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The study of human nature, society, and past

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1. In the textbook, anthropology is defined as the study of

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A characteristic of the anthropological perspective that describes, at the highest and most inclusive level, how anthropology tries to integrate all that is known about human beings and their activities

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Holism in anthropology is defined in the text as

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a characteristic of the anthropological perspective that requires anthropologists to consider similiarities and differences in as wide a range of human societies as possible before generalizing about human nature, society, or past

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To say that anthropology is comparative means that

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comparative

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4An anthropologist studying a social group observes that people shake hands when greeting one another and concludes that handshaking is universal among human beings. This study is faulty because the anthropologist has not been

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a characteristic of the anthropological persective that requires anthropologists to place their observations about human nature, society, or past in a temporal framework that takes into consideration change over time

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5. According to the text, evolution may be understood broadly as

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sets of learned behavior and ideas that human beings acquire as members of society toether with the material artifacts and structures that human beings create and use. Human beings use culture ot adapt and transform the world in which they live.

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According to the text, culture consists of

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the objects created or shaped by human beings are given meaning by cultural practices

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7. Studying material culture is important to anthropologists because

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Organisms whose defining features are codetermined by biological and cultural factors

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8. When anthropologists say that human beings are biocultural organisms, they mean that

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what makes us different from or similar to other animals

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9. Biological anthropologists are interested in

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social groupings that allegedly reflect biological differences

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10. By the early twentieth century, some anthropologists and biologists concluded that the concept of \"race\" was

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racism

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11. The people of society X believe that the people of society Y are inherently inferior to them biologically and prevent them from gaining access to a high level of education and other resources. According to the text, this is an example of

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living in a culture that is not ones own, while observing and recording details

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12. The anthropological research methodology called participant observation is characterized by

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ethnography

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13. A description of a particular culture is called an

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ethnology

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14. A comparative study of many cultures is called

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solution to cultural misunderstanding

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15. In a world in which people from different cultural backgrounds come into contact with one another for extended periods, anthropology offers a

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gender roles

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16. The roles, activities, and characteristics that a culture assigns to each sex are known as

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the cultural constructions of beliefs and behaviors considered appropriate for each sex

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17. Anthropologists use the term \"gender\" to refer to

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the reshaping of local conditions by powerful global forces on an ever intensifying scale

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19. Globalization is defined by anthropologists as

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science studies

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20. Anthropologists who explore the interconnections among sociocultural, political, economic, and historical conditions that make scientific research both possible and successful are contributing to the field of

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material evidence

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1. Evolutionary theory is based on a set of

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the process of change over time

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2. In your text, evolution is defined as

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a reproductive community of populations (reproductively isolated from others) that occupies a specific niche in nature

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3. For modern biologists, a species is defined as

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catastrophism

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4. The notion that natural disasters, such as floods, are responsible for the extinction of species, which are then replaced by new species, is known as

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uniformitarianism

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5. The notion that an understanding of current processes can be used to reconstruct the past history of the earth is known as

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Lamarck

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6. The argument that each individual member of a species transforms itself to meet the challenges of a changed environment through the laws of use and disuse and inheritance of acquired characters was made primarily by

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The pandas would be forced to exercise their thumb bone, and give birth to pandas with strong thumbs

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7. The panda\'s elongated wrist bone or \"thumb\" would be explained by Lamarck\'s theory in which of the following ways?

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Pandas with larger wrist bones would be more likely to survive, thus reproduce

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8. The panda\'s elongated wrist bone or \"thumb\" would be explained by Darwin\'s theory in which of the following ways?

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Dank memes

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9. Which of the following is NOT an element of Darwin\'s theory of evolution by natural selection?

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The ones who reproduce

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10. In Darwinian terms, who are the fit?

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a principle of Medielian inheritance in which each pair of particles (genes) for each trait (i.e., one-half of the required pair) from each parent.

