Mama Miti Vocabulary Test

1-5. Match each definition on top with the correct word on the bottom.

• tradition

• giving or presenting

• lamenting

• expressing feelings of sadness

• offering

• formal religious or public events

• ceremonies

• customs or beliefs passed down among a group of people

• medicine

• a substance used for treating an illness

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

6. For the past 25 years, the school has had a ____________________ of planting a new tree in the playground on the first day of April.

• ceremony
• tradition
• medicine
• offering

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

7. The villagers spent many months ________________ that the nearby river was so dirty after the flood. "We will plant mukuyu, the giant sacred fig tree to act as nature's filter and clean the water," said their leader.

• offering
• making ceremonies
• lamenting
• in tradition

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

8. Some trees, such as the willow or poplar, are used as natural ingredients in the making of aspirin and other types of ______________.

• medicine
• offering
• ceremonies
• traditions

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

9. In the old days, men held _____________________ under a sacred tree and they were blessed with rain.

• offering
• ceremonies
• traditions
• medicine

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

10. She was ____________ you a choice -- plant a murigono tree or a muhuti tree.

• lamenting
• offering
• tradition
• medicine

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

BONUS!

All of the trees in "Mama Miti" had names starting with the letter ___.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6