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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.

Militia declares ceasefire in 40-year fight with Turkey -- 03/03/2025

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Q: Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire last week after their imprisoned leader told them to disarm. Where is Turkey?

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Q: The Kurds are a Southwest Asian ethnic group of 30 to 45 million people who have sought an independent nation for more than a century. They are a minority in Turkey and in which of its neighbors that recently underwent a revolution?

A. Armenia

B. Georgia

C. Iraq

D. Syria


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