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WorksheetsRescuing Africa's Elephants
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the central idea of the article?
a)
Zimbabwe is home to most elephants
b)
If poachers are not stopped, African elephants may soon disappear.
c)
Combs in the U.S. are now made of plastic instead of ivory.
d)
Status symbols help people feel better about themselves.
2.
What does SMUGGLE mean in the sentence: "Then they smuggle the tusks into other countries"?
a)
smash open
b)
give away
c)
gently carry
d)
sneak
3.
Based on the article, about how many African elephants do poachers kill each year?
a)
25 million
b)
400,000
c)
30,000
d)
200
4.
Based on the article, what do many people believe about ivory that is incorrect?
a)
Elephant tusks are made of ivory.
b)
Smuggling ivory is against the law.
c)
The Chinese have been carving ivory for thousands of years.
d)
Ivory is taken from elephants without harming them.
5.
Which of the following can you learn about in the section "Popular in the U.S."?
a)
the history of ivory in the U.S.
b)
where ivory comes from
c)
new U.S. laws to stop ivory smuggling
d)
the current price of ivory
6.
Based on the article, which TWO steps are China and the U.S. taking to help stop ivory smuggling?
a)
opening elephant refuges to keep the animals safe from poachers
b)
offering job training to people who poach so they can find other work
c)
passing new laws against buying ivory
d)
passing new laws against buying and selling ivory
7.
Because of laws against the ____ in China and the U.S., new ivory cannot be bought or sold in those countries.
a)
gruesome
b)
ivory trade
c)
poachers
d)
status symbol
8.
___________ kill elephants for their ivory, which can be sold for a great deal of money.
a)
gruesome
b)
poachers
c)
smuggle
d)
status symbol
9.
Poachers have to _________ the ivory they steal out of Africa.
a)
gruesome
b)
ivory trade
c)
smuggle
d)
status symbol
10.
The park rangers were upset by the _________ sight of the poisoned elephants.
a)
gruesome
b)
ivory trade
c)
poachers
d)
status symbol
11.
More people in China can now afford a __________ like an expensive ivory object.
a)
gruesome
b)
ivory trade
c)
poachers
d)
status symbol
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