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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.

Bartering increases in Argentina as inflation soars -- 08/15/2022

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Q: More Argentinians are exchanging household goods for food and other necessities to cope with consumer prices, which have increased a whopping 71% over the past year. Where is Argentina, the second-largest country in South America?

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Q: Argentina has one of the highest inflation rates in the world, but it is dwarfed by astronomical price increases in which other South American country?

A. Costa Rica

B. Haiti

C. Honduras

D. Venezuela



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