Ethiopia

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

Central east Africa

Question 2

Facts

Answer 2

Landlocked by 6 countries
Second highest population in Africa (117million)
Capital city is Addis Ababa

Question 3

Climate - western highland

Answer 3

Wettest area (relief rain)
1,200-2,000 mm
Good for crops
Average temp=25-35

Question 4

Climate-central area

Answer 4

Unreliable rainfall
400mm-800mm
Hotter
25-40

Question 5

Climate-eastern lowland

Answer 5

Unreliable rainfall
0-300mm
Hotter
30-40

Question 6

Does Ethiopia get droughts

Answer 6

Suffer with severe drought
1980 1 million people died from famine

Question 7

Does the climate hinder development

Answer 7

Yes because of unreliable rainfall so crops cannot grow

Question 8

Landscape-western highland

Answer 8

Steep land
Mountains

Question 9

Landscape-central area

Answer 9

Savannah grassland
Fertile in some years

Question 10

Landscape-eastern lowland

Answer 10

Deserts
Mosquitos so cases of malaria

Question 11

Does the landscape hinder development

Answer 11

Yes because you can only grow crops in the highlands so it’s hard to get machinery up there

Question 12

Biodiversity

Answer 12

6,500 species of plant- 15% unique to Ethiopia e.g. jasmine
Fauna- lions zebra flamingo elephant

Question 13

Natural resources

Answer 13

Gold gas copper platinum
Not exploited these yet due to lack of infrastructure and knowledge
Only 20% exports- raw materials

Question 14

Development indicators-GNI (wages)

Answer 14

$505 ($10,858)=world average