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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.

Japan gets Olympics after assurance over radiation leaks -- 09/09/2013

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Q: Tokyo was chosen last week as the site of the 2020 Summer Games after Japan assured Olympics officials that the city was safe from radiation leaking from the severely damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. Where is Japan on this map?

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