Vocabulary
Maasai
Soccer
America
Facing the Lion
100

A person who travels to another place to spread the word of God. These people usually work at hospitals and/or schools and build churches. 

a missionary 

100

Where do Maasai people generally live? There are two countries actually, but can you name one of them? 

Kenya and Tanzania 

100

What was the final score of the soccer match? 

3-2

100

Where was the man from on the airplane? 

The best state in the USA - OHIO 
100

What do the Maasai mix their milk with? 

blood

200

There was a ___________ in Kenya after having months of no rainfall. Many of the cattle died and Joseph was worried his family could not pay for him to continue at Kabarak School. 

drought 

200

What is the most important thing to the Maasai? 

Cows

200

At halftime Joseph's team was _________

losing/not winning the game

200
What school did Joseph receive a full scholarship to in America? 

St. Lawrence University 

200

How many brothers does Joseph have from his mother? 

2 brothers (no sisters)

300

What is a person who helps deliver babies? 

midwife

300

What language do the Maasai speak? 

Maa

300

Joseph asked one of his teammates to let him be this position for just 10 minutes. What position was it? 

striker 

300

What was Joseph told to call black men in America? 

brother

300

Who is the disciplinarian in a Maasai village? 

The pinching man

400

Karabak school was very elite and ____________. It had a very high statue and good reputation for being one of the best high schools in Kenya. 

prestigious 

400
These are the people who make all the decisions in the village. For example, they decide when and where the village will move. 

The elders 

400
Joseph Lemasolai compared winning the soccer game to an earlier experience he had. He was in a trance and was staring at the goalkeeper as if he were a _____________. This helped him to win the game. 

lion 

400

What was Joseph's first meal in America? 

McDonalds - a hamburger and large fries

400

Since the Maasai kept no record of Joseph's birth, how did they measure his age? 

Have him hold up his arm and reach over to his other ear. 

500

Your ______________ is your ancestor or your father's father's father and so on...

forefather 

500

What is the most important ritual or initiation for the Maasai? 

circumcision 
500

Name 1 thing President Moi did to pay back Joseph Lemasolai for winning the soccer game. 

1. Transported him in a government Land Rover with 2 bodyguards to see his mom in Marasabit. 

2. Pay for the rest of his school fees, so he did not have to drop out of school.  

500

What did Joseph wear on his journey from Marsabit to Nairobi to London, to New York City, to Syracuse!!!??? 

A wool suit! 

500

How did Joseph Lemasolai get his Maasai name, Lemasolai? What does it mean? 

Proud one - because he wouldn't drink from his mother's breast the Maasai though he was being proud and just refusing. 

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