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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.

Earthquake in Aegean Sea hits feuding neighbors -- 11/02/2020

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Q: An earthquake Friday in the Aegean Sea just north of the Greek island of Samos caused two deaths in Greece and more than 100 deaths in Turkey. Where is the Aegean – between Greece and Turkey – in the larger Mediterranean Sea?

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Q: The earthquake provided a temporary respite from a long feud between the governments of Turkey and Greece over many issues, including contested sovereignty in the Aegean. Most of the islands in the Aegean Sea belong to . . .

A. Greece

B. Turkey



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