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History Grade 9 Unit 3: Peoples and States in Ethiopia and the Horn to the end of 13th C

national exam questions have come from this unit. It runs 26 pages; one careful study pass takes about 2.3 hours, and its difficulty is easier 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 Languages, Religions and Peoples of Ethiopia and the Horn · read p. 40
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3.1.1 Languages Families · read p. 40
  • 2018 E.C., Q4 – Which language super-family is widely spoken in Ethiopia?
  • 2016 E.C., Q14 – To which language super-family do the Omotic language belongs?
  • 2014 E.C., Q21 – Which of the following is correct about the languages of Ethiopia?
  • 2012 E.C., Q29 – Which of the following is NOT true about the languages of Ethiopia and the Horn?
3.1.2 Major Religions of Ethiopia · read p. 43
  • 2017 E.C., Q26 – Which of the following is true about Christianity in Aksum?
3.1.3 Settlement Pattern of Peoples of Ethiopia · read p. 50
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3.2 Pre-Aksumite States and their Geographical Setting · read p. 52
  • 2018 E.C., Q9 – What was the main factor for the decline of the Zagwe kingdom?
  • 2018 E.C., Q10 – What was the common feature of the Christian Kingdom before and after Yekuno Amlak?
  • 2017 E.C., Q28 – What weakened the Zagwe dynasty politically?
  • 2017 E.C., Q77 – What was the nature of the relationship between the Kingdom of Damot and its neighbors?
  • 2017 E.C., Q76 – Which of the following is true about the ancient state of Da'mat?
  • 2017 E.C., Q23 – Which early state in the Horn of Africa is mentioned in Egyptian documents?
  • 2016 E.C., Q17 – To which power did Aksum eventually lose control over the Red Sea trade?
  • 2016 E.C., Q23 – What explains the rise of the Zagwe dynasty to power?
  • 2016 E.C., Q19 – Which one of the following was a cultural feature of the Zagwe dynasty?
  • 2016 E.C., Q24 – Which one of the following accounts for the downfall of the Zagwe?
  • 2016 E.C., Q22 – Which of the following is correct about the Aksumite state?
  • 2016 E.C., Q13 – What was the Ethiopian state that had emerged immediately before Aksum?
  • 2015 E.C., Q13 – Where was the ancient state of Punt located?
  • 2015 E.C., Q89 – What features of the Zagwe period show that there was cultural continuity with the Aksumite period?
  • 2014 E.C., Q80 – To what major factor is the rise of the Zagwe Dynasty attributed?
  • 2014 E.C., Q68 – Which of the following is correct about pre-Aksumite states?
  • 2014 E.C., Q25 – Which of the following is correct about the Aksumite kingdom?
  • 2014 E.C., Q78 – Which one of the following was a feature of the foreign relations of the Aksumite State?
  • 2014 E.C., Q20 – One of the following is believed to be the earliest state in the Horn of Africa region?
  • 2014 E.C., Q81 – Which one of the following is a major achievement of the Zagwe dynasty?
  • 2014 E.C., Q79 – What was the major external factor for the fall of Aksum?
  • 2014 E.C., Q26 – Why did the Aksumite Kingdom decline and eventually collapse?
  • 2013 E.C., Q24 – Which of the following areas appears to have been included within the territorial limits of the state of Punt?
  • 2012 E.C., Q30 – The first locally known pre-Aksumite state in the Ethiopian regions was
  • 2011 E.C., Q28 – What factor led the Aksumites to send expeditions to South Arabia in the 3rd century?
3.4 Aksumite Kingdom · read p. 53
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3.5 Zagwe Dynasty · read p. 55
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3.6 The Sultanate of Shewa · read p. 58
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