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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.

U.S. arrests 2 drug kingpins from Mexico -- 07/29/2024

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Q: Two leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel were arrested last week after their plane landed in El Paso. Sources said one of them had arranged to give himself up and lured the second cartel leader onto the plane. Where is Mexico?

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Q: The violent drug gang is active across much of Mexico, but it gets its name from a northwestern Mexican state on which gulf?

A. Gulf of Cadiz

B. Gulf of California

C. Gulf of Cazones

D. Gulf of Mexico

U.S. arrests 2 drug kingpins from Mexico -- 07/29/2024

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