https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg Nellie and Sophie back at it with coffee en-us 2019-01-16 16:19:30 UTC 2024-10-02 06:23:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Send.png 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323078842 2019-01-22 16:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323078842 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323079167 2019-01-22 16:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323079167 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323258802 2019-01-22 23:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323258802 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323259110 308,396,391 People
The second most populous country in Africa]]> 2019-01-22 23:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323259110 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323259244 $2,200 (2017)]]> 2019-01-22 23:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323259244 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323259684 Eastern Africa, West of Somalia ]]> 2019-01-22 23:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323259684 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323260877 Slightly bigger than double the size of texas]]> 2019-01-22 23:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323260877 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323261209 High Plateau withMountains]]> 2019-01-22 23:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323261209 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323261673 2019-01-22 23:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323261673 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323262082 Tropical Monsoon and Highlands Climate]]> 2019-01-22 23:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323262082 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323263906 Desert, Semi Desert, Variations of Evergreen and Alpine ]]> 2019-01-22 23:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323263906 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323265540 Addis Ababa ]]> 2019-01-22 23:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323265540 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323265805 Federal Parliamentary Republic]]> 2019-01-22 23:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323265805 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323265982 President Mulatu Teshome

]]> 2019-01-22 23:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323265982 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323266307 Christianity was introduced in the 4th century and serve as the official religion of the elite until the end of monarchy in 1974. Christianity in Ethiopia serves as an archive for literary and visual arts history.]]> 2019-01-22 23:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323266307 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323266345 Though all of Ethiopia was influenced by this religion, the core of it was in the northern highlands. ⅖ of Ethiopians follow the teaching of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, ⅕ is Christian, and the rest of the majority are Protestant. ]]> 2019-01-22 23:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323266345 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323266368 Islam was introduced the 7th century and is now practiced by ⅓ of Ethiopians, and a small fraction are still animists, which is a worship of African deities.

]]> 2019-01-22 23:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323266368 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323528657 During the late 19th century, European powers wanted to establish colonies throughout Africa because it was rich in natural resources and raw materials, but Ethiopia was never actually colonized by European powers. The “Scramble for Africa” began but was resisted by Ethiopia, thanks to Emperor Menelik II. Ethiopia was later divided up into domains that were each ruled by a prince.]]> 2019-01-23 16:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323528657 3454221 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323531107 A civilization called Damat was located in northern Ethiopia in the 10th to 5th century. There are remnants of amazing architecture, writing, and sculpture that inform us about this ancient place. The capital of Damat kingdom, Yeha, holds the oldest standing structure (Temple of Yeha) in Ethiopia. Near the temple, royal tombs and extremely ancient pottery has been discovered.

 After the fall of Damat in 5th century B.C., small unknown kingdoms took its place. The Kingdom of Axum was soon formed and is known as one of the four greatest civilizations of the world.]]> 2019-01-23 16:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323531107 3454221 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323531941 The Amhara, Tigrinya, and Tigray people are associated with the ancient kingdoms of Axum and Abyssinia. They are politically dominant, but there are mostly Ormo people in Ethiopia. These groups speak semetic languages, which was likelly brought from the Sabean people of the Arabian peninsula.]]> 2019-01-23 16:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323531941 3454221 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323536041 Under Emperor Haile Selassie’s reign (1930-1974), Ethiopia enjoyed free enterprise. Production and export of cash crops (mainly coffee) were great, and the textile and footwear industry was equally good. The government began to give attention to rural land development, causing living conditions to improve. Despite this progress, Ethiopia remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Agriculture contributes about half of the GDP.]]> 2019-01-23 16:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323536041 3454221 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323543021 Ethiopia gained independence from Fascist Italy in May 1940]]> 2019-01-23 16:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323543021 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323544408 Current droughts in almost all of the farming land is causing starvation. ]]> 2019-01-23 16:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323544408 3454221 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323547727 Ethiopia has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, a population growth rate of 2.5%, well-maintained infrastructure (by funds from China)
Ethiopia's GDP rate grew by 10%, the most for any African country]]> 2019-01-23 16:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323547727 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323775128 At least 37 million people are below the poverty line]]> 2019-01-24 05:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323775128 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323775412 Because of poverty and starvation, most children drop out of schools before completely finishing]]> 2019-01-24 05:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323775412 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323775501 Ethiopia's economy is very reliant on coffee production and trade, which is a risk because some years have meets low prices]]> 2019-01-24 05:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323775501 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323775805 Most of the (if not all of) Ethiopia's leaders are corrupt and may not even know how to run the government.]]> 2019-01-24 05:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323775805 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323775978 2019-01-24 05:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323775978 3445821 https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323776081 Ethiopia faces many trade problems because they are mainly landlocked, not having access to any bit of ocean, so their imports and exports have to be by air travel or though other countries]]> 2019-01-24 05:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3445821/u8o2ros0tefg/wish/323776081