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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.

Colombia Halts Aerial Spraying of Crops Used to Make Cocaine -- 05/18/2015

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Q: Citing concerns that the spray causes cancer, Colombia is defying U.S. wishes and halting the aerial spraying of a herbicide to destroy coca leaf crops used to make cocaine. Where is Colombia?

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