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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.

Colombia searches Amazon for children after plane crash -- 05/22/2023

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Q: There were signs that four children survived a May 1 plane crash and some days alone in a remote area of the Amazon rainforest as Colombian authorities continued searching for them last week. Where is Colombia on this map showing the vast Amazon region?

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Q: The crash of a small plane killed three adults, including the mother of the children aged from 13 years to 11 months. They were traveling to join the children’s father in Colombia’s capital ...

A. Asuncion

B. Bogata

C. Cartagena

D. Duque de Caxias



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