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History Grade 10 Unit 3: Social, Economic and Political Developments in Ethiopia, Mid-19th C. to 1941

national exam questions have come from this unit. It runs 50 pages; one careful study pass takes about 3.9 hours, and its difficulty is harder among History units. Each section below lists the questions set from it, with the year, and opens the page that teaches it.

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3.1 Long Distance Trade in the 19th Century and the Cottage Industry · read p. 45
Not asked in a national paper yet.
3.1.1 The Trade Routes, People’s Interaction, Major Market Centres, the Medium of Exchange, and Trade Items · read p. 45
Not asked in a national paper yet.
3.1.2 The Role of Cottage Industries · read p. 47
Not asked in a national paper yet.
3.2 The Making of Modern Ethiopian State 1855-1913 · read p. 49
  • 2018 E.C., Q77 – What was the main factor for the failure of Tewodros's modernization efforts?
  • 2017 E.C., Q95 – Which one of the following was the consequence of Menelik II's expansion to the south and south-west periphery?
  • 2016 E.C., Q8 – Why did Emperor Tewodros II’s modernization attempts fail?
  • 2015 E.C., Q27 – How did Tewodros II come to power?
  • 2015 E.C., Q41 – Which of the following is true about modernization in Ethiopia under Menelik II?
3.3 External Aggressions and the Unity of Ethiopian People in Defense of National Sovereignty, 1871-1896 · read p. 58
  • 2017 E.C., Q93 – What was the historical value of the Ethiopian victory over Egypt at the:
  • 2014 E.C., Q15 – Which one of the following was a result of the Hewett Treaty between Ethiopia and Britain of 1884?
  • 2014 E.C., Q13 – Which of the following is correct about the relation between Egypt and Ethiopia under Yohannes IV in the 1870s?
3.4 Inception of Power Struggle among the Ruling Elites, 1906 - 1935 · read p. 65
  • 2018 E.C., Q27 – What was the major feature of the Diarchy rule in Ethiopia?
  • 2016 E.C., Q36 – Which of the following was a feature of the period of the Diarchy (1930) in Ethiopian politics?
  • 2014 E.C., Q1 – What was the event that served as a major trigger for power struggle and foreign intervention in the Ethiopian politics between 1906 and 1910?
3.5 Fascist Italian Aggression and Patriotic Resistance · read p. 69
  • 2018 E.C., Q81 – Which of the following events was directly related to the immediate outbreak of the WWI?
  • 2017 E.C., Q42 – How can the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-36 be evaluated in the history of Italo-Ethiopian conflicts?
  • 2017 E.C., Q89 – Which of the following helped the Fascist force to score victory against the Ethiopian army in the 1935-36 war?
  • 2017 E.C., Q43 – Which of the following was an immediate consequence in Ethiopia for joining WWII on the side of the Allied Powers (against Nazi Germany)?
  • 2017 E.C., Q12 – What signifies the February Russian Revolution of 1917?
  • 2016 E.C., Q71 – Why did the Schlieffen plan fail in the WWI? Because
  • 2016 E.C., Q42 – Which of the following was a consequence of the 1917 Revolution in Russia?
  • 2016 E.C., Q73 – Following the Wal-Wal incident of 1934, what action taken by Italy caused the outbreak of war between Ethiopia and Italy?
  • 2015 E.C., Q74 – How did the British help Haile Selassie consolidate his powers after 1941?
  • 2015 E.C., Q45 – What strategy did Italy use to undermine Ethiopian unity before the invasion of 1935?
  • 2015 E.C., Q44 – Why did the Russian working class support the 1917 Revolution? Because:
  • 2015 E.C., Q92 – Which one of the following was responsible for the outbreak of the 1917 Russian Revolution?
  • 2014 E.C., Q57 – Which of the following was NOT the fundamental cause of the First World War (WWI)?
  • 2014 E.C., Q56 – Which of the following signaled the emergence of autocracy following the coronation of Haile Selassie I?
  • 2014 E.C., Q4 – Which of the following was an immediate trigger for the Ethiopian War of 1935-1936?
  • 2013 E.C., Q5 – Which one Of the following was correct about the period Of Fascist Occupation in Ethiopia?
  • 2013 E.C., Q6 – Which one of the following was strength of anti-fascist resistance in Ethiopia?