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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 sends troops to battle bear attacks -- 11/10/2025

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Q: Japan deployed troops last week to help combat a wave of terrifying bear attacks that have killed 12 people and injured more than 100 since April. The bears recently attacked people in a supermarket, at a resort, and at a bus stop. Where is the island nation of Japan?

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How 2278 other students across the country scored on this question: Right:  51%
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Second question (of five)

Q: The troops are not using firearms to shoot bears. They are setting bear traps and transporting hunters in a northern region on the largest of the more than 14,000 islands in the Japanese archipelago. Which nation has the most islands in an archipelago?

A. Canada

B. Finland

C. Indonesia

D. Japan



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