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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.

Some eat water lily bulbs to survive climate disaster In South Sudan -- 11/06/2023

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Q: Four years of flooding have wiped out almost all other sources of food, forcing South Sudanese women to wading farther and farther through the floodwaters to find water lily bulbs – a bitter, hard to digest, and even harder to prepare meal to keep their families alive. Where is the East African country of South Sudan?

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