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.

Bombing, arrests spark fear in Lebanon -- 06/23/2014

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Q: A suicide bombing and the arrests of 17 suspected members of an al-Qaida breakaway group last week sparked fears that sectarian fighting in Iraq and neighboring Syria could inflame tensions in the small nation of Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea. Where is Lebanon on this map?

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