 
 <prompt> text: ```Tuvalu (i/tuːˈvɑːluː/ too-VAH-loo or /ˈtuːvəluː/ TOO-və-loo), wey bin dey known as the Ellice Islands, na one Polynesian island nation wey dey for Pacific Ocean, wey dey for middle of Hawaii and Australia. E dey consist of three reef islands and six true atolls wey dey spread between latitude of 5° to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line. E nearest neighbours na Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. Tuvalu get population of 10,640 (2012 census). The total land area of the islands of Tuvalu na 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi).

For 1568, Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña na the first European wey sail through the archipelago, wey see the island of Nui during hin expedition in search of Terra Australis. For 1819 the island of Funafuti bin dey named Ellice's Island; the name Ellice na im dem call all nine islands after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay. The islands come under Britain's sphere of influence for the late 19th century, when each of the Ellice Islands na im Captain Gibson of HMS Curacoa declare as British Protectorate between 9 and 16 October 1892. The Ellice Islands bin dey administered as British protectorate by a Resident Commissioner from 1892 to 1916 as part of the British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT), and then as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony from 1916 to 1974.

Answer the following questions:
1. who was the first European to sail through the archipelago?
2. what is Tuvalu's population?
3. what are the Ellice islands now called?
4. what is Tuvalu’s land area?
5. How many neighbors are named?
6. Where is Tuvalu located?
7. Name one of its neighbors
8. what island was named Ellice’s island?
9. what were they apart of from 1916-1974?
10. when did they come fall under Britain’s influence?
11. who declared them a british protectorate?

Numbered answers:``` <response>: ```1. Álvaro de Mendaña
2. 10,640
3. Tuvalu
4. 26 square kilometres
5. Four
6. for Pacific Ocean, for middle of Hawaii and Australia
7. Kiribati
8. Funafuti
9. Britain's sphere of influence
10. 19th century
11. Captain Gibson of HMS Curacoa``` 