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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.

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This weeks lesson:
Iran and Israel trade attacks in Syria
-- 05/14/2018

Question 1 of 5

Q: Shortly after President Donald Trump pulled out of a nuclear agreement with Iran last week, Israel said Iran attacked it with rockets fired from its positions Syria. Israeli warplanes then struck dozens of Iranian military targets inside Syria. Where are Israel, Syria and Iran?

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