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1920 | In what year did the British defeat the Dervishes? |
Taleex | What was the capital of the Dervish State? |
1927 | In what year did Fascist Italy achieve full control of Somalia? |
1941 | In what year did the Italian occupation of Somalia end? |
Italian Somaliland | Along with British Somaliland, what country in the region was a British protectorate after the Second World War? |
the Potsdam Conference | At what meeting did the United Nations give Italy trusteeship of Italian Somaliland? |
Hizbia Digil Mirifle Somali | Along with the Somali Youth League and Somali National League, what was an early Somali political organization? |
ten | How many years would Italy have to allow Italian Somaliland to become independent? |
1960 | In what year was the British protectorate over British Somaliland ended? |
the Ogaden | Along with the Haud, what area of Somalia was given to Ethiopia by the British? |
1948 | In what year did the British give the Haud to Ethiopia? |
Emperor Menelik | The Ogaden was given to Ethiopia on the basis of a treaty signed by the British with what Ethiopian leader? |
1956 | In what year did Britain try to purchase Somali lands from Ethiopia? |
Somali | What people constituted almost the entire population of the Northern Frontier District? |
French Somaliland | What was Djibouti called in 1958? |
1960 | In what year did Somalia become independent? |
Vice President of the Government Council | What was Mahmoud Harbi's title? |
1977 | When did Djibouti achieve independence? |
Hassan Gouled Aptidon | Who was the first president of Djibouti? |
26 June 1960 | On what date did British Somaliland gain independence? |
the State of Somaliland | What was British Somaliland known as upon achieving independence? |
the Trust Territory of Somalia | What state formed the Somali Republic with British Somaliland? |
1 July 1960 | On what date did the former British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland unite? |
Aden Abdullah Osman Daar | Who was the first President of the Somali Republic? |
15 October 1969 | On what date was Abdirashid Ali Shermarke assassinated? |
one of his own bodyguards | Who assassinated Abdirashid Ali Shermarke? |
21 October 1969 | On what day, the day after the funeral of Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, did a coup occur? |
Mohamed Siad Barre | Who was the commander of the army when the coup occurred? |
Major General | What was Mohamed Siad Barre's rank? |
Salaad Gabeyre Kediye | Along with Jama Korshel, who led the Supreme Revolutionary Council? |
Chief of Police | What was Jama Korshel's title? |
Lieutenant Colonel | What was the military rank of Salaad Gabeyre Kediye? |
the Somali Democratic Republic | What name did the Supreme Revolutionary Council give to Somalia? |
suspended the constitution | Along with dissolving the Supreme Court and parliament, what action did the Supreme Revolutionary Council take? |
industry | What did the new government nationalize along with land? |
the Arab League | What international body did the new government join? |
1974 | In what year did the new government enter the Arab League? |
the African Union | What organization would the Organization of African Unity later become? |
literacy | What rate did the new government's programs significantly increase? |
Ethiopia | Along with Kenya, Djibouti and Somalia, in what Horn of Africa country do Somali people live? |
northeastern | In what geographic portion of Kenya can Somali people be found? |
Pan-Somalism | What is the name of the idea that believes all ethnic Somalis should live in the same country? |
Cuba | Along with the Soviet Union, what country supported Ethiopia in its war against Somalia? |
the Ogaden War | What was the name of the conflict between Somalia and the Soviet Union, Cuba and Ethiopia? |
2005 | In what year did Sanchez publish his study on Somali ethnicity? |
Afro-Asiatic | What language group speakers are ethnic Somalis closely related to? |
E1b1b1a | What haplogroup is present in a significant number of Somalis? |
Egypt/Libya | Based on the presence of the M78 subclade, where do some researchers think Somalis originated? |
77% | What percentage of Somali males had DNA containing the M78 subclade of E1b1b? |
2006 | When did Richards publish his mtDNA research? |
