Vocab.
The definition of desperately.
What is an extreme or urgent need or desire?
An area of wilderness with grass and trees.
What is the bush?
An 11-year-old girl who lives in southern Sudan in 2008.
Who is Nya?
Salva's tribe with "V" shaped scars on their foreheads. Rivals of the Nuer tribe.
This animated Disney movie was released in 1994, and remains one of the most popular Disney movies of all time.
What is The Lion King?
The definition of shrouded.
What is to be covered?
According to the map at the start of the book, three countries that bordered Sudan in 1985.
What are Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda?
An 11-year-old boy who lives in southern Sudan in 1985.
Who is Salva?
Nya's tribe with horizontal scars on their foreheads. Rivals of the Dinka tribe.
What is the Nuer tribe?
One character trait that applies to Salva with one reason that can be supported by the text.
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What is to be lived in or occupied?
According to the map at the start of the book, the landform/environment Salva has walked through so far.
What are plains?
The people who are fighting against the government in northern Sudan.
Who are rebels?
The reason for the Sudanese Civil War.
What is the government in the north wants all of Sudan to be a Muslim country, despite southern Sudan having its own beliefs?
One character trait that applies to Nya with one reason that can be supported by the text.
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The two seasons in Sudan that determine where the tribes live for that part of the year.
What are the dry season and the rainy season?
Nya's 5-year-old sister who needs to learn the chore of walking to get water for their family.
Who is Akeer?
Two conflicts that Nya has encountered on her journey.
What are:
1) Walking mile for water twice a day, 7 months of the year.
2) Stepping on thorns, or walking in the heat.
3) Drinking muddy water
4) Bringing her sister Akeer with her to get water.
The continent that covers 20% of Earth's landmass.
What is Africa?
The definition of droned.
The name of Salva's village.
What is Loun-Arrik?
A young member of the Jur-Chol tribe from western Sudan. The tribe is very skilled in tracking birds.
Who is Buksa?
Two conflicts that Salva has encountered on his journey.
What are:
1) Being separated from his family.
2) Finding food.
3) Avoiding the rebels.
The country with the most pyramids in the world.
What is Sudan?