Questions
1. What is the capital city of Somalia?
2. What body of water borders Somalia to the east?
3. In which year did Somalia gain independence?
4. What is the official language of Somalia?
5. What is the currency used in Somalia?
6. What is the traditional Somali style of poetry known as?
7. Who was the first President of Somalia after independence?
8. What is the predominant religion in Somalia?
9. Somalia is known for having the longest coastline of any African country. How long is it approximately?
10. What major humanitarian crisis did Somalia face in the early 1990s?
Answers
1. Mogadishu
2. Indian Ocean
3. 1960
4. Somali
5. Somali shilling
6. Gabay
7. Aden Abdullah Osman
8. Islam
9. About 3,333 kilometers (2,069 miles)
10. Civil war and famine