1. The Maasai tribe is primarily found in:
A) Nigeria
B) Kenya and Tanzania
C) South Africa
D) Egypt
Answer: B
Explanation: The Maasai are semi-nomadic pastoralists of East Africa.
2. The Zulu tribe is native to:
A) Sudan
B) Ethiopia
C) South Africa
D) Kenya
Answer: C
Explanation: Zulu are the largest ethnic group in South Africa.
3. The Pygmies are tribes mainly living in:
A) Sahara Desert
B) Congo Basin Rainforests
C) Nile Valley
D) Kalahari Desert
Answer: B
Explanation: Pygmies are short-statured hunter-gatherers of Central Africa.
4. The San (Bushmen) tribe is found in:
A) Namibia and Botswana
B) Nigeria
C) Egypt
D) Uganda
Answer: A
Explanation: San are indigenous hunter-gatherers of Southern Africa.
5. The Tuareg tribe is mainly associated with:
A) Kalahari Desert
B) Congo Basin
C) Sahara Desert
D) Nile Delta
Answer: C
Explanation: Tuaregs are nomadic Berbers of the Sahara Desert.
6. The Berbers are an ethnic group found in:
A) North Africa
B) West Africa
C) Central Africa
D) Southern Africa
Answer: A
Explanation: Berbers are indigenous to Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
7. The Himba tribe, known for red ochre on their skin, live in:
A) South Africa
B) Namibia
C) Ethiopia
D) Chad
Answer: B
8. The Hutu and Tutsi tribes are associated with:
A) Ethiopia
B) Rwanda and Burundi
C) Nigeria
D) Sudan
Answer: B
Explanation: They are two major groups in Rwanda and Burundi, known from the 1994 genocide.
9. The Yoruba tribe is predominantly found in:
A) Kenya
B) Nigeria
C) Sudan
D) Chad
Answer: B
Explanation: Yoruba are one of Nigeria’s largest ethnic groups.
10. The Igbo tribe belongs to:
A) Ghana
B) Nigeria
C) Mali
D) Cameroon
Answer: B
11. The Ashanti tribe is mainly found in:
A) Ghana
B) Ethiopia
C) Nigeria
D) Mali
Answer: A
Explanation: The Ashanti kingdom was historically powerful in Ghana.
12. The Nuer tribe inhabits:
A) South Sudan
B) Egypt
C) Algeria
D) Zambia
Answer: A
13. The Dinka tribe, one of the largest in Africa, is found in:
A) South Africa
B) South Sudan
C) Kenya
D) Ghana
Answer: B
14. The Fulani tribe is spread across:
A) North Africa
B) West Africa (Nigeria, Mali, Senegal)
C) Southern Africa
D) East Africa
Answer: B
15. The Oromo tribe is the largest ethnic group in:
A) Nigeria
B) Sudan
C) Ethiopia
D) Uganda
Answer: C
16. The Nubians are an ancient ethnic group of:
A) Egypt and Sudan (Nile Valley)
B) Nigeria
C) Ghana
D) Kenya
Answer: A
17. The Amhara people are found in:
A) Kenya
B) Ethiopia
C) Sudan
D) Morocco
Answer: B
18. The Twa people are pygmies found in:
A) Congo Basin
B) Sahara Desert
C) Kalahari Desert
D) Ethiopian Highlands
Answer: A
19. The Khoikhoi tribe is native to:
A) Botswana
B) Namibia and South Africa
C) Kenya
D) Ghana
Answer: B
20. The Shona people are a major ethnic group of:
A) Zimbabwe
B) Kenya
C) Ethiopia
D) Sudan
Answer: A
21. The Ndebele tribe is famous for its colorful houses and beadwork in:
A) Kenya
B) South Africa and Zimbabwe
C) Nigeria
D) Ethiopia
Answer: B
22. The Berbers call themselves:
A) Amazigh
B) Tuareg
C) Fulani
D) Nubian
Answer: A
23. The Mandinka tribe is mostly found in:
A) Senegal, Mali, Gambia
B) Kenya
C) Ethiopia
D) Ghana
Answer: A
24. The Kikuyu tribe is the largest ethnic group in:
A) Tanzania
B) Kenya
C) Ethiopia
D) Sudan
Answer: B
25. The Zulu king who resisted British colonial forces was:
A) Shaka Zulu
B) Menelik II
C) Samory Toure
D) Cetshwayo
Answer: A
Explanation: Shaka Zulu built a strong Zulu kingdom in the 19th century.
