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A Tree Grows in Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maat ...
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What prize did Maathai win?
The Nobel Peace Prize
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Where did Maathai live?
Kenya
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What did Maathai manage to study in The United States?
She won a scholarship.
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What was the first step that Maathai took to star making a difference?
She planted 9 trees in her backyard.
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What is the name of the movement that Maathai founded?
The Green Belt Movement
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True or false: "Maathai was not the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctoral degree."
False. She was the first.
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Why did Maathai want to plant trees?
Because she loved nature and she wanted to help farmers.
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True or false: "Most of the farmers that Maathai interviewed were women."
True
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What were some of the concerns that the farmers had?
They needed more firewood and clean water so they could grow their own food.
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True or false: "It was very easy for Maathai to convince others that women could imporove their environment."
False. It was not easy.
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True or false: "People needed a lot of expensive tools and a lot of money to plant trees"
False.
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How many trees did the women of Kenya had planted within 30 years?
30 million trees.
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What other things did Maathai´s movement did to improve the quality of Kenyan life?
They promoted better education and nutrition.
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True or false: "When Maathai started her campaign to plant trees, she was working directly with the local people."
True
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Who wanted to build a 62-story skyscraper?
The Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi
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What was the consequence of building the skyscraper?
Uhuru Park could've been destroyed.
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