.

Mathew Brady was a well-known American photographer. He took many pictures of famous people. The pictures were unusual because they were very life-like and full of personality.

Brady was also the first person to take pictures of war. His 1862 Civil War pictures showed dead soldiers and ruined cities. They made the war seem more real and more terrible

In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photography. Photographers could buy film readymade in rolls. So they did not have to make the film immediately. They could bring it back to their studios and develop it later, meaning that they did not have to carry lots of equipment. And finally, the invention of the small handheld camera made photography less expensive.

With the small camera, anyone could be a photographer. People began to use cameras just for fun. They took pictures of their families, friends and favourite places. They called these pictures "snapshots".

Photographs became very popular in newspapers in the 1890s. Soon magazines and books also used documentary photographs. These pictures showed true events and people. They were much more real than drawings.

Photography had turned into a form of art by the beginning of the 20th century. Some photographs were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms. 1. who was a well known american photographer?
2. who took a picture of their studio?
3. what was his process called?
4. who took the first photo?
5. what did he photograph?
6. when did this happen?
7. were Daguerre's photos detailed?
8. what year did Daguerre make his contribution to photography?
9. what was unusual about Brady's pictures?
10. what was the subject of his photos?
11. in 1840, was the process easy?
12. was it still popular?
13. who was the first person to take photos of war?
14. name a new photographic invention from the 1880s
15. did this make the equipment easy to carry or hard to carry?
16. when did newspapers really start to use photographs heavily?
17. when does photography become considered an art?
18. what is another name for pictures that people take?
19. with a small camera, who can be a photographer?
20. who do they take pictures of? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Mathew Brady
2. Daguerre
3. a daguerreotype
4. Niepce
5. his garden
6. 1826
7. Yes
8. 1837
9. they were very life-like and full of personality.
10. famous people and Civil War
11. No
12. Yes
13. Matthew Brady
14. Readymade film in rolls
15. Easier to carry
16. 1890s
17. by the beginning of the 20th century
18. snapshots
19. anyone
20. families, friends and favorite places