Question 1

The U.S.and Canadian governments use the same racial categories in their census.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

An achieved status is not automatic.It comes through choices, actions, efforts, talents, or accomplishments, and is always perceived as positive by a society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Genocide refers to the physical destruction of an ethnic or religious group through mass murder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In understanding the problems that have arisen in attempts at human racial classification, why is it important to understand the difference between genotype and phenotype?

Accepted Answer

A) The phenotypical traits typically used to classify humans into races go together as genetic units. 
B) Phenotypical similarities and differences always have a genetic basis. 
C) Attempts at human racial classification have typically used genotypic traits like blood type as markers of common ancestry, and these traits pass on from generation to generation in discrete bundles. 
D) Although phenotypic characteristics may change, the genetic material of populations stays the same for a long time. 
E) Attempts at human racial classification typically used phenotypic traits like skin color as markers of common ancestry, but many such traits do not reflect the existence of shared genetic material. 
A) The phenotypical traits typically used to classify humans into races go together as genetic units. 
B) Phenotypical similarities and differences always have a genetic basis. 
C) Attempts at human racial classification have typically used genotypic traits like blood type as markers of common ancestry, and these traits pass on from generation to generation in discrete bundles. 
D) Although phenotypic characteristics may change, the genetic material of populations stays the same for a long time. 
E) Attempts at human racial classification typically used phenotypic traits like skin color as markers of common ancestry, but many such traits do not reflect the existence of shared genetic material.

Question 5

A nation-state refers to an ethnic group that is not politically autonomous.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Ethnic groups that once had, or wish to have or regain, autonomous political status-their own country-are called

Accepted Answer

A) ethnicities. 
B) nationalities. 
C) imaginary communes. 
D) secondary states. 
E) diasporas. 
A) ethnicities. 
B) nationalities. 
C) imaginary communes. 
D) secondary states. 
E) diasporas.

Question 7

Race, like ethnicity in general, is

Accepted Answer

A) a cultural category rather than a biological reality. 
B) a biological reality as much as a cultural one. 
C) used by social scientists to classify humans based on their genes and shared blood. 
D) poorly understood by geneticists and is therefore considered a cultural category. 
E) a meaningless concept to people living day to day. 
A) a cultural category rather than a biological reality. 
B) a biological reality as much as a cultural one. 
C) used by social scientists to classify humans based on their genes and shared blood. 
D) poorly understood by geneticists and is therefore considered a cultural category. 
E) a meaningless concept to people living day to day.

Question 8

Organizations in the United States such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group, have opposed adding a "multiracial" census category.This suggests that

Accepted Answer

A) both organizations need to hire anthropologists. 
B) classification is a political issue-these groups fear that their political clout will decline if their numbers go down. 
C) racial classification is all about cultural pride. 
D) racial classification can become more scientifically accurate, people's ignorance to the contrary. 
E) racial classification matters only to Hispanic minorities in the United States. 
A) both organizations need to hire anthropologists. 
B) classification is a political issue-these groups fear that their political clout will decline if their numbers go down. 
C) racial classification is all about cultural pride. 
D) racial classification can become more scientifically accurate, people's ignorance to the contrary. 
E) racial classification matters only to Hispanic minorities in the United States.

Question 9

Why are forms of mass media such as print and television important to the existence of what Benedict Anderson calls an "imagined community?" How are new communication technologies supporting or changing what Anderson meant by this term?

Accepted Answer

Forms of mass media such as print and te

Question 10

What is the term for policies and practices that harm a group and its members?

Accepted Answer

A) colonialism 
B) racism 
C) prejudice 
D) ethnocentrism 
E) discrimination 
A) colonialism 
B) racism 
C) prejudice 
D) ethnocentrism 
E) discrimination

Question 11

Support or refute this statement: By rejecting the race concept, anthropologists are ignoring obvious human biological variation.

Accepted Answer

The statement is not entirely accurate.

Question 12

Traditional racial classification assumed that biological characteristics such as skin color were determined by heredity and remain stable over many generations.We now know that

Accepted Answer

A) skin color is actually determined throughout child development. 
B) skin color is determined by sun exposure and the amount of melanin in our diets. 
C) a biological similarity such as skin color is also the result of natural selection working among different populations that face similar environmental challenges. 
D) skin color is determined by a single gene that is prone to mutations over many generations. 
E) a biological similarity such as skin color is always the result of both a common ancestry and natural selection. 
A) skin color is actually determined throughout child development. 
B) skin color is determined by sun exposure and the amount of melanin in our diets. 
C) a biological similarity such as skin color is also the result of natural selection working among different populations that face similar environmental challenges. 
D) skin color is determined by a single gene that is prone to mutations over many generations. 
E) a biological similarity such as skin color is always the result of both a common ancestry and natural selection.

Question 13

Racial classification is a political issue.Compare the Canadian census in its treatment of racial categories to the U.S.census.What do you think would be the political consequences of using one census over another?

Accepted Answer

Racial classification is indeed a politi

Question 14

Higher amounts of melanin in the skin inhibit the body's ability to manufacture vitaminD.This confers an adaptive advantage in environments with excessive sun exposure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The presence of ethnic neighborhoods indicates what kind of coexistence?