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11. In modern terms, Mendel\'s principle of independent assortment holds that

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homozygous: a fertilized egg that receives the same particle or allele from each parent for a particular trait  heterozygous: a fertilized egg that receives a different particle or allele from each parent for a particular trait

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12. Define homozygous and heterozygous

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part of one chromosome breaks off and reattaches itself to a different chromosome during meiosis; also called incomplete linkage

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13. In genetics, the phenomenon known as crossing over occurs when

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homozygous

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14. A fertilized egg that receives the same allele from each parent for a particular trait is referred to as being

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heterozygous

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15. A fertilized egg that receives a different allele from each parent for the same trait is referred to as being

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Alleles

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16. All the different forms that a particular gene might take are known as

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mutation

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17. That the allele that gives human red blood cells increased resistance to malarial parasites also reduces the amount of oxygen those cells can carry demonstrates

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neutral

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18. Mutations that neither help nor harm an organism are called

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Genotype: the genetic information about particular biological traites encoded in an organism\'s DNA  Phenotype: The observable, measurable over characteristics of an organism.

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19. Define genotype and phenotype.

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microevolution

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1. The subfield of evolutionary studies that devotes attention to short-term evolutionary changes is

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a distinct segment of an evolutionary lineage. Different biologists, working with living and fossil organisms, have devised different criteria to identify boundaries between species.

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2. Which of the following statements about the concept of \"species\" is correct?

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gene pool

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3. All of the genes in the bodies of all members of a given species or population make up a

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polymorphous

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5. Which of the following is used to describe alleles that come in a range of different forms?

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cline

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6. The distribution of skin pigmentation from the poles to the equator forms a

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race doesn\'t exist

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7. According to the text, if humanity cannot be divided into a series of genetically distinct units, then

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genotypes

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8. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project, a new race concept seems to be developing, based on the classification of

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To determine risk for diseases

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9. According to Nadia Abu El-Haj, some biomedical researchers in the United States use racial groups as surrogates for individuals who consider themselves to be members of such groups. Why?

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a long overdue biomedical justice

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10. Anthropologists like Nadia Abu El-Haj and John Hartigan have pointed out that many African Americans view medical research and drug trials in which they are involved to be

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geneflow

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11. Gene frequencies may be altered if a given population begins to interbreed with another population of the same species. This is known as

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less frequent geno/phenotypes

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12. Which of the following is an example of genetic drift?

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genetic drift

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13. Assume that in a small population, 15% of the people are blue-eyed and have brown hair. Assume further that within this population there is an adventurous group that wishes to explore the region and settle down in new territory. Of this adventurous group, 87% are blue-eyed and have brown hair. When they leave, the gene frequencies in the remaining population will change for blue eyes and brown hair in the next generation. This is an example of

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phenotypic plasticity

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14. The physiological flexibility that allows organisms to respond to environmental stresses, such as temperature change, is called

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lighter the further away from the equator

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16. When variations in skin color of indigenous populations of the world are plotted on a map,

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Hard to measure intelligence, IQ tests measure cultural intelligence

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18. Why is it that scores on IQ tests do not demonstrate racial differences in intelligence?

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acclimitization

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19. A change in the way the body functions as a result of physical stress is called

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macroevolution

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20. The process by which one species gradually transforms itself into a new species over time is called

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equilibrium is interrupted by bursts of speciation

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21. The theory of punctuated equilibrium is based on the observation that

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morphology

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1. The term used in textbook for physical shape and size of an organism or its body parts is its

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homoplasy

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2. Wings on birds and bats are an example of

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homology

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3. Genetic inheritance due to common ancestry is called

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ecological niche

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4. What a species eats, how it finds mates, raises its young, relates to companions, and protects itself from predators is known as its

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sexual dimorphism

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5. When males and females of the same species show observable phenotypic differences in, for example, size, the species is said to show

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stereoscopic

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6. The form of vision in binocular animals which produces depth perception is known as

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Bonobos

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7. Which of the following primate groups apparently uses sexual behavior to manipulate relationships rather than to increase reproductive rates?

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vestigial tail

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8. Which of the following is NOT an ancestral characteristic of primates?

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