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Question #1

Which of the following language is most closely related to German? [See Language Tree]

A Finnish

B Polish

C Hungarian

D Estonian

Question #2

During the Middle Ages of Europe, nature was seen as fixed and unchanging.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #3

Which of the following language is most closely related to Persian? [See Language Tree]

A Hebrew

B Frisian

C Arabic

D Assyrian

Question #4

In Tenth Century Norway, Eric the Red and his followers were banished for murders and general rowdiness (even by Viking standards). This small group sailed west and established a colony on Iceland. Within several centuries the colony had a population of several thousand. This is an example of the ____________________.

A Gene flow/Migration

B Sexual selection

C Mutation

D The Founder Effect

Question #5

Anthropologists who conduct excavations in order to recover artifacts are ______________.

A Archaeologists

B Linguistic anthropologists

C Cultural anthropologists

D Medical anthropologists

Question #6

A body builder has plastic surgery to narrow his nose and square his chin. He marries a beauty queen. The body builder expects his male offspring to be born muscle bound with a narrow nose and square chin. His beliefs resemble those of:

A Catastrophism

B Genetic manipulation (recombinant DNA technology)

C Inheritance via natural selection

D Inheritance via acquired traits

Question #7

Which of the following language is most closely related to English? [See Language Tree]

A Arabic

B Japanese

C Persian

D Korean

Question #8

An archaeologist studies culture by interpreting and analyzing the physical items left behind by a people or civilization no longer in existence.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #9

The scientist that studies how cultural practices influence the spread of disease is a(n) _____________.

A Biomedical anthropologist

B Archaeologist

C Cultural anthropologist

D Medical anthropologist

Question #10

The only source for a new never before seen allele is mutation.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #11

A hypothesis is an educated guess.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #12

During the 5th century B.C., a Greek intellectual by the name of Herodotus was engaged in writing about the various peoples that were known at the time. He would write about their customs, what they ate, their dress, what they valued, what they believed, their behaviors and other details about them. Herodotus was effectively engaged in:

A Ethnography

B Biocultural anthropology

C Primatology

D Field survey

Question #13

Studies done on our impact of HIV spread is a topic covered best by a _________________.

A Biomedical anthropologist

B Medical anthropologist

C Archaeologist

D Paleoanthropologist

Question #14

A moth living in the forests of England has a white and black variety within the population. At one time, the trees were of a lighter color and the white moth could blend in the background of the tree. The birds had difficulty seeing the white colored moth on the lighter colored trees; therefore, few were eaten. The black colored moth was more visible on the light background of the trees and was eaten by birds more readily. When the industrial revolution sprang up in England, pollution caused the color of trees to be darkened because of all the soot being released into the air by factories. As a result, the white moth did not blend in so well, while the black colored moth had a better time of blending into the background of the trees since it was darker. The birds did have an easier time finding and eating the white moth after the industrial revolution. Which one of the following statements is true?

A Natural selection favored the black colored moth before the industrial revolution

B The white colored moth had a higher reproductive success after industrialization

C Natural selection favored the white colored moth before the industrial revolution

D The black colored moth had a higher reproductive success before industrialization

Question #15

Which of the following language is most closely related to Russian? [See Language Tree]

A Estonian

B Hungarian

C Finnish

D Slovenian

Question #16

A paleoanthropologist would study ancestral human remains of the distant past.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #17

Evolution is defined as change over time. By which mechanism besides natural selection can evolution occur?

A Gene Flow

B All answers

C Genetic Drift

D Sexual selection

Question #18

A theory is an educated guess.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #19

Which is not a necessary condition in order for natural selection to occur?

A A selecting agent is present

B Traits must be heritable

C A trait must be advantageous or disadvantageous in the environment

D The trait must be the result of a mutation

Question #20

What type of specialist in anthropology studies how people cope with living life on a wheel chair after a serious accident? This specialist participates in and observes the daily life of the subject individual and their world.

A Paleoanthropologist

B Primatologist

C Biomedical anthropologist

D Medical anthropologist

Question #21

We know that antibiotics kill bacteria when we take it as medicine. However, if the antibiotics are not taken to the prescribed term (stopping it earlier than recommended), we run the risk of not having all the bacteria in our body killed. The surviving bacteria multiply and within a few days, the bacteria population would have reached its previous peak, but it is much different than it was before. The new bacteria population is more resistant to the antibiotics and some may even be totally immune. The genetic profile of the bacteria population has changed from what it was previously. This entire process is ______________.

A All answers

B Evolution at work

C Natural selection at work

D Survival of the fittest bacteria

Question #22

Which of the following language is most closely related to Latin? [See Language Tree]

A Russian

B Greek

C German

D Portuguese

Question #23

Before Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, Thomas Malthus brought about the interesting concept of how populations do not grow exponentially (out of control) because the food supply is limited.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #24

What is anthropology?

A study of androids

B Study of old things

C study of humankind

D Study of spiders

Question #25

Galileo Galilei was an astronomer in the Renaissance period of Europe. He collected data and proposed the sun centered theory of planetary motion. Which of the following best describes the reaction of the Catholic Church?

A The church rejected his theory not on the basis of science, but for fear of what it would mean about not having humans and earth at the center of the universe

B The church financed his research and later had regrets about it

C The church already sponsored someone else to do this type of research

D The church supported his writings on planetary motion

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