Which of the following pair is NOT correctly matched? (Place) (Tribe)

1. A

   Alaska – Koryak

   (a) Official key: The pair Alaska–Koryak is not correctly matched. Koryaks are a people of the Kamchatka Peninsula and neighbouring parts of the Russian Far East, not of Alaska. Alaska’s indigenous groups include Inuit, Aleut, Yupik and others. This is the unmatched pair.

2. B

   Borneo – Punan

   Borneo–Punan is correctly matched. The Punan (Penan-related forest peoples) are associated with Borneo. This pair is not the error.

3. C

   Arab Desert – Ruwala

   Arab Desert–Ruwala is correctly matched. The Ruwala (Rwala) are a well-known Bedouin tribal grouping of the northern Arabian desert. The pair stands.

4. D

   Sweden and Finland – Lapps

   Sweden and Finland–Lapps is the older textbook pairing for the Sámi (formerly called Lapps) of Fenno-Scandinavia. In this paper’s matching set it is treated as correct. The error is Alaska–Koryak, not this pair.

Summary. Official key is (a). Koryaks live in Kamchatka and the Russian Far East, not in Alaska, so Alaska–Koryak is the wrong match. Punan with Borneo, Ruwala with the Arabian desert, and Lapps/Sámi with Sweden–Finland are the conventional pairs in this question. The unmatched place–tribe couple is therefore (a).