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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.

Costa Rican rescuers walk 14 hours to save plane crash survivor -- 12/02/2024

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Q: Emergency workers in Costa Rica walked 14 hours through a remote mountain forest last week carrying a woman who was in critical condition after she survived a plane crash that killed five of the six people aboard. Where is the Central American nation of Costa Rica?

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Q: The Cessna 206 Stationair crashed during a flight from Tortuguero on Costa Rica’s northeast Caribbean coast to the nation’s capital in the center of the country. What is the capital of Costa Rica?

A. Managua

B. Quito

C. San Jose

D. Tegucigalpa



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