Common Core State Standard
RH.CCS.7 Grades 6-12: Students are asked to locate a country or geographical area on a map, connecting information with a specific location. Then, students answer a series of quiz questions based on a current news event happening in that location. Students must combine their prior knowledge with information presented in the question to determine the correct answers.

Nightclub fire kills scores of young people in Brazil -- 01/28/2013

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Q: A fire ignited by a flare from a live band’s fireworks swept through a nightclub filled with hundreds of university students in southern Brazil, leaving at least 232 people dead, police said. Where is Brazil on this map?

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