Ethiopia

Question 1

Official name

Answer 1

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Question 2

Capital city

Answer 2

Addis Ababa

Question 3

president

Answer 3

Sahle-Work Zewde

Question 4

flag

Answer 4

green yellow red background in horizontal lines with a blye circle with a yellow star in it on top

Question 5

it was the only African country

Answer 5

not colonized, even though it was briefly conquered by Italy in 1936 and occupied until 1941

Question 6

official language

Answer 6

Amharic

Question 7

Ethiopian calendar

Answer 7

a year is 13 months long with 12 months of 30 days each and the last month with 5 days in a common year, and 6 during a leap year

Question 8

it has 11

Answer 8

underground medieval churches built by being carved out of the ground
eg. Church of St George in Lalibela

Question 9

It is the home of

Answer 9

the Ethiopian Orthodox Church- one of the oldest Christian denominations

Question 10

It is also the only African country with

Answer 10

its own alphabet
The Ethiopic Alphabet is also the world’s oldest living alphabet, probably one of the longest with 345 letters