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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.

193-year-old Jonathon the tortoise still living at his South Atlantic home -- 04/06/2026

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Q: A scammer reported the death of the world’s oldest tortoise in an attempt to solicit cryptocurrency donations. However, 193-year-old Jonathon was still very much alive last week on the remote island of Saint Helena, about 1,200 miles west of Africa in the South Atlantic Ocean. Where is the South Atlantic Ocean?

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Q: Jonathon was only about 50 years old in 1882 when he was moved to Saint Helena from his native home in the Seychelles islands, which are about 800 miles east of Africa, in which ocean?

A. Arctic

B. Indian

C. North Pacific

D. South Pacific



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