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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.

Chicken dinners celebrate removal of South Korean president -- 03/13/2017

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Q: Many South Koreans ate chicken over the weekend to celebrate the removal of President Park Geun-hye in a satirical nod to a derogatory nickname for the politician embroiled in a corruption scandal. Where is South Korea?

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