2. GEOGRAPHY
• Eastern Africa
• About two times the size of Texas
• 1,104,300 sq miles
• Some volcanic activity
• Landmarks: Aksum, ruins, Dejen,
mountains, Erta Ale, volcano, Hadar,
archeology site
• National parks: Semian Mountains,
Abijatta-Shalla
3. GEOGRAPHY’S IMPACT
• Landlocked
• Many rivers but no
irrigation
• Nyalas and wolves
common
A nyala, a common animal in Ethiopia
4. CLIMATE
• Same four seasons we
have
• Monsoon season June-
August
• Rainy summer
• Dry winter
• Different than ours
5. POPULATION
• Ethiopia - 91 million Age
0 to 14 yrs
• Texas - 26 million
15 to 64 yrs
• Over 80 different ethnic
> 65 yrs
groups
6. CULTURE
• Religion
• Language
• Women not equal
• Folk tales
7. RELIGION AND LANGUAGE
Religion Language
Orthodox
Muslim
Protestant
Amargina
Other Oromigna
Tigrigna
Somaligna
Guaragigna
Sidamigna
Other
8. EDUCATION
• Literacy rate: 42.7%
• 12 years schooling
• Universities
• 65 students per
teacher
• Typical day
Ethiopian school children
9. GOVERNMENT
• President Girma
Wolde-Giorgis
• Prime Minister Meles
Zenawi
• Restricted Democratic
Practice
• Federal Parliamentary
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s prime
Assembly (two houses) minister, with English prime minister
• Ethiopian citizen over
18 votes
10. ECONOMICS
• Farming: main industry
• Other industries: food
processing, beverages,
textiles, leather, chemic
als, metals
processing, cement
• Work force: 85%
agriculture
• 39% below poverty line
• World economy rank:
19
11. MAJOR HISTORY
• Kingdom of Aksum
• The Dark Ages
• The Italian Period
• World War 2
Ruins from the ancient city of Aksum
12. DAILY LIFE
• Women: care for home
and children
• Men: support the family
• Children (male): help
fathers
• Children (female): help
mother
13. CURRENT EVENTS
• Rebel attacks
• Olympics ban
• African Union Summit
The African Union Summit
14. THE ETHIOPIAN FLAG
• Many other countries
have same color
• Pentagram is unity and
equality
• Green is hope and land
fertility
• Yellow is justice and
harmony
• Red is sacrifice
• Blue disk is peace
