WorksheetsA Tree Grows in Kenya - Wangari Maathai
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins
What did Wangari Maathai win as a result of her dedication and work for the Green Belt Movement?
The Nobel Peace Prize
The Medal of Freedom
The Lifetime Achievement Award
Who is Wangari Maathai?
First African woman to ever receive The Nobel Peace Prize
An environmentalist from Kenya
Founder of the Green Belte Movement
All of the above
Why does Wangari Maathai love nature?
Because she finds peace in nature.
Her parents were farmers in she grew up close to the natural world.
Because she loves to watch the animals running around.
She wanted to win The Nobel Peace Prize Award.
How was Wangari Maathai able to get a degree in Biology and in which country did she study?
Wangari Maathai worked hard to earn money and get into a university in Kenya.
Wangari Maathai came from a rich family and studied in the United States.
Wangari Maathai got a scholarship in the United States.
She wanted to win The Nobel Peace Prize Award.
What was another thing that made Wangari Maathai honorable?
She was a professor at the University of Nairobi.
She was honored to be the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn an advanced degree (doctoral degree).
She became a professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States.
How did she start the Green Belt Movement?
She planted nine trees in her backyard.
She planted 30 million trees.
She protested against logging.
Why did she start the Green Belt Movement?
Maathai was concerned that the luxuriant forests of her childhood were rapidly disappearing because of excessive
logging and other practices.
She wanted the people of her village, especially the women, to have more of a voice in government.
Both A and B
Why does Wangari Maathai want to encourage farmers
in Kenya to plant as many trees as possible?
Trees were needed to stop soil erosion.
They were also important sources of firewood for cooking.
This would be a simple way to improve the farmers’ living conditions.
All of the above
When was the Green Belt Movement founded?
1967
1977
1987
1997
Strong-willed and outspoken Kenyan girls are called what?
"awesome"
"like Wangari"
"like Michelle Obama"
"cool"
Vocabulary: What is the meaning of the word "sustain"?
make it possible for someone or something to continue to exist over time
use up the supply or resources of
to lessen markedly in quantity
Vocabulary: Choose the correct word for this sentence: "The _____________ to save the forest was successful. The series of
actions helped to save the forest."
committee
protest
campaign
Vocabulary: What are tadpoles?
newly born birds
small creatures with long tails that live in water and grow into frogs or toads
fish eggs
Vocabulary: Do you have to pay for your education if you get a scholarship?
No, a scholarship is money given to help pay for a person’s education.
Yes, of course.
Yes but just 50%
Vocabulary: Which one is an example of a skyscraper?
