Question 1

In northern latitudes people have less melanin to promote the manufacture of vitamin:

Accepted Answer

A)  E 
B)  D 
C)  A 
D)  C 
A)  E 
B)  D 
C)  A 
D)  C

Question 2

Minute variations of _______________ give each of us a unique genetic fingerprint.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Minute variations of _______________ give each of...

Question 3

Through genetic analysis in the 1970s, an evolutionary biologist showed that there was a very low percentage of human variation existing among groups seen as racially separate. Who was this individual?

Accepted Answer

A)  Samuel Morton 
B)  Ashley Montagu 
C)  Franz Boas 
D)  Richard Lewontin 
A)  Samuel Morton 
B)  Ashley Montagu 
C)  Franz Boas 
D)  Richard Lewontin

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  how skin color leads to real differences in people 
B)  how human origins led to different races 
C)  how biology and genetics help us understand variation 
D)  how culture is correct in creating categories 
A)  how skin color leads to real differences in people 
B)  how human origins led to different races 
C)  how biology and genetics help us understand variation 
D)  how culture is correct in creating categories

Question 5

Race is a social myth that argues that humans form different subspecies groups based on phenotypic expressions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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 7

Approximately what percentage of unique inborn characteristics can be attributed to any group of people based on biology alone?

Accepted Answer

A)  75% 
B)  50% 
C)  10% 
D)  0% 
A)  75% 
B)  50% 
C)  10% 
D)  0%

Question 8

How is human variation, such as skin color, distributed across the species?

Accepted Answer

A)  there is no variation across the species 
B)  in a homogeneous fashion 
C)  in a continuous fashion 
D)  in a punctuated fashion 
A)  there is no variation across the species 
B)  in a homogeneous fashion 
C)  in a continuous fashion 
D)  in a punctuated fashion

Question 9

IQ tests typically measure:

Accepted Answer

A)  performance 
B)  neuron activity 
C)  innate intelligence 
D)  human capacity 
A)  performance 
B)  neuron activity 
C)  innate intelligence 
D)  human capacity

Question 10

Why does race matter?

Accepted Answer

The question "Why does race matter?" is

Question 11

Genetic exchange has maintained all of humankind today as how many species? ____________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

Early American anthropologists Franz Boas and Ashley Montagu both suffered from what kind of prejudice in their European homelands?

Accepted Answer

A)  anti-Quakerism 
B)  anti-Arabism 
C)  anti-Africanism 
D)  anti-semitism 
A)  anti-Quakerism 
B)  anti-Arabism 
C)  anti-Africanism 
D)  anti-semitism

Question 13

Over the past 2.5 million years, all populations of the genus Homo have adapted primarily through culture rather than relying only on biological adaptation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What did the Alpha and Beta tests ultimately prove?

Accepted Answer

A)  the ability of certain individuals to respond well or poorly to questions conceived by middle-class Americans of European descent 
B)  that the intelligence of African Americans was higher than that of European Americans 
C)  that the intelligence of European Americans was higher than that of African Americans 
D)  that the intelligence of Southern Americans was higher than that of Northern Americans 
A)  the ability of certain individuals to respond well or poorly to questions conceived by middle-class Americans of European descent 
B)  that the intelligence of African Americans was higher than that of European Americans 
C)  that the intelligence of European Americans was higher than that of African Americans 
D)  that the intelligence of Southern Americans was higher than that of Northern Americans

Question 15

In the article, "A Feckless Quest for the Basketball Gene," Jonathan Marks argues 	that:

Accepted Answer

A)  associating athletics and race is based on make-believe genetics and applied to naively-conceptualized groups of individuals 
B)  associating athletics and race is based on a set of genetic factors that are rarely found in any group anywhere 
C)  blacks do not have an athletic ability at all 
D)  athletic ability is based solely on an individual's genetic factors 
A)  associating athletics and race is based on make-believe genetics and applied to naively-conceptualized groups of individuals 
B)  associating athletics and race is based on a set of genetic factors that are rarely found in any group anywhere 
C)  blacks do not have an athletic ability at all 
D)  athletic ability is based solely on an individual's genetic factors

Question 16

All of the following are examples of cultural practices acting as an agent for biological selection except:

Accepted Answer

A)  people diagnosed with diabetes taking a medicine prescribed by physicians become as biologically fit as anyone else 
B)  people of low financial status who are unable to purchase medication prescribed by physicians affecting biological fitness 
C)  an inherited trait that affects biological fitness 
D)  greater lactose tolerance in populations contributing significantly to diet 
A)  people diagnosed with diabetes taking a medicine prescribed by physicians become as biologically fit as anyone else 
B)  people of low financial status who are unable to purchase medication prescribed by physicians affecting biological fitness 
C)  an inherited trait that affects biological fitness 
D)  greater lactose tolerance in populations contributing significantly to diet

Question 17

Race has no objective scientific merit.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In what period did European scholars first begin a systematic study of human variation?

