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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.

Namibia plans to kill elephants for meat -- 09/02/2024

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Q: Namibia plans to butcher more than 700 wild animals, including 83 elephants, to feed some of the 1.4 million people facing a hunger crisis amid the country’s worst drought in a century. Where is the southwest African nation of Namibia?

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