Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya

Formal religious or public events are called -

• traditions

• ceremonies

• customs

• offerings

When you feel sick, you sometimes take ______ to help feel better.

• ceremonies

• traditions

• medicine

• lamenting

The woman was lamenting that the water was too dirty to drink. Lamenting in this sentence means a feeling of -

• anger

• happiness

• sadness

• curiosity

Traditions are -

• formal or religious public events

• a substance used for treating illness

• giving away or presenting

• customs or beliefs passed down among a group of people

Wangari was offering a way to restore the city of many miinu trees. Another word for offering is -

• treating

• presenting

• yelling

• forcing