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Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar (the fourth-largest island in the world), and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian peninsula around 88 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth. The island's diverse ecosystems and unique wildlife are threatened by the encroachment of the rapidly growing human population and other environmental threats. 

The first archaeological evidence for human foraging on Madagascar dates to 2000 BC. Human settlement of Madagascar occurred between 350 BC and AD 550 by Austronesian peoples arriving on outrigger canoes from Borneo. These were joined around AD 1000 by Bantu migrants crossing the Mozambique Channel from East Africa. Other groups continued to settle on Madagascar over time, each one making lasting contributions to Malagasy cultural life. The Malagasy ethnic group is often divided into 18 or more sub-groups of which the largest are the Merina of the central highlands.
1. What was it previously known as
2. what is it "officially" known as now
3. is it a peninsula
4. what body of water is it in
5. what coast does it lie off of
6. where does it lie in the top 10 largest islands
7. Does it also have smaller islands off of it
8. What is the name of the "supercontinent" it was apart of
9. how long ago did it break away from the peninsula
10. does it seem to have a lot of wildlife
11. Can you find majority of the same wildlife elsewhere on Earth
12. How much of it can be found somewhere else
13. when is it believed that humans first began settling on madagascar
14. by who
15. how did they arrive
16. from where
17. who came next
18. in what year
19. what is the name of their culture
20. how many groups is it divided into

Numbered answers:
1. the Malagasy Republic
2. the Republic of Madagascar
3. no
4. the Indian Ocean
5. off the coast of East Africa
6. fourth
7. yes
8. Gondwana
9. 88 million years ago
10. yes
11. no
12. 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else
13. between 350 BC and AD 550
14. Austronesian peoples
15. by outrigger canoes
16. Borneo
17. Bantu migrants
18. about AD 1000
19. Malagasy
20. 18


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The "Billboard" 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by "Billboard" magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. 

The chart is based mostly on sales (both at retail and digital) of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide with the Global Release Date of the music industry) and ends on Thursday. A new chart is published the following Tuesday with an issue post-dated to the Saturday of the following week. The chart's streaming schedule is also tracked from Friday to Thursday. 

New product is released to the American market on Fridays. Digital downloads of albums are also included in "Billboard" 200 tabulation. Albums that are not licensed for retail sale in the United States (yet purchased in the U.S. as imports) are not eligible to chart. A long-standing policy which made titles that are sold exclusively by specific retail outlets (such as Walmart and Starbucks) ineligible for charting, was reversed on November 7, 2007, and took effect in the issue dated November 17.
1. what is the chart based on?
2. what is a recording act remembered by?
3. how often is it published?
4. on what day?
5. are all albums included in the chart?
6. which are not?
7. can these be bought in the US anyways?
8. What did Nielsen start keeping track of?
9. when did he start?
10. what days were they between?
11. when did this change?
12. to what?
13. what happened to titles sold by retail outlets in the past?
14. what happened before it was reversed?
15. when was it reversed?
16. what is Billboard 200?
17. what is it used to convey?
18. is it worldwide?
19. are digitals eligible?
20. where is the list published?

Numbered answers:
1. the 200 most popular music albums and EPs
2. by its "number ones"
3. weekly
4. Saturday
5. no
6. Albums that are not licensed for retail sale in the United States
7. yes
8. sales
9. in 1991
10. originally Monday to Sunday
11. July 2015
12. Friday to Thursday.
13. it was reversed
14. they were ineligible for charting,
15. November 7, 2007
16. a record chart
17. the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States
18. no
19. yes
20. "Billboard" magazine.


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Aristotle (; , , "Aristotélēs"; 384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At seventeen or eighteen years of age, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven (c. 347 BC). His writings cover many subjects – including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy. Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, tutored Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC. 

Teaching Alexander the Great gave Aristotle many opportunities and an abundance of supplies. He established a library in the Lyceum which aided in the production of many of his hundreds of books, which were written on papyrus scrolls. The fact that Aristotle was a pupil of Plato contributed to his former views of Platonism, but, following Plato's death, Aristotle immersed himself in empirical studies and shifted from Platonism to empiricism. He believed all peoples' concepts and all of their knowledge was ultimately based on perception. Aristotle's views on natural sciences represent the groundwork underlying many of his works.
1. Who is the article about?
2. Who did he teach?
3. Which school did Aristotle go to?
4. Where was his library?
5. What are Plato’s views called?
6. Did Aristotle follow Platonism  all his life?
7. then what?
8. Upto what age was he at the school?
9. Who was his father?
10. Who was Aristotle?
11. What did he write his books on?
12. What age did he start school?
13. Who was his guardian?
14. What made him start studying empiricism?
15. Who requested he teach Alexander?
16. What are some subjects that he wrote about?
17. Where was he born?
18. where is that?
19. What does he believe knowledge is based on?
20. was his father alive when he was an adult?


Numbered answers:
1. Aristotle
2. Alexander the Great
3. Plato's Academy
4. Lyceum
5. Platonism
6. No
7. empiricism
8. thirty-seven
9. Nicomachus
10. ancient Greek philosopher and scientist
11. papyrus scrolls
12. seventeen or eighteen
13. Proxenus of Atarneus
14. Plato's death
15. Philip II of Macedon
16. physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government
17. Stagira
18. Greece
19. perception
20. No