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This weeks lesson:
Hungry monkeys raid homes on Bali in Indonesia
-- 09/06/2021

Q: Deprived of the food usually provided by the tourists who have been kept away by the coronavirus, hungry macaque monkeys are raiding villagers’ homes on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Where is the Southeast Asian island nation of Indonesia?

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Q: The raiding macaques are coming from the nearby Sangeh Monkey Forest sanctuary, which relies on tourism. Indonesia banned all foreign visitors to Bali this year because of the pandemic. Bali attracts most of its foreign tourists from what large nation south of Indonesia?

A. Australia
B. China
C. India
D. Japan



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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.