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1) Which of the following is not a city in NORWAY?
A — Stockholm
B — Oslo
C — Bergen
D — Trondheim
2) In late summer 2024, over 20 silver Roman denarii coins were discovered inside a wall hole at an acropolis on the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria. The Italian island is located between ITALY and which country in Africa?
A — CAMEROON
B — TUNISIA
C — ETHIOPIA
3) Which two states in the UNITED STATES have more than 80 counties each?
A — Arizona and Nevada
B — Michigan and Minnesota
C — Connecticut and Rhode Island
D — North Dakota and South Dakota
ANSWERS
Question 1:
A . . . . . Stockholm which is the capital of Sweden (↗)
Question 2:
B . . . . . Tunisia
Question 3:
B . . . . . Michigan and Minnesota
● Aksum’s (Axum's) stelae
● Emperor Haile Selassie
● Famine, unfortunately
● Haile Gebrselassie, athlete
● Lalibela’s rock-hewn churches
● Mursi lip-stretchers
Most were listed in The Africa Book; the MLA citation is below. What are other "trademarks" of this African country? Feel free to share your thoughts with a comment!
Phillips et al. The Africa Book: A Journey through Every
Country in the Continent. Lonely Planet, 2007.
— #AfricaWeek —
The following items are major exports of ETHIOPIA: beverages, cereal grain, coffee, copper, cotton, cut flowers, gold (small amounts), khat (qat) plant, leather and derivative goods, livestock, metal, natural gas, oilseeds, platinum (small amounts), potash, potatoes, pulse grain, sugarcane, and textiles. According to the International Monetary Fund (data.imf.org), countries and territories buying and importing most of those exports (February 2017 statistics) include Saudi Arabia (top importer), the United States, Sudan, China, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Belgium, Japan, Germany, Italy, Djibouti, Vietnam, the Netherlands, Namibia, Kenya, Indonesia, Switzerland, France, South Korea, and India.
Serving as the highest point in the East African country DJIBOUTI, Mousa Ali (Mousâ'alli) is a stratovolcano standing 2,021 meters and 6,131 feet tall. It is specifically located along a three-nation border point, connecting Djibouti's northern border with ETHIOPIA's northeastern border and ERITREA's southeastern border. Mousa Ali is fortunately dormant and has not erupted for thousands of years. Even better, the volcano is in a low-populated area away from major settlements. Communities located multiple kilometers and miles away from the relatively safe volcano include Dorra in Djibouti, Vann (over 20 miles away) in Eritrea, and Bure and Manda in Ethiopia.
As of July 27th, 2015, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ for Ethiopia in eastern Africa lists 17 critically endangered species and 44 endangered species. Fortunately, Ethiopia does not have any extinct species on the IUCN Red List. Ethiopia’s critically endangered species include the Bale Mountains Treefrog, Black Rhinoceros, Ethiopian Amphibious Rat, Harenna Shrew, Northern Bald Ibis, Osgood's Ethiopian Toad, and White-winged flufftail bird. Endangered species include the African Wild Dog, Clarke's Banana Frog, Gabal Elba Dragon Tree, Grevy's Zebra, Malcolm's Ethiopia Toad, Ethiopian Wolf, Rüppell's Vulture, Walia Ibex wild goat, and Yalden's Desmomys rodent.
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The highest point in ETHIOPIA is Rās Dashen, which stands at 14,872 feet (4,533 meters).
Straddling the northern section of the Great Rift Valley, ETHIOPIA is a landlocked country in Eastern Africa; when Eritrea gained its independence in 1991, Ethiopia lost its access to the Red Sea. There are 6 bordering countries: Djibouti, Kenya, Eritrea, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The capital and most-populated city is Addis Ababa (Ādīs Ābeba), and other Ethiopian cities include Debre Zeyit (Bishoftu), Desē, Dirē Dawa, Bahir Dar south of Lake Tana, Gonder, Hārer, Jīma, Mek'elē, and Nazrēt. The Great Rift Valley stretches diagonally in a northeast-southwest direction. In southwestern Ethiopia, the valley boasts three large lakes: Abaya Hāyk' (northeast lake), Cha'mo Hāyk' (center lake), and the intermittent Ch'ew Bahir lake (southwest lake). Amharic is Ethiopia's official language. As you probably figured out, hāyk' (or hayk) is the Ethiopian word for lake. The Great Rift Valley encounters more lakes before traveling east of Addis Ababa, then northeast towards Djibouti. The currency Ethiopians use is the Ethiopian Birr, and its ISO 4217 currency code is ETB.
The Nile River is sometimes known as the longest river in the world — contending with the Amazon River for the longest river designation. The Nile River stretches for more than 4,100 miles and almost 6,600 miles long! The Nile and its major tributaries — the Blue Nile (east) and White Nile (south) — runs through 11 countries in Africa: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. The northern and main portion of the Nile is found in Egypt and Sudan. The Blue Nile predominantly flows through Ethiopia and Sudan. The White Nile is especially wide in South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda.
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