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