Ethiopia

Question 1

What region is Ethiopia in?

Answer 1

Sahel region of Eastern africa

Question 2

What is it classified as in terms of the 5 fold division of wealth?

Answer 2

Highly Indebted Poor Country

Question 3

What year did the famine happen?

Answer 3

1984

Question 4

Physical causes of the famine? (2)

Answer 4

• since 1970 Sahel region received less than av. rainfall

- 1980: drought became so severe//climatic hazard//people could no longer be supported by the land

Question 5

Human causes of famine? (4)

Answer 5

• Civil war used up 1/3rd of govt money
• Colonel Menghistu refused aid as famine area was in the battle grounds of civil war
• C.Menghistu spent $100million on his 10 year reign
• Mrs Thatcher cut back on aid and because Ethiopia wasn’t part of the colony she didn’t help

Question 6

Where did the people flee to?

Answer 6

Korem (refugee camps) northern Ethiopia

Question 7

How many people died?

Answer 7

500,000

Question 8

What short term aid? (3)

Answer 8

• 1984 food aid and medical aid
• £15 million raised by UK disasters Emergency committee
• £110 million raised by Ethiopian Emergency Relief (Band Aid)

Question 9

What Long term aid?

Answer 9

• Development aid in 1990’s:

planting drought resistant crops// providing loans for buying tools+setting up business

Question 10

How much money was raised by the UK disasters emergency committee? (1984)

Answer 10

£15 million

Question 11

How much was raised by the Ethiopian Emergency relief fund from the Live Aid concert(1985) ‘Do they know its Christmas?’

Answer 11

£110 million