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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. Faster running speed than most other animals.

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

C. The hands are freed to carry objects.

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. La Casta System

B. White priviledge

C. Misegenation Laws

D. Rules of Hypodescent

Question #4

Gradual physical differences between humans are called:

A. Clines

B. Races

C. Ethnicities

D. Genes

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. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #6

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

A. Broca’s area

B. Foramen magnum

C. Medulla oblongata

D. Corpus callosum

Question #7

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

A. Shem

B. Japheth

C. Ham

D. Noah Jr.

Question #8

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

A. Buried in a wet, oxygen-rich environment

B. Exposed to erosion

C. Buried in limestone caves

D. Buried in an anoxic 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. Lamarckian

C. Mutation

D. Acclimatization

Question #11

Which of the following is an example of individual racism?

A. Miscegenation Laws

B. Affirmative Action

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

D. Hate groups in the United States

Question #12

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

A. Responding to an environmental demand

B. Natural selection

C. Gene flow

D. Mutation

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, Neandertals, Homo erectus, Homo hablis, Homo sapiens

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

Question #14

Who claimed that IQ tests are culturally bound?

A. Marvin Harris

B. Robert Bean

C. Franklin P. Mall

D. Paul Broca

Question #15

According to Marshal Sahlins, hunters and gatherers experienced:

A. Gender equality

B. Very harsh ways of life

C. Much more violence than industrialized societies

D. All of the above

Question #16

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #17

Call centers in the Philippines is one example of outsourcing.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #18

Hunting and gathering societies are typically:

A. Matriarchal

B. Neolocal

C. Egalitarian

D. Patriarchal

Question #19

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

A. Negative reciprocity

B. Market exchange

C. Generalized Reciprocity

D. Balanced 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. strategic military interventions to police global economic flows

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

D. commodity chains that help to reinforce distinct national territories

E. interconnectedness of farmers in Africa with global consumers

Question #21

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

A. Leveling Mechanisms

B. Conspicuous consumption

C. Labor resources

D. Morphemes

Question #22

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

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #23

Transhumance refers to:

A. Physical anthropologists studying human transformation from apes

B. Groups of people moving with the seasons

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. The Gar scarification

B. Beauty Magic

C. Insulting the meat

D. Bridewealth

Question #25

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

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

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

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

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

Question #26

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

A. Children earn very low wages

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

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

D. Children work extremely long hours.

Question #27

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

A. Horticulture

B. Hunting and Gathering

C. Pastoralism

D. Intensive Agriculture

E. Industrialism

Question #28

Why do pastoralist groups practice transhumance?

A. They have little to no respect for their elders

B. They need to pass on their patriline.

C. They must feed and water their livestock.

D. None of the above

Question #29

Why do pastoralist groups practice transhumance?

A. Homo sapiens.

B. Homo hablis.

C. Australopithecus.

D. Homo erectus.

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. ecometric.

B. stratigraphic.

C. absolute.

D. radiometric.

E. relative.

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