Vocabulary
Events in the Story
Wangari
Setting
100

A substance used for treating an illness?

Medicine

100

The first woman Wangari helps needs?..

Food

100

Wangari was born in this country

Kenya

100

The book takes place in this country.

Kenya

200

Giving or Presenting?

Offering

200

The second woman Wangari helps needs?..

Firewood

200

Wangari learned to love and respect?..

Trees

200

The continent Kenya is found in.

Africa

300

Formal public or religious events?

Ceremonies

300

Wangari gives each woman what?

A seedling

300
Wangari was known as?..

Mama Miti

300

The setting of a story.

Where the story takes place.

400

Beliefs or values passed from one person to another

Tradition.

400

What does Wangari say to everyone in the story?

Thayu Nyumba, "Peace, my people."

400

Wangari her stories of?..

Her people

400

An issue the land faced in the beginning of the book.

A drought

500

Expressing feelings of sadness.

Lamenting

500
How does Wangari help her own village?

By having them plant a sacred fig tree that cleans the water.

500

When Wangari was growing up, where did she work?

In the city.

500

Mugumo is what type of tree?

Fig tree.

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