26. The Toda tribe is found in:
A) Nepal
B) Andaman Islands
C) Nilgiri Hills (India)
D) Sri Lanka
Answer: C
Explanation: The Todas are a small pastoral tribe in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris.
27. The Jarawa tribe is native to:
A) Lakshadweep Islands
B) Andaman Islands
C) Nicobar Islands
D) Sri Lanka
Answer: B
Explanation: Jarawas are one of the primitive tribes of the Andaman Islands.
28. The Mongols are historically associated with:
A) Mongolia and Central Asia
B) Japan
C) Sri Lanka
D) Arabia
Answer: A
Explanation: Mongols under Genghis Khan ruled a huge empire.
29. The Kazakhs are traditionally:
A) Fishermen
B) Nomadic herders of Central Asia
C) Mountain farmers
D) Desert traders
Answer: B
30. The Uzbeks belong to which region?
A) West Asia
B) Central Asia
C) East Asia
D) South Asia
Answer: B
Explanation: Uzbeks are the largest group in Uzbekistan and Central Asia.
31. The Ainu tribe is native to:
A) Mongolia
B) Japan (Hokkaido)
C) Korea
D) Siberia
Answer: B
Explanation: Ainu are indigenous to northern Japan.
32. The Kazakh and Kyrgyz tribes were historically:
A) Farmers
B) Nomadic horsemen of the steppes
C) Sea traders
D) Pastoralists in deserts
Answer: B
33. The Bedouins are nomadic tribes of:
A) Sahara Desert
B) Arabian Desert
C) Gobi Desert
D) Kalahari Desert
Answer: B
Explanation: Bedouins are Arab nomads in Middle East deserts.
34. The Sami (Lapps) people are traditionally reindeer herders of:
A) Central Asia
B) Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland)
C) Siberia
D) Canada
Answer: B
35. The Yakuts (Sakha) tribe inhabit:
A) Mongolia
B) Siberia (Russia)
C) Tibet
D) Central Asia
Answer: B
36. The Sherpas are well-known tribes of:
A) Ladakh
B) Nepal Himalayas
C) Bhutan
D) Mongolia
Answer: B
Explanation: Sherpas are famous for mountaineering and guiding in Himalayas.
37. The Nagas are indigenous tribes of:
A) Myanmar and Northeast India
B) Pakistan
C) Sri Lanka
D) Tibet
Answer: A
38. The Bhils are among the largest tribes of:
A) Nepal
B) Western India (Rajasthan, MP, Gujarat)
C) Afghanistan
D) Sri Lanka
Answer: B
39. The Gonds are tribal people found mainly in:
A) Odisha and Chhattisgarh (India)
B) Pakistan
C) Afghanistan
D) Nepal
Answer: A
40. The Baloch are tribes belonging to:
A) Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan
B) Nepal
C) India
D) Mongolia
Answer: A
41. The Kurds are spread across:
A) Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria
B) Nepal, Bhutan, India
C) China, Japan, Korea
D) Afghanistan, Pakistan
Answer: A
Explanation: Kurds are stateless people of the Middle East.
42. The Yazidis are a small ethnic group living in:
A) Iraq and Syria
B) India
C) Turkey and Iran
D) Afghanistan
Answer: A
43. The Chechens belong to which region?
A) Middle East
B) Caucasus (Russia)
C) Central Asia
D) South Asia
Answer: B
44. The Tibetans are a major ethnic group living on:
A) Deccan Plateau
B) Tibetan Plateau
C) Mongolian Steppe
D) Sahara Desert
Answer: B
45. The Karen tribes are found in:
A) Myanmar and Thailand
B) Cambodia
C) Vietnam
D) Indonesia
Answer: A
46. The Hmong tribe is found in:
A) China, Laos, Vietnam
B) India
C) Siberia
D) Iran
Answer: A
47. The Buryats are the largest indigenous group in:
A) Japan
B) Russia (near Lake Baikal, Siberia)
C) Mongolia
D) Afghanistan
Answer: B
48. The Nenets people are reindeer herders of:
A) Mongolia
B) Siberia (Arctic Russia)
C) Greenland
D) Alaska
Answer: B
49. The Evenki tribe belongs to:
A) Central Asia
B) Siberia (Russia and China)
C) Arabia
D) Tibet
Answer: B
50. The Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uzbeks, and Tajiks collectively belong to:
A) Caucasus
B) Central Asian tribes
C) Middle East Arabs
D) South Asian tribes
Answer: B
51. The Apache tribe traditionally lived in:
A) Canada
B) Southwestern USA (Arizona, New Mexico)
C) Mexico
D) Brazil
Answer: B
Explanation: Apaches were Native Americans of the US Southwest.
