The Maasai Have Faced Increasing Difficulties Practicing Transhumant Pastoralism Primarily

question 28

Multiple Choice

The Maasai have faced increasing difficulties practicing transhumant pastoralism primarily because:

• A)Global warming has made grasslands scarce.
• B)Government taxation policies have radically reduced the sizes of their herds.
• C)Men now have the choice of herding or working in the tourist industry and most frequently choose the later.
• D)Cattle diseases have made herding impossible in much of the land the Maasai inhabit.
• E)The required grazing land has been taken from them.

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