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Grade 12 History entrance exam, 2018 E.C. (2026)

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Question 1

Which of the following defines the discipline of history? It studies about

  1. A.myth of a given society.
  2. B.current political developments.
  3. C.human experience in the past.
  4. D.recent societal interactions.
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Answer: C human experience in the past.

Why

History is academic study of the human past based on evidence, which helps us understand how human experiences, societies, and cultures evolved over time.

Question 2

In which century did the Hejira take place? In the

  1. A.8th century A. D.
  2. B.7th century A. D.
  3. C.7th century B.C.
  4. D.8th century B.C.
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Answer: B 7th century A. D.

Why

The Hejira (the migration of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina) took place in 622 A.D., which falls in the 7th century A.D.

Question 3

How did the Neolithic Revolution change the life of human beings?

  1. A.By making them food producers
  2. B.By introducing market centers
  3. C.By producing refined stone tools
  4. D.By making them to be hunter-gatherer
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Answer: A By making them food producers

Why

The Neolithic Revolution marked the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture and animal domestication, transforming humans into active food producers.

Question 4

Which language super-family is widely spoken in Ethiopia?

  1. A.Khoisan
  2. B.Nilo-Sahara
  3. C.Afro-Asiatic
  4. D.Niger-Congo
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Answer: C Afro-Asiatic

Why

The Afro-Asiatic language super-family is the most widely spoken in Ethiopia, encompassing major language families such as Cushitic, Semitic, and Omotic.

Question 5

What was a common element to the American civilizations up to the 16th century?

  1. A.They had one administrative center.
  2. B.They were established by the Spaniards.
  3. C.They were agrarian states emerged along river valleys.
  4. D.They were destroyed by Spanish colonizers.
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Answer: D They were destroyed by Spanish colonizers.

Why

Indigenous Mesoamerican and Andean civilizations, such as the Aztecs and the Incas, were conquered and destroyed by Spanish conquistadors in the early 16th century.

Question 6

In what way did the ancient Greece civilization influence the modern world?

  1. A.By advancing the ancient Roman civilization
  2. B.By introducing the Western philosophy
  3. C.By introducing the concept of state formation
  4. D.By making successful military conquest
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Answer: B By introducing the Western philosophy

Why

Ancient Greek civilization laid the groundwork for modern Western philosophy through the influential works of thinkers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.

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