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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.

Malaysia bans e-waste imports -- 02/09/2026

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Q: Malaysia banned all importation of electronic waste last week, with the government promising the country would not be a “dumping ground” for the world’s waste. Where is Malaysia in Southeast Asia?

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Q: Malaysia and its neighbor, Indonesia, have started seizing and sending shipping containers full of illegal e-waste back to the nations where it originated, including the United States. Malaysia and Indonesia share a land border on the world’s third-largest island ...

A. Borneo

B. Java

C. New Guinea

D. Sumatra



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