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4. Wangari taught the people how to _____________.
a. use computers b. read and write c. plant trees

5. Wangari started the _____________.

a. Green Revolution b. Green Belt Movement c. Chipko Movement

B. Write T for true and F for false statements.

1. Wangari was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. ( )
2. The people of Kenya were very rich. ( )

3. The people of Kenya did not take care of the land. ( )

4. Wangari died of cancer. ( )
5. Wangari was very happy to see the landscape after she returned. ( )

C. Complete the sentences.
1. In the stream near her homestead where she went to collect water for her mother, she
played with _________________________________________

2. Wangari was taught by nuns that _________________________________________

3. Rain had washed the loose earth _________________________________________
4. Wangari gave seedlings _________________________________________

5. And so in the thirty years since Wangari started the _________________________________________

D. Answer the questions given below.

1. “Her heart was filled with the beauty of her native Kenya when she left to attend college in
America.” What beauty did Wangari talk about?
2. How had everything changed when Wangari returned to Kenya?

3. What did the women of the countryside complain to Wangari?
4. Describe what Wangari did to change the landscape of Kenya.
5. What did Nnimmo Bassey say about Wangari?

Vocabulary Skills

A. Write the name of the branches of study with the help of following clues.

1. The study of matter and energy : ______________________

2. The study of composition, properties, reactions and structure of matter : ____________________

3. The study of the universe beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. : ______________________

4. The study of plants : ______________________

5. The study of animals : ______________________

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