52. The Sioux tribe is also called:
A) Dakota
B) Cherokee
C) Navajo
D) Iroquois
Answer: A
Explanation: Sioux or Dakota are plains tribes of North America.
53. The Navajo are native to:
A) Alaska
B) Southwestern USA
C) Canada
D) Mexico
Answer: B
Explanation: Navajo live in Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico.
54. The Cherokee tribe is originally from:
A) Eastern United States (Southeast)
B) Western United States
C) Alaska
D) South America
Answer: A
Explanation: Cherokee were forcibly moved during the “Trail of Tears.”
55. The Inuit tribe inhabits:
A) Sahara Desert
B) Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, Alaska
C) Amazon Basin
D) Patagonia
Answer: B
Explanation: Inuit are Arctic indigenous peoples.
56. The Mohawk tribe belongs to which group?
A) Apache
B) Iroquois Confederacy
C) Sioux
D) Cherokee
Answer: B
Explanation: Mohawk are part of the Iroquois Six Nations.
57. The Mayan civilization was mainly in:
A) Peru
B) Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
C) Chile
D) Brazil
Answer: B
Explanation: The Mayas lived in Central America.
58. The Aztecs lived in:
A) Mexico
B) Peru
C) Chile
D) Argentina
Answer: A
Explanation: Aztec empire centered in the Valley of Mexico.
59. The Incas lived mainly in:
A) Mexico
B) Peru and Andes Mountains
C) Chile only
D) Brazil
Answer: B
60. The Quechua people are descendants of:
A) Mayas
B) Aztecs
C) Incas
D) Sioux
Answer: C
Explanation: Quechua is the language of the Inca Empire.
61. The Guarani people are native to:
A) Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
B) Mexico
C) Canada
D) Chile
Answer: A
62. The Yanomami tribe inhabits:
A) Amazon Rainforest (Brazil and Venezuela)
B) Andes Mountains
C) Patagonia
D) Caribbean Islands
Answer: A
63. The Mapuche tribe is from:
A) Canada
B) Chile and Argentina (Patagonia region)
C) Peru
D) Mexico
Answer: B
64. The Tupí tribe was historically found in:
A) Brazil
B) USA
C) Canada
D) Argentina
Answer: A
65. The Carib tribe inhabited:
A) Caribbean Islands
B) Amazon Basin
C) Andes Mountains
D) Patagonia
Answer: A
Explanation: Caribs gave their name to the Caribbean Sea.
66. The Arawak tribe is associated with:
A) Amazon forest
B) Caribbean islands
C) Andes
D) Chile
Answer: B
67. The Cree tribe is one of the largest indigenous groups in:
A) USA
B) Canada
C) Mexico
D) Brazil
Answer: B
68. The Blackfoot tribe traditionally lived in:
A) Canada and northern USA plains
B) Mexico
C) Brazil
D) Alaska
Answer: A
69. The Hopi tribe is native to:
A) Alaska
B) Southwestern USA (Arizona)
C) Canada
D) Argentina
Answer: B
70. The Pueblo tribes are known for:
A) Nomadic hunting
B) Farming and adobe houses in Southwest USA
C) Fishing in Arctic
D) Rainforest hunting
Answer: B
71. The Seminole tribe lives in:
A) Florida, USA
B) Mexico
C) Canada
D) Peru
Answer: A
72. The Kawesqar and Yaghan are tribes of:
A) Patagonia, southern Chile
B) Mexico
C) Canada
D) Amazon Basin
Answer: A
73. The Shuar tribe (Jivaro) is from:
A) Ecuador and Peru (Amazon)
B) Mexico
C) USA plains
D) Greenland
Answer: A
74. The Mojave tribe lived along the:
A) Colorado River (Arizona, California)
B) Mississippi River
C) Amazon River
D) Yukon River
Answer: A
75. The Aleut people are native to:
A) Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
B) Canada
C) Brazil
D) Peru
Answer: A
76. The Maori are the indigenous people of:
A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) Fiji
D) Papua New Guinea
Answer: B
Explanation: Maori are Polynesian settlers who arrived in New Zealand around 1200 AD.
