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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.

Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region -- 09/25/2023

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Q: Ethnic Armenian separatists in Azerbaijan’s region of Nagorno-Karabakh surrendered their arms last week after Azerbaijan reclaimed control of the breakaway region that has long been at the center of a conflict with neighboring Armenia. Where is Azerbaijan on the western shore of the Caspian Sea?

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Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region -- 09/25/2023

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