1. For each of the 5 countries, give the following information:
a) the continent on which it is located
b) the name of the capital city
c) the type of government
d) the chief of state (and head of government if different)
e) the population

[Find the answers at the CIA World FactBook website. For each country: type of government, capital and executive branch (chief of state/head of government) can be found under the "Government" heading; population is listed under the "People" heading.  Go to worldatlas.com for a list of continents.]

2.  For Germany:
a)  list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b)  Why have German politicians avoided referring to German military operations in Afghanistan as "war"

3.  For Iceland:
a)  list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b)  For how long has the volcano that recently erupted in Iceland been dormant?
c)  Watch the video of the volcano in Iceland in "Background" below.  Would you get as close to the volcano as the people in the video did?  Explain your answer.

4.  For Russia:
a)  list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b)  Why does Mr. Magomedov think one of the suicide bombers is his daughter?

5.  For Turkey:
a)  list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b)  Who were the arrested suspects?

6.  For Spain:
a)  list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b)  How did French President Nicolas Sarkozy respond to the killing of a French policeman by the ETA?
NOTE: (from wikipedia): The Basque Country is a European cultural region in the western Pyrenees that spans the border between France and Spain, on the Atlantic coast. It comprises the Spanish Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country and Navarre, and then the Northern Basque Country in France. Over the centuries, elements from both Spanish and French culture (including the respective languages) have been a major influence in the respective parts of the region's culture.
ETA (stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom), is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. The group was founded in 1959 and they evolved from a group promoting traditional Basque culture to a paramilitary group with the goal of gaining independence for the Greater Basque Country from a Marxist-Leninist perspective.

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