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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.

Syrian rebels take capital as president flees -- 12/09/2024

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Q: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime crumbled Sunday as rebels entered the capital that Assad had fled after a 13-year civil war. Where is the Mideastern country of Syria?

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