Anthropology 102 - Human Ways of Life » Spring 2021 » Topic 10 Quiz Race and Ethnicity

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Question #1
Socially defined racial groups in the U.S. differ in health, wealth, and other outcomes. According to Alan Goodman, these difference are due to genetic differences in these populations.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
The sociocultural reality of race and racism has biological consequences for racially defined groups.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
There is a biological, genetic link between skin tone and other “racial” traits, such as certain cultural traits.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
White privilege is a form of racism in which white people remain unaware of the ways that they benefit from structural social inequality based on race.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
According to the article by Alan Goodman, using racial categories, such as Black, is a good way to classify who will need a bone density test for osteoporosis and who will not.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #6
Epidemiological evidence in the United States shows that morbidity and mortality are relatively equal when one compares racial and ethnic groups in the US.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
Race is a highly flexible way in which societies lump people into groups based on appearance. Therefore,
A.   it is indicative of deeper biological or cultural connections.
B.   It is a highly useful and scientificly accurate way to classify human difference. it is indicative of deeper biological or cultural connections and it uses categories that are problematic for making any sort of scientific conclusions about human groups
C.   it is indicative of deeper biological or cultural connections,
D.   it uses categories that are problematic for making any sort of scientific conclusions about human groups.
Question #8
Human genetics research has found a race gene present in all members of one race and not in other races, which can be used to classify Asians, Africans, Latinos, and whites as different races.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #9
Race is:
A.   a social construct but also a lived reality
B.   none of these
C.   a bundled set of genetic traits that make humans essentially different from each other
D.   a biological trait that associates humans with one of the five federally recognized races
Question #10
Epidemiological evidence for racial inequalities in health reinforces public understanding of race as biology.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #11
Forensic scientists get highly accurate results in at ascertaining the race of human skeletal remains.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #12
During Carl Linnaeus' time, descriptions of human variation and classifications of race were formulated by social ideas of the time. This continues to be true today.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #13
According to Goodman, in his original classification of Homo sapiens, Carl Linnaeus described Europeaus as white, sanguine, and governed by law, and Asiaticus as yellow, melancholic, and ruled by opinion.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #14
Social classifications, like race, do a better job of explaining why certain diseases are more common among African Americans (such as sickle cell anemia) than other factors, such as evolution or geography.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #15
According to Alan Goodman, studies show that communities of color in the US experience greater social stress, which adversely affects all aspects of health.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE

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