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.

Another migrant boat capsizes off the coast of Italy -- 10/14/2013

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Q: A boat carrying an estimated 200 migrants from Tunisia capsized last Friday off the Italian island of Lampedusa where a shipwreck about a week earlier left more than 300 dead. Where is Italy on this map?

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