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.

U.S. drone attack in Iraq stirs up Mideast -- 01/06/2020

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Q: U.S. drones killed Iranian general Qassim Suleimani last week after he arrived in Iraq, stirring fears of increased conflict and possible war. Where is Iraq?

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Q: Suleimani was considered the second most powerful person in Iran, Iraq’s larger neighbor to the . . .

A. North

B. East

C. South

D. West


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