Ethiopia: True or False?

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Ethiopia True or False?

• Look at each of the cards, do you think the fact
  is true or false?
• If you think a statement is false, then try and
  explain why.
• Try and match up the true statement with the
  corresponding false statement i.e. a cow has
  four legs and a cow has two legs.

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• TRUE - Ethiopians measure time from when the sun
  rises to when it sets. So, when the sun rises at
  6 oclock it is said to be 12 oclock the start
  of the day in Ethiopia.
• FALSE - Ethiopians do not use clocks and can only
  tell the time at night by the position of the
  stars.

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• TRUE - The main language spoken in Ethiopia is
  Amharic, but there are over 200 dialects spoken
  throughout the country.
• FALSE - The official language in Ethiopia is
  English and they speak no other languages.

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• TRUE - Ethiopia is about 7.5 years behind the
  United Kingdom. This is because the Ethiopian
  calendar consists of 13 months. The first 12
  months each have 30 days and the 13th month has 5
  days in a standard year. During a leap year, the
  13th month has 6 days.
• FALSE - Ethiopia is about 7.5 years ahead of the
  UK. This is because the Ethiopian calendar
  consists of 11 months, so at the moment it is
  2022.

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• TRUE - Ethiopian Abebe Bikila was the first
  African to win gold in the Olympic Games in 1964.
  He finished the marathon in first place after
  running the whole race barefoot.
• FALSE - No Ethiopian has even won a gold medal at
  the Olympics.

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• TRUE - The oldest fossil skeleton of a human was
  discovered in Ethiopia in 1974.
• FALSE - No fossils have ever been found in
  Ethiopia, and no one understands why.

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• TRUE - Ethiopia is the only country in Africa
  with its own alphabet, it consists of 209 symbols
  and 25 letter.
• FALSE - Ethiopia is the only country in Africa
  with its own alphabet, it consists of only 18
  letters.

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Use the library or the internet to find 5 more
interesting facts about Ethiopia