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Issue 252, Dated 25th June, 2015 Newsademic.com British English edition Activities

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Waterloo remembered (Page 1)

Instructions: Read the article Waterloo remembered. Answer questions 1-16.

1. Where is Waterloo?

2. In what way were Napoleon and Wellington contemporaries?

3. What happened in 1812?

4. What was the allied army?

5. What was Napoleons plan?

6. What was Prussia?

7. Who were Ney and Grouchy?

8. What happened at Quatre-Bras?


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Waterloo remembered (Page 1) continued

9. What happened at Ligny?

10. What happened at Wavre?

11. When was the Battle of Leipzig and what happened?

12. Where is Saint Helena?

13. As part of the bicentenary who met and shook hands on the battlefield?

14. When and where was the Peninsular War and who was it between?

15. What does to meet your Waterloo mean?

16. Why were no similar events organised for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo?


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International yoga day (Page 18)

Instructions: Read the article International yoga day. Tick either true or false for the following statements.

TRUE FALSE

1. In New Delhi the Rajpath leads to the presidents palace. 2. Mr Modi said that 21st July would be his preferred date for International Yoga Day. 3. Mr Modi has been Indias prime minister for just over two years. 4. The word yoga means disjointed. 5. Mr Modi is a vegetarian and does not drink alcohol. 6. Mr Modi is a member of the Indian Peoples Party. 7. In the southern hemisphere 21st June is the shortest day. 8. Nationalists are people who have very strong feelings for their country. 9. Today, at least 10 million people in the world regularly practice yoga 10. Yoga is closely associated with Sikhism.


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1. Q.

A. The Nansei Islands.

2. Q.

A. The Cornerstone of Peace.

3. Q.

A. Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

4. Q.

A. 1972.

5. Q.

A. Malaysia, Burma (now also known as Myanmar) and the Philippines.

6. Q.

A. Eighty-three days.

7. Q.

A. 1941.

8. Q.

A. Shinz Abe.

Okinawa anniversary (Page 7)

Instructions: Read the article Okinawa anniversary. The answers to the questions are given for 1-8. Write the questions.


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Flapjack octopuses (Page 13)

Instructions: Read the article Flapjack octopuses. Draw a line to connect the correct links. The first is done for you.

Mantle Jet propulsion

Octopuses Body

Cephalopoda Genus

Snail Mollusca

Opisthoteuthis californiana Pancake devilfishes

Opisthoteuthis Less than five years

Flapjack octopuses Squid

Funnel Species


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RUNNYMEDEBARONS

MAGNA CARTAKING JOHN

Magna Carta anniversary (Page 6)

Instructions: Read the article Magna Carta anniversary and fill in the spider diagram below with the details.


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Confederate flag (Page 3)

Instructions: Read the article Confederate flag. Answer questions 1-8.

1. What event did the American Civil War follow?

2. What was the Confederacy or the South?

3. What was the Union or the North?

4. Why did landowners in the southern states insist that they needed black slaves?

5. Which states seceded?

6. Who is Nikki Haley and what did she announce?

7. By what other names is the Confederate flag known?

8. Why do many people dislike the Confederate flag?


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World Map (Page 13)

Instructions: Solve these anagrams. Each answer is a country that appears on the World Map. Each anagram has one extra letter. Together the extra letters form another anagram. The answer is a mystery country. One is already done for you.

Mystery country = G

1. Q A R G I G I R A Q

2. A R T N S U I A

3. N A K TA S E P I

4. A I G R E G O A

5. G L E I B M U I

6. M R A N K E R D

7. O X E M T C I

8. N E O L B A N A

9. A N W D S I R E Z N T L


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Odd one out =

Dodo Magna Carta Ramadan

Sprint UNHCR Cityscoot

Flapjack devilfish Philae Faroe Islands

Confederacy Refugees Wind turbines

Fasting Saint Helena Mauritius

Northern China Rosetta Southern states

Runnymede Marsupial Denmark

Octopus Manchuria Kangaroo

Elba Paris SoftBank

Issue 252 Elimination

Instructions: Read issue 252. Now eliminate from the list 13 pairs of words or phrases that go together. You will have one word or phrase left over. That is the answer. One pair is already done for you.


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1. Which European countrys parliament is called the Folketing?

a. Sweden b. Denmark c. Norway d. Finland e. The Netherlands

2. When was the Great Dying? a. 443 million years ago b. 360 million years ago c. 370 million years ago d. 252 million years ago e. 200 million years ago

3. Who led the Prussian army at the Battle of Waterloo?

a. Stauffenberg b. Scharnhorst c. Schulenburg d. Rohmer e. Blcher

4. Which phylum do octopuses belong to? a. Chordata b. Phoronida c. Arthropoda d. Mollusca e. Loricifera

5. Which king of England put his seal on Magna Carta?

a. King John b. King William c. King James d. King Henry e. King Stephen

6. By what name is Kennewick Man also known?

a. Piltdown man b. Larry c. The Ancient One d. Peking Man e. Otzi

7. Who is the prime minister of Japan? a. Yukio Hatoyama b. Shinz Abe c. Kiichi Miyazawa d. Junichiro Koizumi e. Yukio Hatoyama

8. When did the Napoleonic wars end? a. 1799 b. 1805 c. 1815 d. 1856 e. 1856

9. In which ocean does an El Nio occur? a. Atlantic Ocean b. Indian Ocean c. Southern Ocean d. Pacific Ocean e. Indian Ocean

10. Which one of the following states did not secede from the United States at the time of the American Civil War?

a. Alabama b. Arkansas c. Massachusetts d. North Carolina e. Virginia

Issue 252 multiple choice quiz

Instructions: Read issue 252 and circle the correct answers for questions 1-10.

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