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History Grade 9 Unit 7: States, Principalities, Population Movements and Interactions in Ethiopia, 13th to Mid-16th C.

national exam questions have come from this unit. It runs 34 pages; one careful study pass takes about 3.1 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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7.1 The “Solomonic” Dynasty & the Christian Kingdom, 13th -16th C · read p. 120
  • 2018 E.C., Q60 – Which of the following factor has enabled the restoration of the 'Solomonic' dynasty possible?
  • 2017 E.C., Q10 – What factor contributed to the success of Yekuno Amlak in overthrowing the Zagwe Dynasty?
  • 2016 E.C., Q26 – How did Yekuno Amlak restore the so-called 'Solomonic' Dynasty in 1270?
  • 2016 E.C., Q20 – Why did the medieval Ethiopian Christian kingdom rely on mobile courts?
  • 2015 E.C., Q16 – How did the Solomonic rulers of the medieval period in Ethiopia try to solve the problem of royal succession?
  • 2014 E.C., Q43 – Which of the following is correct about the Christian kingdom after 1270?
  • 2012 E.C., Q18 – What led to the establishment of the prison of Amba Geshen during the medieval period was
7.2 The Muslim Principalities · read p. 123
  • 2018 E.C., Q47 – Which one of the following explains the relationship of the Sultanate of Shewa with the neighboring states?
  • 2017 E.C., Q9 – Which of the following is correct about the relationship between the sultanates of Ifat and Adal?
7.3 Relationship Between the Christian Kingdom and the Sultanate of Adal, 1520s to 1559 · read p. 126
  • 2017 E.C., Q30 – What best characterizes the relationship between Muslim Sultanates and others in Ethiopia during the medieval period?
  • 2017 E.C., Q62 – What was the factor for the revived resistance of Muslim sultanates against the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia from the 14th century onwards?
  • 2016 E.C., Q29 – Which of the following was a consequence of the wars between the Christian State and Adal under Imam Ahmed al-Ghazi?
  • 2016 E.C., Q30 – What distinguished Imaam Ahmed Al-Ghazi from his predecessors?
  • 2015 E.C., Q34 – What was the cause of the conflict between the Christian highland kingdom and the Muslim sultanates in the Medieval period?
  • 2012 E.C., Q15 – Why did Portugal and Ottoman Turkey take part in the conflict between Christians and Muslims of Ethiopia in the 16th century? It was to
7.4 Political and socio-economic conditions of southern and central states in Ethiopia · read p. 130
  • 2018 E.C., Q11 – Which of the following feature describes the state of Damot in the late 13th century?
  • 2016 E.C., Q91 – Which of the following Ethiopian states had emerged first?
  • 2015 E.C., Q31 – Which one of the following southern states exercised extensive influence in areas south of the Abbay before the 14th century?
  • 2015 E.C., Q19 – What was the main cause for the expansion of the Christian kingdom during the medieval period?
7.5 Population Movements, Expansion and Integration in Ethiopia · read p. 133
  • 2017 E.C., Q63 – Where was the political and religious center of the Oromo people before they began their movement?
  • 2016 E.C., Q95 – Which of the following region was believed to have been an area of Oromo settlement prior to their 16th-century movement?
7.6 Gadaa System of the Oromo · read p. 138
Not asked in a national paper yet.
7.7 Moggasa and Guddifacha · read p. 142
Not asked in a national paper yet.
7.8 Egalitarian System of Governance · read p. 143
  • 2014 E.C., Q36 – What is the most likely factor for the population movement of the Oromo starting from the 1520s?