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A 15-year-old scientist and inventor who has been named as Time magazine’s first “kid of the year”?
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D. Gitanjali Rao
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Scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao is Time Magazine’s first-ever “Kid of the Year.” The 15-year-old was chosen from a list of thousands of other amazing kids who are working to change the world. The honor is in recognition of Rao’s commitment to creating scientific solutions. At 10 years old, she created a lead detection tool after learning about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Since then, she’s also come up with an app that helps diagnose early-stage prescription opioid addiction and another tool that can thwart cyberbullying.
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B. North Macedonia
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C. Human Rights
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Human Rights is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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C. Peace
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Peace is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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D. 21st
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B. Thailand
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D. Russia
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B. U.S.A
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C. Gayana
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Guyana, a country on South America’s North Atlantic coast, is defined by its dense rainforest. English-speaking, with cricket and calypso music, it’s culturally connected to the Caribbean region. Its capital, Georgetown, is known for British colonial architecture, including tall, painted-timber St. George’s Anglican Cathedral. A large clock marks the facade of Stabroek Market, a source of local produce.
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B. Strait of Hormuz
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Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz by attacking vessels attempting to pass, effectively blockading the world’s most crucial oil transit chokepoint through which roughly one-fifth of global oil passes daily.