Accepted Answer

A) assimilation 
B) acculturation 
C) enculturation 
D) colonialism 
E) multiculturalism 
A) assimilation 
B) acculturation 
C) enculturation 
D) colonialism 
E) multiculturalism

Question 16

One of the definitions of state is a centrally organized political unit, a government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

A policy of ethnic expulsion aims at removing from a country groups who are culturally different.There are many examples, including Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s; Uganda expelling 74,000 Asians in 1972; and so on.The neofascist parties of contemporary western Europe advocate the repatriation of immigrant workers.What is one of the potential consequences of such policies?

Accepted Answer

A) the breakup of imaginary communes 
B) the creation of refugees-people who have been forced or have chosen to flee a country to escape persecution or war 
C) state-mandated forced assimilation 
D) the creation of class consciousness 
E) gender stratification 
A) the breakup of imaginary communes 
B) the creation of refugees-people who have been forced or have chosen to flee a country to escape persecution or war 
C) state-mandated forced assimilation 
D) the creation of class consciousness 
E) gender stratification

Question 18

What term refers to the destruction of the culture of an ethnic group?

Accepted Answer

A) genocide 
B) prejudice 
C) ethnocide 
D) discrimination 
E) diaspora 
A) genocide 
B) prejudice 
C) ethnocide 
D) discrimination 
E) diaspora

Question 19

Why do differences in skin pigmentation exist around the world? What adaptive advantages do different skin colors confer?

Accepted Answer

Differences in skin pigmentation exist a

Question 20

When an ethnic identity is flexible and situational, it can become an achieved status.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The U.S.and Canadian governments use the same racial categories in their census.

An achieved status is not automatic.It comes through choices, actions, efforts, talents, or accomplishments, and is always perceived as positive by a society.

Genocide refers to the physical destruction of an ethnic or religious group through mass murder.

In understanding the problems that have arisen in attempts at human racial classification, why is it important to understand the difference between genotype and phenotype?

A nation-state refers to an ethnic group that is not politically autonomous.

Ethnic groups that once had, or wish to have or regain, autonomous political status-their own country-are called

Race, like ethnicity in general, is

Organizations in the United States such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group, have opposed adding a "multiracial" census category.This suggests that

Why are forms of mass media such as print and television important to the existence of what Benedict Anderson calls an "imagined community?" How are new communication technologies supporting or changing what Anderson meant by this term?

What is the term for policies and practices that harm a group and its members?

Support or refute this statement: By rejecting the race concept, anthropologists are ignoring obvious human biological variation.

Traditional racial classification assumed that biological characteristics such as skin color were determined by heredity and remain stable over many generations.We now know that

Racial classification is a political issue.Compare the Canadian census in its treatment of racial categories to the U.S.census.What do you think would be the political consequences of using one census over another?

Higher amounts of melanin in the skin inhibit the body's ability to manufacture vitaminD.This confers an adaptive advantage in environments with excessive sun exposure.

The presence of ethnic neighborhoods indicates what kind of coexistence?

One of the definitions of state is a centrally organized political unit, a government.

What term refers to the destruction of the culture of an ethnic group?

Why do differences in skin pigmentation exist around the world? What adaptive advantages do different skin colors confer?

When an ethnic identity is flexible and situational, it can become an achieved status.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

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Marriage

Religion

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Exam 6: Ethnicity and Race

The U.S.and Canadian governments use the same racial categories in their census.

An achieved status is not automatic.It comes through choices, actions, efforts, talents, or accomplishments, and is always perceived as positive by a society.

Genocide refers to the physical destruction of an ethnic or religious group through mass murder.

In understanding the problems that have arisen in attempts at human racial classification, why is it important to understand the difference between genotype and phenotype?

A nation-state refers to an ethnic group that is not politically autonomous.

Ethnic groups that once had, or wish to have or regain, autonomous political status-their own country-are called

Race, like ethnicity in general, is

Organizations in the United States such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group, have opposed adding a "multiracial" census category.This suggests that

Why are forms of mass media such as print and television important to the existence of what Benedict Anderson calls an "imagined community?" How are new communication technologies supporting or changing what Anderson meant by this term?

What is the term for policies and practices that harm a group and its members?

Support or refute this statement: By rejecting the race concept, anthropologists are ignoring obvious human biological variation.

Traditional racial classification assumed that biological characteristics such as skin color were determined by heredity and remain stable over many generations.We now know that

Racial classification is a political issue.Compare the Canadian census in its treatment of racial categories to the U.S.census.What do you think would be the political consequences of using one census over another?

Higher amounts of melanin in the skin inhibit the body's ability to manufacture vitaminD.This confers an adaptive advantage in environments with excessive sun exposure.

The presence of ethnic neighborhoods indicates what kind of coexistence?

One of the definitions of state is a centrally organized political unit, a government.

What term refers to the destruction of the culture of an ethnic group?

Why do differences in skin pigmentation exist around the world? What adaptive advantages do different skin colors confer?

When an ethnic identity is flexible and situational, it can become an achieved status.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters