Population Movements, Expansion, and Integration in Ethiopia

Question 1

In the ____the history of the Horn of Africa was dominated by wars and population movements. These have played important roles in shaping the history of Ethiopia and the Horn.

Answer 1

sixteenth century

Question 2

The ___, ____ and ___population movements occurred as a result of the conflicts between the Christian kingdoms and the Sultanate of Adal in the _____ and _____centuries.

Answer 2

Argoba, Afar, Somali, late fifteenth and early sixteenth

Question 3

According to Oromo oral traditions, the original homeland of the Oromo before the sixteenth century was the ____part of Ethiopia’s highlands. The political and religious centre of the Oromo settlement area was _____, located on the _____borderlands.

Answer 3

south-eastern, Madda Walabu, Bale-Sidama

Question 4

The_____ and the____ confederacies were the two main groups that made up
the Oromo people before they began to move.

Answer 4

Barentu, Borana

Question 5

minor divisions (clans) of the Barentu Confederacy

Answer 5

Karayu,
Marawa,
Ittu,
Humbana,
Akachu,
Wollo, and
Arsi

Question 6

minor divisions (clans) of the Borena Confederacy

Answer 6

Mecha,
Tulama,
southern Borana, and
Guji