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WorksheetsJane Goodall and the Chimpanzees of Gombe
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 58mins
What is the title of the story?
Jane Goodall and the Chimpanzees of Gombe
The Gold Bug
Romeo and Juliet
Journey to the Center of the Earth
What did Jane stop eating to help show her support of animals?
Ice Cream
Candy
Meat
Vegetables
What did the Chimpanzees need to live in, but farmers wanted to cut down?
Houses
Trees
Motels
Cities
Why did the hunters want to kill the chimpanzees?
To keep as pets for some children.
For trophies for the hunting rooms.
To get the chimpanzees out of the trees.
More meat to sell to people in the big cities.
What did Jane go to Africa to study?
Tigers
Chimpanzees
Elephants
Bears
Where and when was Jane Goodall born?
New York, New York on Christmas Day
Clarksville, Tennessee on Pizza Day
Nashville, Tennessee on July 4th
London, England in 1934
When Jane was four years old, lost, and her family couldn't find her, where was she and what was she doing?
Jane was in Africa watching the chimpanzees.
Jane was in the chicken house under the hay watching a hen lay an egg.
Jane was at school playing basketball with her friends.
Jane was at the mall talking to her friends.
Why did Jane's mother, Vanne, decide to move the family to her mother's home near the sea?
In 1939, England had declared war against Germany.
There were bears at the house on the farm.
They wanted to be near restaurants and malls.
Her mother wanted to buy a house at the beach.
What was one thing Jane loved and one thing she didn't like when she was young?
Jane loved to play with dolls, but didn't like animals.
Jane loved to watch TV, but didn't like to go to the movies.
Jane loved to cook, but didn't like to eat.
Jane loved to read, but didn't like being inside during beautiful weather.
What made Jane upset about the foxhunt?
The dogs killed the fox at the end of the hunt.
Jane had to give the fox a bath.
Jane had to ride a horse and she didn't like them.
Jane had to hunt inside.
Why could Jane not go to college after he graduated high school?
College was too far away.
Jane's family could not afford it.
Colleges did not educate girls.
Jane had to go fight in the war.
Where were Jane's favorite places to go visit for free while she worked as a secretary at Oxford University in London?
The Museums
The Trains
The Cafeterias
The Concerts
Who wrote Jane a letter and what did it say that made her so happy?
Jane's sister and she wanted her to buy a house on a farm.
Jane's grandmother and she wanted her to ride horses.
Jane's mother and she wanted her to get married.
Jane's friend and she wanted her to come to Africa to visit their new farm.
Who was Dr. Louis Leakey?
Jane's family doctor
A famous scientist who Jane worked for in Africa.
Jane's mother's new husband
Jane's father
Where did Dr. Leakey take Jane and what did his team do?
Dr. Leakey took her to London to see a concert.
Dr. Leakey took Jane to the mall and bought her new shoes.
Dr. Leakey took Jane the Serengeti Plain to dig and study ancient bones and tools.
Dr. Leakey took Jane to McDonald's, and they ate Happy Meals.
Where did Dr. Leakey want Jane to go and who did he want her to study?
He wanted Jane to go home and study chickens.
He wanted Jane to go to London and study the arts.
He wanted Jane to go to the mall and study people.
He wanted Jane to go to Gombe and study chimpanzees.
What had to happened before Jane could go to Gombe to study the chimpanzees?
Jane had to pass her history test first.
Jane had to learn to swim and speak chimpanzee.
Dr. Leakey had to raise money, get approval from the government, and hire two men to go with Jane and her mother.
Jane had to buy a house in Gombe with a pool.
What did Jane notice about the chimpanzees and why did she give them names?
Jane noticed that the chimpanzees had different faces and ways, so she gave them names because each one was special.
Jane noticed they all liked to go to the mall, so she named the after stores.
Jane noticed they all liked pizza and gave them pizza topping names.
Jane noticed they liked to dance and named them dance names.
Why did the scientists not value Jane's information about the chimpanzees?
The scientists did not like Jane's friends and family.
The scientists thought Jane was too pretty to be smart.
The scientists thought Jane was too young to get married.
The scientists did not think Jane smart because she was not a scientist and that she should give them names.
What do chimpanzees love to eat and what did David Greybeard use to eat them?
Chimpanzees love to eat Happy Meals and used ketchup to eat it.
Chimpanzees love to eat termites and David Greybeard used a tool to eat them.
Chimpanzees love to eat ice cream and used a cone to eat it.
Chimpanzees love to eat trees and used a tractor to eat them.
What is the leader male of the chimpanzees called?
Leader Man
Big Chimp
Mr. Chimpanzee
Alpha Male
When Jane went to college to become Dr. Jane Goodall, what happened?
Jane bought a house a retired to the chicken house.
Jane met the President of the United States.
Jane found a fossil and named it Mike.
Jane met and married photographer Hugo van Lawick.
What was the name of the first newborn baby chimpanzee Jane saw?
Jane's baby Flo
David's baby Greybeard
Flo's baby Flint
Jane's baby Grub
What did everyone call Jane and Hugo's son?
Grub
Flint
Flo
Alpha Male
Why did Grub leave Africa?
Grub had to go to school in England.
Grub didn't like chimpanzees.
Grub wanted to see the museums.
Grub ran away.
Who did Jane marry in 1975?
Grub
Dr. Leakey
David Greybeard
Dereik Bryceson
What happened that cause the war between the two chimpanzee groups?
The north chimpanzees wanted to live in the south.
A female chimpanzee named Passion killed Gilka's baby on purpose.
The south chimpanzees wanted to live in the north.
The chimpanzees wanted Jane to leave.
Why were there less chimpanzees in 1900 than 1980?
Jane has lost a lot of them.
They ran away from Africa.
Less land for the chimpanzees, hunters were killing to many of them, and they were used for testing.
Grub took too many to England to go to school with him.
What was the name of the organization Jane started to help save the environment?
Roots and Shoots
Go Chimps Go
We Love Chimps
Go Fund Chimps
