Chapter 1-2Vocab
White corn
What is Maize
The sing’anga?
What are witch doctors
A plan that will help you to be successful
what is a strategy
Maize is extremely important to William’s family and the people of Malawi because...
People spend all year growing it and harvesting it.
or
It is eaten with every meal
Toilet
latrine
broken or messed up
what is mangled
William’s best friends
Who are Geoffrey and Gilbert
People you ask to join you
what are recruits
Taking radios apart and seeing how a dynamo worked to power a bike light, were the two things that sparked William's interest in___________.
Science
Weak
Feeble
forever
what is an eternity
Khamba is
who is a black-spotted dog
What is left over
what are remnants
Only 8% of people in Malawi can afford this:
Electricity
Ash
Soot
A large sprawling property and with a dwelling
what is an estate
Williams hunting style tells us this about his character
what is creative/inventive
making things up as you go
what is improvisation
environmental factors that affect food production in William’s town (must have at least 2 correct)
Flooding, droughts and extreme heat
Blistering
Scorching
Something you put in a trap or on a fish hook
what is bait
The disease that akilled William's uncle.
What is tuberculosis
a synonym for lavish
what is luxurious
William was collecting _____ when he quoted, “When you go to see the lake, you also see the hippos.”
Grasshoppers
Starvation
Famine