The Bushmen, who are also called the San, are the original inhabitants of which desert?
- A.Thar
- B.Atacama
- C.Kalahari
- D.Gobi
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Kalahari. The Bushmen or San are hunter gatherers of the Kalahari desert, which lies across Botswana, Namibia and part of South Africa. They track game on foot and hunt with poison tipped arrows, store water in ostrich eggshells and speak languages that use click consonants. Their herding neighbours, the Khoikhoi, were once called Hottentots.
Option A, the Thar desert of India and Pakistan, is home to Rajasthani communities such as the Bhil, Meena and Raika, not to the San. Option B, the Atacama of Chile, is the driest desert on earth and has no such tribe. Option D, the Gobi of Mongolia and China, is grazed by Mongol herders who live in the ger. The Kalahari is the one desert tied to the Bushmen.
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Practice Questions
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- A.The savanna of Kenya and Tanzania
- B.The Kalahari desert
- C.The Congo rainforest
- D.The Sahel of West Africa
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- B.The equatorial forest of the Congo basin
- C.The Australian outback
- D.The Siberian tundra
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- B.The Amazon basin
- C.The steppes of Ukraine
- D.The highlands of New Guinea
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- A.Yak
- B.Reindeer
- C.Llama
- D.Camel
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- B.Inuit
- C.Masai
- D.Dayak
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