Question

What resources do animals provide to nomadic herders?

1. Animals provide herders with essential food sources like milk and meat.
2. The hides and leather from animals are used for clothing, tents, and footwear.
3. Animals are primarily used for transportation of goods in settled communities.

• A. 1, 2
• B. 2 only
• C. 2, 3
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer:

A. 1, 2

• Pastoral nomadism emerged soon after humans learnt to domesticate animals.

• This is common in the deserts of North Africa and West Asia, where the rainfall produces wild fodder scattered in patches that can temporarily support small groups of herders.

• Animals provide herders with milk, cheese and meat for food. The hide and leather obtained from their skin are used to make items of clothing, tents, footwear and water bags

• Examples of nomadic herders are The Bedouins of Arabia, The Tuaregs of Western Sahara, The Bishari of north east Africa and The Kurds of Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria.

• Other peoples in deserts - Caravan Traders, Settled Cultivators, Mining Settlers, Urban Dwellers