Read the passage from "the beginnings of the maasai.”

in the very beginning of the world, enkai was the only god: the guardian of rain, fertility, sun, and love. with that love, enkai birthed three sons who became the fathers of the three tribes. enkai gave each tribe a gift to them succeed in their new home. upon the father of the kikuyu, enkai bestowed a hoe to cultivate the plains. to the father of the kamba, enkai gifted a bow and arrow so his people could hunt wild animals in the forests and plains. to my father, neiterkob, the father of the maasai, enkai gave a stick.

why does the myth explain that each tribe has its own gift?

a. to show why the tribes dislike each other
b. to show why the tribes admire each other
c. to show the maasai’s view that each tribe has a purpose
d. to show the maasai’s view that some tribes are inferior

c. to show the Maasai’s view that each tribe has a purpose.

Explanation: In the given passage from "The Beginnings of the Maasai" we can see the description of how Enkai, who was the only god in the beginning of the world, gave each one of his three sons a gift, and with those gifts he also gave them, and the tribes they led, a purpose, for example the first tribe's gift was a how, to help them cultivate the plains. So the correct answer is option c.

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.

i c

yas the answer is c