Wonders G4 U3 W3: Judy's Appalachia

Where is Judy Bonds from? (a)  

• West Virginia
• Florida
• Pennsylvania
• Virginia
• Michigan
• New York
• North Carolina
• Georgia
• New Hampshire
• Illinois

Reorder the following events.

• An energy company starts mountaintop removal mining.

• Judy moves her family away from her hometown.

• Judy is born in Marfork.

• Judy is diagnosed with cancer.

• Judy is awarded the Goldman Enviornmental Prize.

What mountain range surrounds Marfork, West Virginia? (a)  

• the Appalachian Mountains
• the Rocky Mountains
• the Andes Mountains
• the Himalayas
• the Great Dividing Range
• the Alps
• the Hindu Kush
• the Pamir Mountains
• the Ural Mountains
• the Atlas Mountains

What does mountaintop removal mining do to the community?

• It fills the air with dust.

• It puts coal sludge and chemicals into the creeks and rivers.

• It pollutes the environment.

• All of these.

There was an (a)   being done to Judy's hometown. The environment was being​ (b)   , so she decided to​ (c)   . She couldn't​ (d)   the mining companies, but she could push for change, and it gave​ (e)   for others to do the same.

• injustice
• mistreated
• protest
• boycott
• encouragement
• fulfill
• registered
• qualified