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1

The diet of Newfoundlers in the 1930 study of Nurse Mitchell lacked:
A)proteins
B)fats
C)vitamins
D)carbohydrates
2

The frequency of diseases in a population is called:
A)morbidity
B)infanticide
C)scurvy
D)adaptation
3

Walking on two legs is called:
A)rickets
B)acclimatization
C)bipedalism
D)bifocalism
4

The biological category for monkeys, apes, humans, and prosimians is:
A)herbivores
B)primates
C)homo sapiens
D)ancestors
5

A fundamental set of behaviors for surviving by changing in response to environmental stimuli is called a(n):
A)ethnography
B)endemic of adaptation
C)biological evolution
D)strategy of adaptation
6

What term defines biological adaptations that result in inheritable, genetic changes in a population?
A)acclimatization
B)biological evolution
C)morbidity
D)bipedalism
7

A web of feedback interactions among the triad of biology, culture, and the environment is called the:
A)systematic relationship
B)adaptive strategy
C)cultural diffusion
D)boreal habitat
8

A system in which a human population practicing a certain culture adapts to a nature of its own creation is called:
A)psycho-social
B)socio-natural
C)bio-developmental
D)symbolism
9

What term defines irreversible physiological changes in individuals during their lifetime?
A)biological evolution
B)acclimatization
C)developmental adaptation
D)genetic inheritance
10

Reversible physical change during one's lifetime is called:
A)primate symbiosis
B)biological evolution
C)developmental adaptation
D)acclimatization
11

Omnipresent diseases which shape human population structures by killing the immature or reducing fertility in adults are called:
A)local
B)endemic
C)viral
D)adaptation
12

The example of the increase in the human population of Newfoundland was used to demonstrate:
A)the human biological impact on the environment
B)human biology responding to culture
C)culture responding to human biology
D)culture responding to the creation of language
13

From an etic perspective, how many basic color terms do there seem to be in human languages?
A)2
B)21
C)11
D)47
14

The continued production of the enzyme lactase in adults and alterations in the toe-joints of 19th century Canadian fur-trappers and women in ancient Syria are all examples of:
A)the environment responding to human biology
B)culture responding to human biology
C)human biology responding to culture
D)the environment responding to culture
15

What term describes restrictions on intercourse for a certain period of time after giving birth?
A)menopause
B)pre-menstrual syndrome
C)estrus rules
D)postpartum sex taboos





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