Pastoralism in Africa

Read the statements below carefully and choose the correct option.

Statement 1: After 1947, Raikas could move into Sindh and graze their camels on the banks of the Indus, as they had done earlier.

Statement 2: Pastoralists reduced the number of cattle in their herds as there were not enough pastures to feed large numbers.

Statement 3: British colonial government in East Africa encouraged local pastoral communities so cultivated fields were turned to pasture lands.

Direction: Choose the two statements from the following that describe the true condition in South Africa before the acceptance of the democratic constitution:
$1$. The apartheid system unique to South Africa was prevalent.
$2$. All the Whites did not have voting rights.
$3$. Nelson Mandela spent about 2 years of his life in prison.
$4$. Non-whites were forbidden from living in White areas.

In which year, Maasailand was cut into half with an international boundary between British Kenya and German Tanganyika.

Which is not the pastoral community of Africa?

What led to the deterioration of the quality of pastures?

Which Maasai society formed the ruling group and met in periodic councils to decide on the affairs of the community and settle disputes?

From which word does the word "Massai" derived?

Which game reserve is in Tanzania?

In which year, Tanganyika attained independence from British rule?

Bedouins, Berbers, Maasai, Somali were pastoral communities of which continent? 

In how many levels the social changes in Maasai society occurred?

Which of the following game reserves is in Kenya?

What affects the life of pastoralists in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries? 

Which section in the Maasai society consisted of younger people, mainly responsible for the protection of the tribe?

Match the items of column A with the corresponding items of column B and select the correct choice.

                                      Column A                                                Column B

                                       1. Maasai cattle herders                  A  Namibia                                                                    

                                       2. Maasai Mara and

                                           Samburu National Park              B Tanzania

                                       3. Serengeti Park                            C East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania)

                                       4. Nomadic cattle herders              D Kenya

                                           of kaokoland 

$22$ million Africans depend on pastoral activity for their livelihood. 

In the severe drought of $1933$ and $1934$, more than half of the cattle in Maasai died due to starvation.

In how many categories were the Maasai society divided?

Maasai land was cut into half with an international boundary between Kenya and Tanganyika.

The Maasai are traditionally nomadic and pastoral people who depend on milk and meat for subsistence.