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