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