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.

U.S troops to help battle Ebola in Liberia -- 09/22/2014

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Q: President Obama is sending up to 3,000 troops to West Africa, where, a Liberian official says of the Ebola epidemic, "We are at war with an enemy that we don't see." Where is Liberia?

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