AL-NOURI SECONDARY SCHOOL

History form four

Assignment
Chapter (1&2)
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1:Describe the impact of world war on people’s thinking and its effect on the birth of
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2. Write down national feelings of mal-administration within the republic of Somalia?

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3. Write down three factors that distributed the rise of nationalism in Somaliland?

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4. Identify some nationalist personalities and political organizations that struggled for
the independence of S/land before 1960?

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5. Trace the biography of Mohamed Abdulla Hassan and Ugas Dodi and also their
nationalist struggle against British colony?

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6. Briefly identify biography of Farah Omar and Sheikh Bashir Yusuf?

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7. What were the main aims that shared all the national political organization or
parties?

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9. What was the main purpose that the council of Elders formed by British before
independence?

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11. What were the four S/land elders who ware selected to leave for London
demanding the return of the transferred S/land territory?

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12. Who was the first president of the Somali republic ?

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13. When was Abdirashid Ai Sharmake elected as president and Mohamed Ibrahim
Egal as prime minister?

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14. Describe causes of strains between the north and south?

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15. What was the first time that northern (Somaliland) come to the seat of prime
minster?

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16. Analyze the causes and consequences of the military coup and dictatorship in
Somalia?

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17. Compare and contract why the military coup 1969 that achieved to overthrow the
government and that of 1978 which failed?

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18. Explain four factors that helped the military coup of 1969 to achieve to overthrow
the government and that 1978 to fail?

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Factors caused the failure of the1978 coup (given answer)

 They were small number of armed officers

 They were poorly equipped
 They were one same clan army officers
 The 1978 coup was not well prepared

19. Describe Causes of the 1977-78 war between Somalia and Ethiopia?

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20:Briefly explain the result from the war between Somalia and Ethiopia in 1977?