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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the International Hour held?

2. In the 1930s, who invaded Ethiopia?

3. Besides students, who else died in a demonstration the students held after the peasant uprising?

4. When did Betwoded Negash wish to proclaim an Ethiopian republic?

5. When was the Army-Police Hour held?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did international aid workers discover when they came to help the starving people of Ethiopia?

2. Who were some of the innocents killed during the coup?

3. Why was "N.L.E." fired from his job as titular clerk?

4. How did the Emperor make it acceptable to raise the taxes the peasants had to pay?

5. Why were dignitaries from Sidamo upset with Germame?

6. How was the national budget divided?

7. Why did the Emperor introduce the Army-Police Hour?

8. According to "G.O.-E," why must the Emperor have gone to bed after the coup never knowing if he would wake in the morning?

9. Why was General Beleta Abebe arrested and held by his soldiers?

10. How did the Emperor keep track of the new developments that were being built?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the two images that the Emperor had.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the reasons why soldiers began revolting and arresting their senior officers.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why the famine in northern Ethiopia brought international condemnation.

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