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.

Lebanon slips into darkness as electricity grid shuts down -- 10/11/2021

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Q: Lebanon had no centrally generated electricity after fuel shortages forced its two largest power stations to shut down completely Saturday, and a government official said the electricity grid was unlikely to restart for several days. Where is the small nation of Lebanon on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea?

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