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Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.

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Colombia and Ecuador battle over trade and tariffs

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This Week's lesson:

NASA prepares for return to the moon, starting with an orbital mission by four astronauts

Our space agency is getting ready to send three Americans and a Canadian spinning around the moon and past it. Their 10-day trip is due to launch this month from the Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s -- perhaps this Friday, weather-permitting. T...

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Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:

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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.

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How well do you keep up with the world around you? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge of recent national and world events.

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What is the 'Doomsday Clock?”

Earth is closer than it's ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U.S., and other countries become “increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic,” The Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists said as it advanced its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 ...

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The news media shape how we see and understand the world around us. With its new video series, NBCU Academy takes a deep dive into what it means to be a journalist today, how the industry is evolving, and how the next generation can help.

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