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Question #1

According to text, dividing people into different racial groups based on their earwax is a possible solution to skin-color based racism.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #2

According to text, which of the following is NOT an advantage of bipedalism?

A. The hands are freed to carry objects.

B. Standing upright to look over obstructions and see further away.

C. Faster running speed than most other animals.

D. None of the above.

Question #3

Also known as the, “One drop of blood rule,” what option below classifies people of mixed race as only one, usually minority, race?

A. Rules of Hypodescent

B. Misegenation Laws

C. La Casta System

D. White priviledge

Question #4

Gradual physical differences between humans are called:

A. Genes

B. Ethnicities

C. Clines

D. Races

Question #5

Humans can have different skin colors based on where their ancestors lived in relation to the equator, thus exposing them to more/less UV rays.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #6

In 1906 Robert Bean measured this tissue found between the two halves of the brain:

A. Foramen magnum

B. Medulla oblongata

C. Corpus callosum

D. Broca’s area

Question #7

In Juan de Sepulveda’s argument, Noah was so upset that he cursed the descendants of his son:

A. Ham

B. Noah Jr.

C. Japheth

D. Shem

Question #8

In order for an organism to become a fossil, it must be:

A. Exposed to erosion

B. Buried in an anoxic environment

C. Buried in limestone caves

D. Buried in a wet, oxygen-rich environment

Question #9

Peggy McIntosh (1988) describes how skin color disadvantages some while elevating others.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #10

Which of the following is a type of human adaptation?

A. Natural selection

B. Mutation

C. Lamarckian

D. Acclimatization

Question #11

Which of the following is an example of individual racism?

A. Affirmative Action

B. Policy that emphasizes membership to only one racial group.

C. Miscegenation Laws

D. Hate groups in the United States

Question #12

Which of the following is NOT one of the four causes of biological evolution?

A. Mutation

B. Responding to an environmental demand

C. Gene flow

D. Natural selection

Question #13

Which of the following lists our human ancestors in chronological order, from oldest to youngest?

A. Homo sapiens, Homo erectus, Homo hablis, Australopithecines

B. Australopithecines, Homo hablis, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens

C. Australopithecines, Homo erectus, Homo hablis, Homo sapiens

D. Australopithecines, Neandertals, Homo erectus, Homo hablis, Homo sapiens

Question #14

Who claimed that IQ tests are culturally bound?

A. Paul Broca

B. Robert Bean

C. Marvin Harris

D. Franklin P. Mall

Question #15

According to Marshal Sahlins, hunters and gatherers experienced:

A. Very harsh ways of life

B. Much more violence than industrialized societies

C. Gender equality

D. All of the above

Question #16

Buying something expensive to display your wealth is called conspicuous consumption.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #17

Call centers in the Philippines is one example of outsourcing.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #18

Hunting and gathering societies are typically:

A. Patriarchal

B. Neolocal

C. Egalitarian

D. Matriarchal

Question #19

If you get a gift with no specified value and no set date for repayment, this is called:

A. Generalized Reciprocity

B. Market exchange

C. Balanced reciprocity

D. Negative reciprocity

Question #20

Investigations of Côte d'Ivoire do not reveal which of the following complex dynamics seen in the global economy?

A. tensions between nation-states and transnational corporations

B. interconnectedness of farmers in Africa with global consumers

C. commodity chains that help to reinforce distinct national territories

D. global financial markets affecting producers' compensation and quality of life

E. strategic military interventions to police global economic flows

Question #21

Redistribution customs that shrink gaps between rich and poor are called:

A. Conspicuous consumption

B. Labor resources

C. Leveling Mechanisms

D. Morphemes

Question #22

Time discipline describes how people organize their lives by the clock.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #23

Transhumance refers to:

A. Groups of people moving with the seasons

B. Physical anthropologists studying human transformation from apes

C. Biological traits that transfer between humans in reproduction

D. None of the above

Question #24

Which of the following cultural rituals is specifically designed to maintain social equality?

A. Insulting the meat

B. Bridewealth

C. The Gar scarification

D. Beauty Magic

Question #25

Which of the following is an example of a leveling mechanism?

A. Villagers give their Trobriand chief most of their yams.

B. Someone purchases a sports car to show off their wealth.

C. A chief gives away his valuables to the people.

D. A buyer tries to get something for a little cost as possible.

Question #26

Which of the following is NOT true about child labor in industrialized societies?

A. The families of child workers are often very poor.

B. Children earn very low wages

C. Children are given school credits applied to their education.

D. Children work extremely long hours.

Question #27

Which subsistence pattern was first associated with the rise of cities?

A. Hunting and Gathering

B. Pastoralism

C. Industrialism

D. Intensive Agriculture

E. Horticulture

Question #28

Why do pastoralist groups practice transhumance?

A. They have little to no respect for their elders

B. They must feed and water their livestock.

C. They need to pass on their patriline.

D. None of the above

Question #29

Why do pastoralist groups practice transhumance?

A. Homo erectus.

B. Homo hablis.

C. Homo sapiens.

D. Australopithecus.

E. Neandertals.

Question #30

A dating technique that indicates the age of a fossil in comparison to nearby plants, animals, or cultural artifacts is called:

A. radiometric.

B. relative.

C. ecometric.

D. stratigraphic.

E. absolute.

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