Question 1

To understand why the racial approach to human variation has been so unproductive and damaging, we must first understand:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​how symbolic value is attached to race 
B) ​how race is associated with human hierarchy 
C) ​race in biological terms 
D) ​race in social terms 
A) ​how symbolic value is attached to race 
B) ​how race is associated with human hierarchy 
C) ​race in biological terms 
D) ​race in social terms

Question 2

Globally, the vast majority of adults cannot digest:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​peanuts 
B) ​milk 
C) ​fava beans 
D) ​sugars 
A) ​peanuts 
B) ​milk 
C) ​fava beans 
D) ​sugars

Question 3

The fingerprint pattern of "loops" is associated primarily with:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​sub-Saharan Africans 
B) ​central Europeans 
C) ​people of Mongolia 
D) ​Australian aborigines 
A) ​sub-Saharan Africans 
B) ​central Europeans 
C) ​people of Mongolia 
D) ​Australian aborigines

Question 4

The Nuremberg race laws of 1935 were associated with the deaths of approximately how many people?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​4 million 
B) ​8 million 
C) ​17 million 
D) ​11 million 
A) ​4 million 
B) ​8 million 
C) ​17 million 
D) ​11 million

Question 5

Why did the United States adopt the policy of hypodescent?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​By conflating the cultural and biological, the United States used this policy historically to discriminate. 
B) ​This policy was primarily in place as a way to encourage families to produce more children across perceived racial lines. 
C) ​Primarily applied to limit economic transactions across racial groups, it, instead, served to create a caste system in the United States. 
D) ​Hypodescent was used during the epoch of slavery as a way to prevent social and reproductive interaction between the races. 
A) ​By conflating the cultural and biological, the United States used this policy historically to discriminate. 
B) ​This policy was primarily in place as a way to encourage families to produce more children across perceived racial lines. 
C) ​Primarily applied to limit economic transactions across racial groups, it, instead, served to create a caste system in the United States. 
D) ​Hypodescent was used during the epoch of slavery as a way to prevent social and reproductive interaction between the races.

Question 6

The earliest members of the genus Homo likely had:​ ​

Accepted Answer

A) ​blue eyes 
B) ​dark skin 
C) ​blood type A 
D) ​straight hair 
A) ​blue eyes 
B) ​dark skin 
C) ​blood type A 
D) ​straight hair

Question 7

Genetic exchange has maintained all of humankind today as ____________(number of) species.​

Accepted Answer

The answer of Genetic exchange has maintained all of humankind...

Question 8

In colonial Mexico, individuals were labeled by various versions of ancestry referred to as:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​castas 
B) ​clases 
C) ​lineas 
D) ​mulattos 
A) ​castas 
B) ​clases 
C) ​lineas 
D) ​mulattos

Question 9

The epicanthic eye fold is common among those of East Asian ancestry.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

For Blumenbach, the term Malay included:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Europeans and Asians 
B) ​Pacific Islanders and Sicilians 
C) ​Indigenous Australians and Pacific Islanders 
D) ​Europeans and indigenous Australians 
A) ​Europeans and Asians 
B) ​Pacific Islanders and Sicilians 
C) ​Indigenous Australians and Pacific Islanders 
D) ​Europeans and indigenous Australians

Question 11

The Biocultural Connection in this chapter explores the prevalence of plastic surgery among those of East Asian descent as they seek to alter their phenotypic appearance. What type of phenotypic characteristic do they seek to change?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​epicanthic eye fold 
B) ​small feet 
C) ​shape of the nose 
D) ​polytypic cheekbones 
A) ​epicanthic eye fold 
B) ​small feet 
C) ​shape of the nose 
D) ​polytypic cheekbones

Question 12

Define racism.​

Accepted Answer

Racism is a doctrine of superi

Question 13

​Who was Ota Benga?

Accepted Answer

A) ​a Twa pygmy man 
B) ​a Australian aborigine 
C) ​an Arabian woman 
D) ​a Polynesian boy 
A) ​a Twa pygmy man 
B) ​a Australian aborigine 
C) ​an Arabian woman 
D) ​a Polynesian boy

Question 14

What are the primary weaknesses with a biological definition of race?​

Accepted Answer

It is arbitrary; no single rac

Question 15

Skin color is a common characteristic used in the United States to separate individuals into different groups. Create a list of racial stereotypes for three groups in the United States, listing characteristics other than skin color that are often included. How does this list make you feel after having studied this chapter?

Accepted Answer

As an AI language model, I do not endors

Question 16

A high retention of lactase is found in populations with a long tradition of:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​herding 
B) ​fishing 
C) ​foraging 
D) ​hunting 
A) ​herding 
B) ​fishing 
C) ​foraging 
D) ​hunting

Question 17

Ota Benga was put on public display with a/an:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​orangutan 
B) ​gibbon 
C) ​gorilla 
D) ​chimpanzee 
A) ​orangutan 
B) ​gibbon 
C) ​gorilla 
D) ​chimpanzee

Question 18

​Members of the genus Homo were almost exclusively creatures of the tropics until about:

Accepted Answer

A) ​200,000 years ago 
B) ​1 million years ago 
C) ​800,000 years ago 
D) ​400,000 years ago 
A) ​200,000 years ago 
B) ​1 million years ago 
C) ​800,000 years ago 
D) ​400,000 years ago

Question 19

What was the primary focus of the early European studies of human variation?​

Accepted Answer

The primary focus wa

Question 20

Where do we find an adaptive advantage associated with dark skin?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​wooded areas 
B) ​high-altitude areas 
C) ​northern areas 
D) ​tropical areas 
A) ​wooded areas 
B) ​high-altitude areas 
C) ​northern areas 
D) ​tropical areas

To understand why the racial approach to human variation has been so unproductive and damaging, we must first understand:

Globally, the vast majority of adults cannot digest:

The fingerprint pattern of "loops" is associated primarily with:

The Nuremberg race laws of 1935 were associated with the deaths of approximately how many people?

Why did the United States adopt the policy of hypodescent?

The earliest members of the genus Homo likely had:

Genetic exchange has maintained all of humankind today as ____________(number of) species.

In colonial Mexico, individuals were labeled by various versions of ancestry referred to as:

The epicanthic eye fold is common among those of East Asian ancestry.

For Blumenbach, the term Malay included:

The Biocultural Connection in this chapter explores the prevalence of plastic surgery among those of East Asian descent as they seek to alter their phenotypic appearance. What type of phenotypic characteristic do they seek to change?

Define racism.

Who was Ota Benga?

What are the primary weaknesses with a biological definition of race?

A high retention of lactase is found in populations with a long tradition of:

Ota Benga was put on public display with a/an:

Members of the genus Homo were almost exclusively creatures of the tropics until about:

What was the primary focus of the early European studies of human variation?

Where do we find an adaptive advantage associated with dark skin?

Thinking and Doing Anthropology

Biology Genetics and Evolution

Living Primates

Human Evolution

The Neolithic Revolution the Domestication of Plants and Animals

The Emergence of Cities and States

The Characteristics of Culture

Language and Communication

Social Identity Personality and Gender

Subsistence and Exchange

Sex Marriage and Family

Kinship and Other Forms of Grouping

Politics Power and Violence

Spirituality and Religion

Global Changes and the Role of Anthropology

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Exam 7: Modern Human Diversity Race and Racism