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2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

Name:

Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/2025-cambodia-thailand-border-conflict

Step 2 · Questions

1. What is the date of major hostilities?
2. What is the military assets deployed?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

Anti-personnel landmine
Multiple rocket launcher
Humanitarian crisis
Mediation

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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Answer key (teacher copy)

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the date of major hostilities?July 24, 2025, following a landmine incident on July 23, 2025
2. What is the military assets deployed?Artillery, BM-21 Grad rocket launchers, and F-16 fighter jets

Anti-personnel landmine: A type of explosive device designed to kill or injure enemy combatants.
Multiple rocket launcher: A system that can launch multiple rockets in rapid succession, capable of area bombardment.
Humanitarian crisis: A situation where human lives and well-being are threatened by widespread suffering and loss.
Mediation: The process of helping parties in a dispute to reach an agreement through negotiation.