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.

Philippines vice president threatens president with assassination -- 11/25/2024

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Q: Philipines Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday that she has hired an assassin to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed. Where is the Southeast Asian nation of the Philippines?

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Q: Duterte and Marcos are both children of former Philippine presidents. They won election as “unity” candidates in 2022, but their alliance fell apart this year over policy differences. Which politician strongly favors the United States over China?

A. Duterte

B. Marcos



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