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.

Writers, publishers protest fundamentalists' attacks in Bangladesh -- 11/09/2015

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Q: Hundreds of people, including writers, publishers and bookshop owners, took to the streets of the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, to protest over a string of Islamic fundamentalist attacks, including the recent murder of a publisher of secular books. Where is the southern Asia nation of Bangladesh?

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