Welcome to 2122

In “Welcome to 2122!,” authors Adee Braun and Kristin Lewis’s tone could best be described as _____.

• concerned
• enthusiastic
• indifferent
• unsure

Which lines support your answer to Question 1? Choose THREE.

• “Crack in the road? Watch it repair itself!”
• “Giant space gardens will produce breathable air and delicious food.”
• “The games will be thrilling spectacles!”
• “For example, after researching transportation, a futurist might anticipate that most people will one day use driverless cars.”

Braun and Lewis write that predicting the future has become “essential to the work of government officials and business leaders.” Which is the definition of essential?

• possible; available as a choice
• extremely important or necessary
• lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance
• producing a great deal of profit

Braun and Lewis state, “The global population will have increased by about 2 billion people.” This fact is used to _____.

• convince people to eat insects
• support the idea that new food sources will be needed
• explain why futurists are needed
• describe what our complex civilization will look like

Who is the “we” poet Rebecca Kai Dotlich is referring to in the poem “What is yet to be is but a guess . . . ”?

• futurists
• astronauts
• humankind
• poets

Both articles make predictions about the future regarding _____. Choose THREE.

• food and agriculture
• transportation
• money
• communication