This Static GK quiz on Tribes of the World and Their Regions puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
The Masai tribe is mainly found in which region of the world?
The Masai are semi nomadic cattle herders of the East African savanna grassland, living in and around the Great Rift Valley.
Read the full explanation →The Pygmies, the shortest people of the world, are inhabitants of
The Pygmy peoples, among them the Mbuti of the Ituri forest, the Baka and the Efe, live in the dense equatorial rainforest of Central Africa.
Read the full explanation →The Bushmen, who are also called the San, are the original inhabitants of which desert?
The Bushmen or San are hunter gatherers of the Kalahari desert, which lies across Botswana, Namibia and part of South Africa.
Read the full explanation →The Bedouins are the nomadic herders of which region?
The Bedouins are Arabic speaking nomads of the Arabian peninsula and the Syrian desert, who move with camels, sheep and goats between wells and seasonal pasture.
Read the full explanation →The Sami people, earlier called Lapps, are known for herding which animal?
The Sami are the indigenous people of the far north of Norway, Sweden and Finland and of the Kola peninsula in Russia, a region often called Lapland.
Read the full explanation →The igloo, a shelter built from blocks of snow, is associated with which people?
The Inuit, earlier called Eskimo, live along the Arctic coasts of Greenland, Canada and Alaska. In winter they build the igloo, a dome of cut snow blocks, and in summer they live in the tupik, a tent of animal skin.
Read the full explanation →The Maori are the indigenous people of which country?
The Maori are the Polynesian people who settled New Zealand before European contact. Their ceremonial war dance, the haka, is widely known, their meeting house is the marae, and the Maori language is one of the official languages of New Zealand, which they call Aotearoa.
Read the full explanation →The Ainu are the indigenous people of which country?
The Ainu are the indigenous people of Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan, and formerly of Sakhalin and the Kuril islands.
Read the full explanation →Milpa, a form of shifting cultivation, is practised in which region?
Milpa is the local name for the slash and burn farming of Mexico, Guatemala and the neighbouring countries, in which a forest patch is cleared and burnt, cropped with maize, beans and squash for a few seasons and then left to recover.
Read the full explanation →The Gauchos, the cattle rearing cowboys of South America, belong to which natural region?
The Pampas is the temperate grassland of Argentina and Uruguay, a flat and fertile region of wheat farming and cattle ranching.
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