Week in Rap 4/28/23

Troops evacuated US Embassy personnel in​ ​ (a)  

• Sudan
• Samoa
• Senegal
• Serbia

They were evacuated due to which of the following?

• Natural disasters

• An emerging pandemic

• Ongoing violence

• Supply shortages

India will surpass China this year as the world’s most ​​ (a)   ​ country​ ​

• populous
• expensive
• visited
• mountainous

Experts expect this development will lead to which of the following?

• Greater social mobility

• Religious conflict

• Higher college attendance

• Economic growth

SpaceX’s Starship rocket

(a)  

• exploded in midair
• crashed into the ocean
• arrived at the International Space Station
• landed on the moon

Overall, the launch was viewed as​ (a)  

• successful
• disastrous
• surprising
• tedious

One company created a meatball made from which extinct animal?

• Dinosaur

• Mammoth

• Dodo

• Giant deer

The company aims to draw attention to which of the following?

• The link between meat production and climate change

• The dangerous practices of factory farming

• The benefits of adopting a vegan diet

• The plight of endangered animals

After a rainy winter, what is currently happening in California?

• Animals are emerging from hibernation.

• Reservoirs are overflowing with rainwater.

• Wildflowers are blooming across the state.

• Farmers’ crops are flourishing.

Harry Belafonte, ​a (a)   and civil rights activist, died this week at 96.

• singer
• painter
• designer
• producer