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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A The Inuit are a cold-weather adapted population
B The Inuit are so well-adapted to the cold that they wear little clothing.
C The Inuit are a cold-weather adapted population , The Inuit have a body build similar to many tropical peoples, The Inuit have a similar body build to Neandertals, with stocky bodies and shorter legs.
D The Inuit have a body build similar to many tropical peoples
E The Inuit have a similar body build to Neandertals, with stocky bodies and shorter legs.
Question #2
A Climatic
B influenced by culture
C polytypic
D polymorphic
E hereditarian
Question #3
A easily sorted into 3 or 4 major groups
B Show that Europeans and Africans are easily distinguishable, but Asians are hard to classify
C correspond to the major continents
D show continuous clinal variation across space
Question #4
A subtle variations in skin color among racial groups
B gradual variation in genetic traits across geographic regions
C the genetically determined ability to sing on key
D Genetic variation with the Cline family lineage.
Question #5
A Reflected color from the blood vessels.
B The transparency or thickness of the skin.
C Reflected color from the blood vessels… And The foods that you eat….and The transparency or thickness of the skin. …and
D the pigments carotene and melanin.
E The foods that you eat.
Question #6
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 #7
A present in all people of West African descent.
B a genetic adaption to the malarial parasite
C always debilitating
D the result of genetic experiments gone awry.
Question #8
A Are a reliable indicator of genetic differences in intelligence
B are culturally biased
C show no significant differences in intelligence among human populations
D can discriminate between genetic and cultural factors in native intelligence
Question #9
A due to a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
B determined purely by genetic traits
C universally present in all human groups
D a recessive allele
Question #10
A a clearly defined biological breeding population
B a biological classification based on the presence or absence of specific genetic traits
C a social classification that is often assumed to have a biological basis
D the product of natural selection occurring over thousands of years
E a group of people defined statistically by clusters of linked genetic traits