Deforestation Power Persistence
100
The nonnative plants the colonists used for farming drained what from the soil?
Nutrients
100
Which country colonized Kenya?
Britain
100
The Greenbelt Movement started off simply by planting what?
Trees
200
What type of tree started the stream in which Wangari played in as a child?
Fig Tree
200
Which institute offered Wangari a position, only to give it to someone else once she arrived?
University of Nairobi
200
Wangari was reelected chairman of the NCWK each year through 1987 until she: A) was voted out B) retired C) died
B) Retired
300
Name one reason it was important for rural women to plant trees.
Firewood, prevent erosion, shade, biodiversity, water
300
What was one accusation Mwangi made toward Wangari during the divorce trial?
Adultery, causing high blood pressure, being cruel
300
Through the Kennedy Airlift Wangari was able to attend which Catholic Institution in Atchison, Kansas?
Mount St. Scholastica
400
Conflicts over environmentally devastated land have been common in what valley?
Rift Valley
400
In 1982 Wangari "took a big leap" and gave up her job at the University of Nairobi to become a candidate in the running for what government position?
Parliament
400
How many months was Wangari sentenced to serve in prison after being found in "contempt of the court"?
6 months
500
After the government sent troops to guard Karura Forest, Wangari and company walked through what to get to the tree nursery?
Marshlands
500
How did the Kenyan public support Wangari or react to the Times Complex at Uhuru Park?
Writing letters
500
Who was the woman that fought alongside Wangari against the discrimination of women within the University of Nairobi?
Vertistine Mbaya






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