The Boston Globe | News in Education

Headline Geography

⇒ Click here for the quiz archive ⇒ Click here for a ptrinter friendly version of this quiz

This weeks lesson:
Thailand jails man for 50 years over insult
-- 01/22/2024

Q: A court in Thailand has sentenced a man to 50 years in prison over his Facebook posts that were ruled as insulting to the nation’s monarchy. It was the harshest penalty ever imposed under Thailand’s notorious lese-majesty law. Where is Thailand on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia?

Correct! (Scroll down for the next question)

How 2184 other students across the country scored on this question:

Right:

49%

Wrong:

51%

Your score on this quiz: 1 out of 1

Question 2 of 5

Q: Lese-majesty is the criminal defamation of a head of state – a king or president – or the state itself. Which of Thailand’s Indochina Peninsula neighbors jailed a noodle vendor for five years after he made fun of a government official?

A. Cambodia
B. Laos
C. Myanmar
D. Vietnam

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.