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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.

Anti-crime presidential candidate is gunned down in Ecuador -- 08/14/2023

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Q: A presidential candidate who campaigned against the link between organized crime and Ecuador’s officials was assassinated by armed gunmen last week after a political rally in the nation’s capital Quito. Where is Ecuador on the western edge of South America?

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Second question (of five)

Q: Six suspects were arrested in the killing of Fernando Villavicencio, the candidate and a former journalist. The six men were from what country that borders Ecuador to the north?

A. Bolivia

B. Colombia

C. Peru

D. Venezuela


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