Seeds of Chage: Quiz Four

What did some Kenyans say about the work that Wangari did planting trees?

• The complained that she had too many opinions and too much education for a woman.

• They complained that she didn't have enough ideas and her actions were bad for the environment.

• They complained that she wasn't a real Kenyan and should return to her real country, the United States.

Wangari traveled to villages, towns and cities encouraging women to plant rows of trees that looked like green belts. What did these these people call themselves?

• the Green Belt Movement

• the Million Woman Revolution

• Wangari's Warriors

According to the story, how many planted trees were planted by the movement?

• up to thirty million

• up to ten thousand

• several hundred

Why were foreign business people were angry with Wangari. Why?

• They didn't want to give up their land and profits for trees.

• They thought Wangari and her movement were planting too few trees.

• They thought Wangari was stealing money from their companies.

After Wangari was arrested by corrupt police officers, what happened to her?

• She was sent to jail.

• She became very sick and almost died.

• The government made her leave the country.

After Wangari was released from jail, she realized that the government was frightened of women having too much power and big businesses didn't like her changes. What did she do?

• She left Kenya and told her story to people from all over the world.

• She got a job with a coffee company and got very rich.

• She ran for president and won.

What name did the people give to Wangari?

• Mama Miti, "Mother of Trees"

• Mke wa Rais wa Kenya, "The First Lady of Kenya"

• mwanamke aliyeilinda Kenya na kupanda mamilioni ya miti, "The woman who protected Kenya and planted millions of trees"

What award did Wangari win in 2004?

• The Nobel Peace Prize

• The Nobel Prize for Medicine

• The Nobel Prize for Literature