Question: What was the area in the Eritrean highlands named under Emperor Zaro Yaqob?
Answer: Medri Bahri

Question: What was the capitol of Medri Bahri?
Answer: Debarwa

Question: What were the main provinces of Medri Bahri?
Answer: Hamasien, Serae and Akele Guzai

Question: What is the English translation of Medri Bahri?
Answer: Sea land

Question: Whose rise to power in 1922 brought profounc change to the government in Italian Eritrea?
Answer: Benito Mussolini's

Question: When was Italian Eritrea significantly enlarged?
Answer: After il Duce declared the birth of the Italian Empire

Question: When was the birth of the Italian Empire declared?
Answer: May 1936

Question: What was Eritrea chosen to be by the Italian government during the Italian Empire?
Answer: industrial center of Italian East Africa

Question: What does Africa Orientale Italiana mean?
Answer: Italian East Africa

Question: Who dissolved the Eritrean parliament in 1962?
Answer: Emperor Haile Selassie

Question: Who waged an armed struggle for independence in 1962 after Eritrea was annexed?
Answer: ELF

Question: What does the acroynm ELF stand for?
Answer: Eritrean Liberation Front

Question: How long did the Eritrean War for Independence last?
Answer: 30 years

Question: What is the acronym for Eritrean People's Liberation Front?
Answer: EPLF

Question: What did disagreements following the Eritrean War result in?
Answer: stalemate

Question: What did the stalemate lead the President of Eritrea to urge the UN to do?
Answer: take action on Ethiopia

Question: Who accused Eritrea of planting bombs at an African Union summit?
Answer: Ethiopia

Question: What supported the accusation that Eritrea planted bombs at the African Union summit?
Answer: a UN report

Question: What did Eritrea do when it was accused of planting bombs at the African Union summit?
Answer: denied the claims

Question: In 2004, how many physicians did Eritrea have per 1000 people?
Answer: 0.5

Question: How prevalent is HIV among the 15-49 age group in Eritrea?
Answer: exceeds 2%

Question: What is the fertility rate in Eriterea?
Answer: 5 births per woman

Question: As of 2002, how many births were attended by skilled health personnel in Eriterea?
Answer: 28.3%

Question: What is a major cause of death in neonates in Eriterea?
Answer: severe infection

Question: How do most people dress in the larger cities of Eritrea?
Answer: Western casual

Question: How do both men and women often dress in offices in Eritrea?
Answer: suits

Question: What are zurias, the traditional clothes still worn by Christian highlander women in Eritrea?
Answer: bright white gowns

Question: How do women in the Muslim communities of the Eritrean lowland dress?
Answer: in brightly colored clothes

Question: Who are the only women who follow the tradition of covering half of their faces, though not their hair?
Answer: Rashaida women

Question: What are the most popular sports in Eritrea?
Answer: Football and cycling

Question: What world record is held by Eritrean athlete Zersenay Tadese?
Answer: half marathon distance running

Question: What is the name of the multi-stage international cycling event held throughout Eritrea?
Answer: Tour of Eritrea

Question: Who became the first black African riders to compete in the Tour de France?
Answer: Teklehaimanot and fellow Eritrean Merhawi Kudus

Question: Who became the first Eritrean to ride the Vuelta a Espana in 2012?
Answer: Daniel Teklehaimanot

Question: Who occupied the Red Sea coast during the last interglacial period?
Answer: early anatomically modern humans

Question: How old were the obsidian tools that were discovered by the Eritrean Research Project Team?
Answer: over 125,000 years old

Question: Where did the Research Project Team find the obsidian tools?
Answer: near the Bay of Zula

Question: What Team was composed of Eritrean, Canadian, American, Dutch and French scientists?
Answer: Eritrean Research Project Team

Question: What were the tools believed to have been used for by early humans?
Answer: to harvest marine resources like clams and oysters

Question: When was the Aussa Sultanate established?
Answer: end of the 16th century

Question: Where was the Aussa Sultanate established?
Answer: Denkel lowlands of Eritrea

Question: Who was the leader of Afar in 1734?
Answer: Kedafu, head of the Mudaito clan

Question: What did Kedafu establish in 1734?
Answer: Mudaito Dynasty

Question: What marked the start of a new and sophisticated polity that would last into the colonial period?
Answer: Mudaito Dynasty

Question: When did Emperor Yohannes II die?
Answer: 1889

Question: What was the new colony of Italia Eritrea a colony of?
Answer: the Kingdom of Italy

Question: What did Gen. Oreste Baratieri proclaim in the highlands along the Eritrean coast?
Answer: the new colony of Italian Eritrea

Question: When was the Treaty of Wuchale signed?
Answer: 1889

Question: What years was the Treaty of Wuchale formally binding?
Answer: 1889–1913

Question: What did Emperor Haile Selassie seek to annex in the 1950's?
Answer: Eritrea and Italian Somaliland

Question: Why did the British and Americans want to cede most of Eritrea to the Ethiopians?
Answer: as a reward for their support during World War II

Question: Who laid claim to Eritrea and Italian Somaliland in a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Answer: Emperor Haile Selassie

Question: Who consistently requested that a referendum be held immediately to settle the question of Eritrean sovereignty?
Answer: The Independence Bloc of Eritrean parties

Question: Who did Ethiopians support in World War II?
Answer: The British and Americans

Question: How is the Eritrean highway system named?
Answer: according to the road classification

Question: What are T roads, the lowest level that typically serves local interests?
Answer: improved earth roads which are occasionally paved

Question: What are the three levels of road classification in Eritrea?
Answer: primary (P), secondary (S), and tertiary (T)

Question: What are S roads, the mid-level that connects district capitals to regional capitals?
Answer: single-layered asphalt road

Question: What are P roads, those that carry traffic between all major towns in Eritrea?
Answer: fully asphalted (throughout their entire length)

Question: What percentage of Eritrea is estimated to adhere to Christianity?
Answer: 50%

Question: What percentage of Eritrea is estimated to adhere to Islam?
Answer: 48%

Question: What do unrecognized faiths and denominations in Eritrea have to undergo?
Answer: a registration process

Question: When did the Eritrean government begin to officially recognize certain churches?
Answer: May 2002

Question: What does the government's registration system require religious groups to submit about their membership?
Answer: personal information

Question: What ages are officially compulsary for education in Eritrea?
Answer: between seven and 13 years of age

Question: What percentage of school-aged children are estimated to attend primary school?
Answer: 70%

Question: What percentage of school-aged children are estimated to attend secondary school?
Answer: 61%

Question: What is the student-teacher ratio in elementary schools?
Answer: 45 to 1

Question: What is the student-teacher ratio in secondary schools?
Answer: 54 to 1

Question: What meat does a traditional Eritrean stew consist of?
Answer: beef, kid, lamb or fish

Question: Which neighbor does Eritrean cuisine strongly resemble?
Answer: Ethiopia

Question: Why does Eritrean cooking tend to feature more seafood than Ethiopian cuisine?
Answer: their coastal location

Question: How does the texture of Eritrean dishes compare to Ethiopian meals?
Answer: lighter

Question: What ingredients fo Eritreans tend to use less of than Ethiopians?
Answer: seasoned butter and spices

Question: What kind of uranium is sometimes used to shield radioactive materials in containers?
Answer: Depleted