77. The Aborigines are indigenous to:
A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) Indonesia
D) Philippines
Answer: A
Explanation: Aboriginal Australians are among the world’s oldest continuous cultures.
78. The Torres Strait Islanders belong to:
A) Northern Australia (Queensland)
B) New Zealand
C) Hawaii
D) Micronesia
Answer: A
Explanation: They are distinct from Aboriginal Australians, with Melanesian origins.
79. The Papuans are indigenous people of:
A) Fiji
B) Papua New Guinea
C) Hawaii
D) Samoa
Answer: B
80. The Polynesians are spread across:
A) Indian Ocean
B) Pacific Ocean islands (Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga)
C) Caribbean islands
D) Mediterranean islands
Answer: B
81. The Micronesians live in:
A) Central Pacific islands (Kiribati, Marshall Islands)
B) Indian Ocean
C) Atlantic Ocean
D) Arctic Circle
Answer: A
82. The Melanesians are indigenous to:
A) West Africa
B) Pacific (Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, PNG)
C) Caribbean
D) Mediterranean
Answer: B
83. The Sami (Lapps) tribe live in:
A) Greenland
B) Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia)
C) Alaska
D) Iceland
Answer: B
Explanation: Sami are reindeer herders of the Arctic north.
84. The Chukchi people are indigenous to:
A) Alaska
B) Siberia (Russia, near Bering Sea)
C) Greenland
D) Canada
Answer: B
85. The Eskimo is an older term; they are now called:
A) Sherpa
B) Inuit and Yupik
C) Aleut
D) Cree
Answer: B
Explanation: Inuit (Canada/Greenland) and Yupik (Alaska/Siberia).
86. The Aleut people live in:
A) Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
B) New Zealand
C) Australia
D) Samoa
Answer: A
87. The Hawaiians are part of the:
A) Melanesians
B) Micronesians
C) Polynesians
D) Inuit
Answer: C
88. The Rapa Nui are the indigenous people of:
A) Easter Island (Chile, Pacific Ocean)
B) New Zealand
C) Fiji
D) Papua New Guinea
Answer: A
89. The Pitcairn Islanders are descendants of:
A) Polynesian natives and British sailors
B) Australian Aborigines
C) Inuit
D) Maori
Answer: A
90. The Kanak people are indigenous to:
A) New Caledonia (Pacific)
B) Hawaii
C) Fiji
D) Greenland
Answer: A
91. The Inuit rely traditionally on:
A) Fishing, hunting seals and whales
B) Farming wheat
C) Rainforest agriculture
D) Silk weaving
Answer: A
92. Which tribe is famous for their rock art in Australia?
A) Maori
B) Inuit
C) Aborigines
D) Aleut
Answer: C
93. The Yolngu tribe lives in:
A) Northern Australia (Arnhem Land)
B) New Zealand
C) Fiji
D) Hawaii
Answer: A
94. The Sami parliament exists in:
A) Norway, Sweden, Finland
B) Canada
C) Australia
D) Russia
Answer: A
95. The Dayak tribes live in:
A) Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia)
B) Papua New Guinea
C) Fiji
D) New Zealand
Answer: A
96. The Maori word “haka” refers to:
A) Tribal tattoo
B) Traditional war dance
C) Weapon
D) God
Answer: B
97. Which Arctic group lives in Greenland?
A) Sami
B) Inuit
C) Chukchi
D) Aleut
Answer: B
98. The term “First Nations” refers to:
A) Indigenous peoples of Canada
B) Aboriginals of Australia
C) Maori of New Zealand
D) Tribes of Africa
Answer: A
99. The Torres Strait Islanders’ culture is closer to:
A) Polynesians
B) Melanesians
C) Inuit
D) Sami
Answer: B
100. Which statement is true about world tribes?
A) Tribes only exist in Africa
B) Indigenous peoples live on all continents
C) Tribes are extinct today
D) Tribes never had written languages
Answer: B
Explanation: Indigenous/tribal groups exist worldwide – Africa, Asia, Americas, Oceania, Arctic.