2014 Academic Year Civics test 2 for Grade 12th

I. Write ‘true’ if the statement is correct, and write ‘false’ if the statement
is not (1 point each)
---------1. Potential conflict of interest is a conflict which is not actual, but as time elapses it has
the probability of turning in to a conflict.

---------2. Affirmative action is a policy designed to harm the previously privileged groups.

---------3. Diversity halts countries from achieving rapid economic development.

---------4. Strong ethnocentrism could lead to serious conflicts and bloodshed.

II. Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives (1 point each)
----------1. Of the following, all except one are true with regard to the Ethiopian Peasants. Identify
the exceptional one:
A. They were forced to pay heavy taxes
B. They welcomed and embraced the injustice done to them
C. Their feudal lords, and other government officials, took most of what they produced.
D. They suffered from maladministration, corruption and lack of social services.

----------2. One of the following is true about the Second Woyane Movement:
A. It was TPLF’s movement against the Derg regime
B. It took place in immediately after the liberation of Ethiopia from the Italian occupation
C. Berhanemeskel Redda was its prominent founder
D. Blatta Hailemariyam Redda was its notable leader

-----------3. Identify the incorrect statement about group rights:

A. They are different from human rights because they lack universality
B. They have nothing to do with the notion of affirmative action
C. They are considered as an instrument to facilitate the realization of equality
D. They aim at ensuring freedom from discrimination

----------4. According to the 1995 FDRE constitution, the right to self-determination includes the
right of nations to:
A. Promote their culture C. Self-governance.
B. Preserve their history D. All are answers

----------5. Which of the following is wrong with regard to Affirmative action:

A. It is important to compensate for past injustice and discrimination.

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B. It has even been practiced in the US

C. It’s merely helpful in the field of education but not in the work arena
D. Some people consider affirmative action as reverse discrimination

----------6. Identify the wrong statement about the ethnocentric view:

A. It refers to a tendency of considering the cultures of other people inferior
B. It refers to understanding people’s ways of living from the framework of their culture.
C. It’s due to this view that many European writers regarded Africa as a ‘dark continent’
D. It hinders people from understanding the true qualities of other cultures

-----------7. Of the following, one is a major advantage of Cultural relativism:

A. It helps us to be less arrogant and more open minded in relation to other societies and cultures
B. It helps us to understand and appreciate the culture of other peoples
C. It minimizes misunderstandings and conflicts related to cultural diversity.
D. All are correct

---------8. Which of the peasant revolts was destroyed by the joint actions of the Ethiopian
government and a British force?
A. the first woyane movement
B. the second woyane movement
C. the Bale peasant rebellion
D. the Gojam peasant rebellion
III. Give proper answers on the provided blank space below (1 pt for each blank)
1. -------------- and ------------ were the provinces which were the centers of the Gojam Peasant
rebellion.
2. ---------------- was the most celebrated slogan of the Ethiopian students’ movement of the
1960’s.
December, 2021.

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