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Which of the following African pastoral groups lived in the regions of Kenya and Tanzania?

pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

  1. Somali

  2. Bedouin

  3. Boran

  4. Maasai

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Maasai cattle herders live primarily in east Africa: 300, 000 in southern Kenya and another 150,000 in Tanzania. 

How did the life of the Pastoralist's changed under the colonial rule?

pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

  1. Their grazing grounds shrank

  2. Their movement were regulated

  3. They had to pay increased revenue

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Large areas of forest were cleared for tea, rubber and coffee plantation. They also cleared the forest for timber. Moreover, the forests were also enclosed for commercial purposes. This led to wide scale deforestation and loss of livelihood for people who depended upon forest resources. For the pastoral communities it meant shrinking of grazing grounds for their cattle. Some of them were labelled as criminal tribes and were forced to work in factorie, mines and plantation.

'Once you cultivate land, it is no longer suitable for grazing.' Which African pastrol tribe of Africa thought crop farming a crime against nature

pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

  1. Boran

  2. Maasai

  3. Bedouins

  4. Turkana

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The Maasai pastoral tribes thought of farming as a crime against nature as cultivated land is no longer suitable for grazing.

Find out the correct match:

pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

  1. Dhangars : Garhawal

  2. Gaddis: Himachal Pradesh

  3. Bakarwals: Karnataka

  4. Raikas: Andhra Pradesh

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Gaddis belong to Himachal Pradesh while Dhangars, to Maharashtra, Bakarwals, to Kashmir and Raikas, to Rajasthan.

Dhangars are an important pastoral community of which state?

pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

  1. Himachal Pradesh

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Jammu and Kashmir

  4. Rajasthan

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Correct Option: B

Waste land Rules were enacted by the colonial officials in order to _________.

pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

  1. Harass the pastoralists of Indian

  2. Uplift the condition of the Indian pastoralists

  3. Turn the uncultivated lands into cultivable lands

  4. Turn cultivable lands into forests

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Correct Option: C

The word 'Maasai' is derived from the word Maa. Maa-sai which means ______.

pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

  1. My people

  2. Mother and people

  3. Their people

  4. Tribal people

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Correct Option: A

The Maasai Mara is a National Park in _________.

pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

  1. Tanzania

  2. Kenya

  3. Sudan

  4. South Africa

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Correct Option: B

What percentage of the grazing lands did Maasai lose when European imperial powers divided Africa into different colonies?

pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

  1. $50$%

  2. $49$%

  3. $80$%

  4. $60$%

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Correct Option: D

Why did the colonial government introduce the Grazing Tax in the mid $19th$ century?

pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

  1. To expand its revenue

  2. To ban cattle herder from entering grazing tracts

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C