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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.

French woman not French enough for Quebec -- 11/11/2019

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Q: Quebec authorities ruled that because a French citizen wrote one chapter of her doctoral thesis in English her level of French language fluency wasn’t sufficient to obtain a certificate she needs to permanently settle in the Canadian province. Where is the province of Quebec?

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Q: Emilie Dubois, who grew up speaking French, said one out of five chapters of her thesis on cellular and molecular biology was in English because it was based on a published English article in a scientific journal. She received her doctorate from a French university in Quebec’s capital ...

A. Montreal

B. Ottawa

C. Quebec City

D. St. John's



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