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