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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.

Gunmen kill the president of Haiti in his bedroom -- 07/12/2021

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Q: Haitian authorities said they had arrested 20 people in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in the bedroom of his home last week. Where is the nation of Haiti on the western side of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola?

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