Name: ______________________________INFORMATION RECALL

LECTURE COMPREHENSION AND NOTE-TAKING PRACTICE

TWO 21ST CENTURY ECO-HEROES [TOTAL POINTS: 20]

Directions: Answer each of the following questions based on the lecture you heard. You may refer to your notes to help you.

1. Name 5 Nobel prizes that are mentioned at the beginning of the lecture? (2 points)

2. When was the first Nobel Prize given out? (1 pt)

3. Which of the following is NOT true about Alfred Nobel? (1 pt)

a. He was a scientist, industrialist, and inventor.

b. He invented dynamite, a kind of explosive.

c. When he died, he left his fortune to his family.

d. He was born in Sweden in the 1800s.

4. When talking about recent peace prizes and ecology, the speaker says: (1 pt)

"The committee recognized their work in ecology…for the benefit of the

____________________ survival."

5. Does the lecturer believe that Alfred Nobel intended his Peace Prize to include ecological work? (1 pt)

a. definitely yes

b. probably not

c. probably yes

d. definitely not

6. When did Wangari Maathai win the Nobel Peace Prize? (1 pt) ___________________

7. Which of the following are Maathai's accomplishments and experiences, according to the lecture? Check ) six. (3 pts)

____ a. She was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

____b. She was the first woman from Africa to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

____ c. She was the first woman from all of Africa to receive a doctorate (Ph.D.) degree.

____d. She became the first female professor at the University of Nairobi.

____ e. She has worked as a professor at the university for more than 3 decades.

____ f. She founded a movement to plant grass.

____g. She founded a grassroots movement to plant trees.

____h. She became a leader in the pro-democracy movement in the late 1980s.

____i. She was elected to Parliament.

____ j. She was appointed Minister of Health.

____k. She founded the Kenyan Green Party.

8. The Green Movement that Maathai founded has had numerous goals. List 3 areas in which this group does work (3 pts):

9. When was Al Gore, Jr. awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? (1 pt) _______________

10. According to the lecture, what is Al Gore, Jr. best known for worldwide? (1 pt)

a. his discovery of global warming

b. his persistence in educating people and demanding action about global warming

c. his acting in a movie called An Inconvenient Truth

d. his American political career as a state representative, vice-president, and presidential

candidate

11. What is the definition of global warming? (2 pts)

12. Give 2 examples of fossil fuels. (1 pt) ______________ _________________

13. What do you think "an inconvenient truth" means? (1 pt)

14. According to Al Gore, who/what should we make peace with? (1 pt) ____________________