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Consider the following pairs: | Regions often mentioned in news | Reason for being in news | | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | | 1. North Kivu and Ituri | War between Armenia and Azerbaijan | | 2. Nagorno-Karabakh | Insurgency in Mozambique | | 3. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia | Dispute between Israel and Lebanon | How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 (None) because all three pairs are incorrectly matched based on contemporary geopolitical conflicts.
- Pair 1: North Kivu and Ituri are provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), known for long-standing internal conflict involving various rebel groups, not the Armenia-Azerbaijan war.
- Pair 2: Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus that was the center of a decades-long ethnic and territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, not related to the insurgency in Mozambique (which primarily affects the Cabo Delgado region).
- Pair 3: Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are strategic regions in Ukraine that have been major focal points of the Russian invasion since 2022. They are not related to the maritime or territorial disputes between Israel and Lebanon.
Since none of the regions are correctly matched with their respective reasons for being in the news, Option 4 is the right choice.
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Guest previewThis is a classic 'Column Shuffle' trap. The examiner took the three biggest global conflict headlines of the year (Ukraine, Caucasus, DRC) and simply rotated the descriptions. It is a high-fairness question; missing this implies a lack of basic geographic literacy regarding front-page international news.
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- Statement 1: Were North Kivu and Ituri (Democratic Republic of Congo) mentioned in 2023 news reports as locations of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
- Statement 2: Was Nagorno-Karabakh mentioned in 2023 news reports in connection with an insurgency in Mozambique?
- Statement 3: Were Kherson and Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) mentioned in 2023 news reports in connection with a dispute between Israel and Lebanon?
- Explicitly names North Kivu and Ituri as provinces affected by an ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Shows these provinces are referenced in coverage of a DRC conflict (Allied Democratic Forces), not in relation to Armenia–Azerbaijan.
- Identifies North Kivu and Ituri as parts of the Kivu/Ituri conflicts in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Positions these provinces clearly within DRC-related conflicts rather than any Armenia–Azerbaijan context.
States that the conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis concerns Nagorno-Karabakh, a province of Azerbaijan, establishing the usual geographic locus of that war.
A student could combine this with a map to note that Nagorno-Karabakh lies in the South Caucasus (not in Africa), making mentions of African provinces in that context less likely.
Lists Azerbaijan as part of the Caucasus region within the former Russian Empire, reinforcing the Caucasus (Eurasia) as the regional setting for Azerbaijan-related conflicts.
Using a basic world map, one could contrast the Caucasus location with the Democratic Republic of Congo's African location to assess plausibility of DRC provinces being reported as sites of an Armenia–Azerbaijan war.
Names the Democratic Republic of Congo among countries on or near the equator, confirming DRC's identity and African location.
A student could use this to place North Kivu and Ituri within the DRC in Africa and compare distances to the Caucasus to judge the likelihood of those provinces being battle sites in an Armenia–Azerbaijan war.
Includes the Democratic Republic of Congo in a list of nations (demonstrating DRC's distinct geopolitical grouping), which underscores that DRC is part of African regional lists rather than Eurasian/Caucasus groupings.
One could extend this by noting typical regional grouping patterns in news reporting—wars between Armenia and Azerbaijan are normally reported within Caucasus/Eurasian contexts, not African regional lists.
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