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This weeks lesson:
Drones begin delivering medical supplies in Ghana
-- 04/29/2019

Q: Automated unmanned aircraft have begun delivering life-saving vaccines, blood and medicines to patients in Ghana, the second African nation to have medical supplies dropped by parachute to remote locations. Where is the West African nation of Ghana?

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Question 2 of 5

Q: Since 2016, the Californian company Zipline has used unmanned aircraft to deliver critical medicines and blood to hospitals in Rwanda. Rwanda is in what part of Africa?

A. Northern
B. Central
C. Western
D. Southern



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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.