Previous Year Question

The Koryak are not an indigenous people of Alaska. Their traditional homeland lies in the northern Kamchatka Peninsula and adjoining mainland areas of the Russian Far East. Therefore, the Alaska–Koryak pairing is incorrect.

Indigenous peoples of Alaska include communities such as the Iñupiaq, Yup'ik, St. Lawrence Island Yupik, Sugpiaq and Unangax. This further shows why Koryak should not be identified as a principal indigenous group of Alaska.

The Punan are associated with Borneo. Several forest-dwelling and historically hunter-gatherer communities known as Punan/Penan inhabit interior regions of Borneo.

The Ruwala or Rwala are among the well-known Bedouin pastoral communities of the northern Arabian desert. Their traditional territory extended across northern Saudi Arabia, Jordan and neighbouring desert regions.

The term Lapps used in the question is an older name; Sámi is the more appropriate and commonly used term today. Sámi peoples inhabit northern Sweden and Finland, as well as parts of Norway and western Russia. Thus, Sweden and Finland–Lapps is treated as correctly matched in the context of the examination.