Ethiopians | Along with Egyptians, Algerians and Somalis, what people commonly possess the M1 haplogroup? |
Asia | On what continent is the M1 haplogroup believed to have originated? |
Holden | Who authored an mtDNA study in 2005? |
Afro-Asiatic | What family of languages is the M1 haplogroup associated with? |
2014 | When did Hodgson publish his DNA study? |
Ethio-Somali | According to Hodgson, what ancestral people spread the Afro-Asiatic languages? |
Somalis | According to Hodgson, what people is mostly descended from Ethio-Somalis? |
at least 23,000 years ago | According to Hodgson, how long ago did the Ethio-Somalis diverge from other non-African ancestries? |
the Near East | According to Hodgson, where did the Ethio-Somalis originate? |
2006 | In what year did Mahamoud publish his research? |
northern | In what geographic part of Somalia is Zeila located? |
the Quraysh | From whom were the early Muslims fleeing? |
Sunni | Along with the Shafi'i, to what sect of Islam do most Somalis belong? |
Islam | What is the majority religion in Somalia? |
Shia | A small minority of Somalis belong to what branch of Islam? |
dugsi | What is another name for a Qur'anic school? |
40 | What percentage of students at Qur'anic schools are female? |
the Ministry of Endowment and Islamic Affairs | What government body regulates Qur'anic education? |
Toronto | Along with Minneapolis, London and Birmingham, what city contains a notable population of Somalis? |
the Abuubakar-As-Saddique Mosque | What is the name of the mosque under construction in Minneapolis? |
droughts | Along with floods, what natural disaster often spurs Islamic fundraising? |
schools | Along with universities, the construction of what educational buildings are sometimes the focus of Islamic fundraising? |
the Arabian Peninsula | Along with the Horn of Africa, what is a notable location where Somali Islamic figures have been influential? |
clan | What is a basic social unit of Somali society? |
northern | In what geographical portion of Somalia is the tomb of the founder of the Dir clan located? |
Hawiye | Of what clan is the Abgaal a sub-clan? |
marriage | What practice is often used to bind different clans together? |
3 | According to a recent study, how many men of the Dhulbahante clan married women from the Hawiye clan? |
55 | According to a recent study, how many Dhulbahante men married women of a different Dhulbahante sub-clan? |
Darod | To what clan family do the Ogaden belong? |
4.3% | What percentage of Dhulbahante men married women of the Majerteen or Ogaden? |
1975 Somali Family Law | What law gave Somali husbands and wives equal rights over personal property? |
the Somali Democratic Republic | What was the official name of the country in which the 1975 Somali Family Law was passed? |
equal division of property between the husband and wife upon divorce | In addition to giving spouses equal rights over their personal property during marriage, what did the Somali Family Law give them? |
Somalis | What is the biggest ethnic group in Somalia? |
85% | What percentage of Somalians are ethnic Somalis? |
20th | During what century did the nomad lifestyle decline among Somalis? |
their seafaring tradition | Why do many Somalis live in South Asia and Europe? |
Kenya | Along with Djibouti and Ethiopia, in what African country outside Somalia can Somalis be found? |
Civil strife | What led to an increase in the number of Somalis leaving the country? |
Europe | Along with the Middle East and North America, to what continent did the Somali diaspora go in the 1990s? |
Toronto | Along with Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Winnipeg, Hamilton and Vancouver, what Canadian city has a significant Somali population? |
69th | As of 2006, where did Somalis rank in terms of population by ethnicity in Canada? |
108,000 | About how many Somalis live in the UK? |
78% | What percentage of Somalis living in Britain reside in London? |
57,906 | As of 2014, how many Somalis lived in Sweden? |
38,413 | In 2014, how many Somalis resided in Norway? |
16,721 | How many Somalis lived in Finland as of 2014? |
the United States | What country is Cedar Rapids located in? |
Minneapolis | Along with Saint Paul, what city constitutes the Twin Cities? |
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