Anthropology 150 - The Human Adventure » Spring 2020 » Quiz 4

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Question #1
Recent studies have shown that populations living at higher elevations, such as the Quechua, (choose all that apply).,,
A.   Have undergone genetic selection for larger chests and greater lung capacity
B.   Show no signs of genetic adaptation to altitude
C.   Show acclimatization to altitude due to developmental plasticity
D.   Have stocky builds
Question #2
The sickle-cell trait is
A.   present in all people of West African descent.
B.   always debilitating
C.   a genetic adaption to the malarial parasite
D.   the result of genetic experiments gone awry.
Question #3
There are over forty racial categories in Brazil, whereas only three or four are recognized in the United States. This is because
A.   Brazilians are more concerned about race than are Americans
B.   Portugese is a richer, more expressive language than English
C.   there is greater human variation in Brazil than in the United States
D.   in both societies racial classification is a cultural taxonomy reflecting a particular world view
E.   Americans are more logical in their classification of racial types
Question #4
American racial categories are
A.   based on genealogical records
B.   culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume them to be based on biology
C.   based on DNA testing
D.   applied to endogamous breeding populations
Question #5
In accordance with Allen's rule, we would expect people from tropical climates
A.   to have greater lung capacity than people from colder climates
B.   to have longer legs and arms that people from cold climates
C.   to have more hair than people from colder climates
D.   to have fewer toes than people from colder climates
Question #6
Clinal variation refers to
A.   Genetic variation with the Cline family lineage.
B.   gradual variation in genetic traits across geographic regions
C.   subtle variations in skin color among racial groups
D.   the genetically determined ability to sing on key
Question #7
According to the American Anthropological Association, “race” is
A.   the product of natural selection occurring over thousands of years
B.   a biological classification based on the presence or absence of specific genetic traits
C.   a clearly defined biological breeding population
D.   a group of people defined statistically by clusters of linked genetic traits
E.   a social classification that is often assumed to have a biological basis
Question #8
Intelligence tests
A.   Are a reliable indicator of genetic differences in intelligence
B.   can discriminate between genetic and cultural factors in native intelligence
C.   are culturally biased
D.   show no signficant differences in intelligence among human populations
Question #9
Biological variation in human populations is
A.   Show that Europeans and Africans are easily distuinguishable, but Asians are hard to classify
B.   easily sorted into 3 or 4 major groups
C.   correspond to the major continents
D.   show continuous clinal variation across space
Question #10
Which of the following factors prevents the accurate classification of an individual according to biological race? (Mark all that apply).,,,,
A.   some diagnostic traits, such as skin color, are due to nutrition in adition to heredity
B.   racial classifications reflect cultural, not biological categories
C.   there has been continual genetic drift throughout the human range
D.   There are no pure races

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