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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tribal Origin and Kinship System and The Gikuyu System of Land Tenure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what part of Kenya does the country of the Gikuyu lie?
(a) Northern.
(b) Central.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Southern.

2. What is the approximate population of the Gikuyu country?
(a) Two million.
(b) One million.
(c) A half a million.
(d) One and a half million.

3. In the prophesy of the Gikuyu medicine man, what was the color of the bodies of the men who were to come out of the big water?
(a) The color of light-colored fish.
(b) The color of white butterflies.
(c) The color of a small light-colored frog living in water.
(d) The color of white leopards.

4. What is the study of the German people by German scholars called?
(a) Taegliches Leben des deutschen Volkes.
(b) Volkskunde.
(c) Studium des deutchen Volkes.
(d) Deutsche Gechichte.

5. From whom did the Gikuyu buy land when they moved southward?
(a) The Watusi.
(b) The Ndorobo.
(c) The pygmies.
(d) The Masai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the second Royal Commission on land tenure?

2. The educated, intellectual minority of Africans were dismissed as ___________.

3. How does Mr. Kenyatta present the facts?

4. During what years did the Hilton Young Commission on land tenure take place?

5. What does a Gikuyu woman call the parcel of land she is allowed to cultivate?

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