Accepted Answer

A)  19th/20th centuries 
B)  16th/17th centuries 
C)  15th century 
D)  18th/19th centuries 
A)  19th/20th centuries 
B)  16th/17th centuries 
C)  15th century 
D)  18th/19th centuries

Question 19

Hormone-disrupting chemicals are so prevalent in the United States that sperm rates from 1938 to 1990 have declined by:

Accepted Answer

A)  50% 
B)  35% 
C)  25% 
D)  20% 
A)  50% 
B)  35% 
C)  25% 
D)  20%

Question 20

What are the four primary variants that determine skin color in an individual?

Accepted Answer

The primary variants are the t

In northern latitudes people have less melanin to promote the manufacture of vitamin:

Minute variations of _______________ give each of us a unique genetic fingerprint.

Through genetic analysis in the 1970s, an evolutionary biologist showed that there was a very low percentage of human variation existing among groups seen as racially separate. Who was this individual?

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

Race is a social myth that argues that humans form different subspecies groups based on phenotypic expressions.

Approximately what percentage of unique inborn characteristics can be attributed to any group of people based on biology alone?

How is human variation, such as skin color, distributed across the species?

IQ tests typically measure:

Why does race matter?

Genetic exchange has maintained all of humankind today as how many species? ____________.

Early American anthropologists Franz Boas and Ashley Montagu both suffered from what kind of prejudice in their European homelands?

Over the past 2.5 million years, all populations of the genus Homo have adapted primarily through culture rather than relying only on biological adaptation.

What did the Alpha and Beta tests ultimately prove?

In the article, "A Feckless Quest for the Basketball Gene," Jonathan Marks argues that:

All of the following are examples of cultural practices acting as an agent for biological selection except:

Race has no objective scientific merit.

In what period did European scholars first begin a systematic study of human variation?

Hormone-disrupting chemicals are so prevalent in the United States that sperm rates from 1938 to 1990 have declined by:

What are the four primary variants that determine skin color in an individual?

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Biology and Evolution

Living Primates

Human Evolution

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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 Methods of Grouping

Politics, Power, and Violence

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Exam 7: Modern Human Diversity: Race and Racism

In northern latitudes people have less melanin to promote the manufacture of vitamin:

Minute variations of _______________ give each of us a unique genetic fingerprint.

Through genetic analysis in the 1970s, an evolutionary biologist showed that there was a very low percentage of human variation existing among groups seen as racially separate. Who was this individual?

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

Race is a social myth that argues that humans form different subspecies groups based on phenotypic expressions.

Approximately what percentage of unique inborn characteristics can be attributed to any group of people based on biology alone?

How is human variation, such as skin color, distributed across the species?

IQ tests typically measure:

Why does race matter?

Genetic exchange has maintained all of humankind today as how many species? ____________.

Early American anthropologists Franz Boas and Ashley Montagu both suffered from what kind of prejudice in their European homelands?

Over the past 2.5 million years, all populations of the genus Homo have adapted primarily through culture rather than relying only on biological adaptation.

What did the Alpha and Beta tests ultimately prove?

In the article, "A Feckless Quest for the Basketball Gene," Jonathan Marks argues that:

All of the following are examples of cultural practices acting as an agent for biological selection except:

Race has no objective scientific merit.

In what period did European scholars first begin a systematic study of human variation?

Hormone-disrupting chemicals are so prevalent in the United States that sperm rates from 1938 to 1990 have declined by:

What are the four primary variants that determine skin color in an individual?

The Essence of Anthropology

Biology 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 Methods of Grouping

Politics, Power, and Violence

Spirituality, Religion, and the Supernatural

Global Changes and the Role of Anthropology

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