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Park:Biological Anthropology
Biological Anthropology, 3/e
Michael Alan Park
Human Biological Diversity

Multiple Choice

Please answer all questions



1

The biological categories and characteristics of males and females are called:
A)sex
B)race
C)anatomy
D)gender
2

The cultural categories and characteristics of men and women are called:
A)sex
B)race
C)anatomy
D)gender
3

Folk taxonomies are:
A)cultural categories for important items and ideas
B)family trees
C)traditional beliefs and stories of a people
D)lists of tax evaders kept by the IRS
4

The hijras of India are:
A)biological females
B)a third sex and gender category in that culture
C)hermaphrodites
D)men born with female traits
5

A species that inhabits a wide geographic range and is adapted to many specific niches is:
A)flexible
B)adjusted
C)generalized
D)specialized
6

A species with physically distinguishable regional populations is:
A)profuse
B)myriad
C)polytypic
D)monotypic
7

A subspecies is:
A)found in areas below the source species
B)a physically distinguishable population within a species
C)inferior to the original species
D)more recently evolved from the parent species
8

Populations of a species that are completely isolated from one another but has not yet become a truly different species are known as:
A)semispecies
B)polytypic
C)quarantined
D)contrary
9

A cline is:
A)a region with particular weather conditions
B)a geographic continuum in the variation of a particular trait
C)a point of greatest intensity or interest
D)a critical period in life
10

Why does the concept of race not apply to humans?
A)even though it varies, we all share culture
B)gene flow is extensive
C)we are genetically homogeneous
D)all the above
11

The genome is:
A)the regions of the earth's crust and atmosphere occupy by living organisms
B)a rock containing a cavity lined with crystals
C)the total genetic endowment of a species
D)a dwarfish goblin living under ground
12

When a complex idea is reduced into a single entity such as a number it has been:
A)streamlined
B)homogenized
C)reified
D)clarified
13

At a biological level:
A)racism is acceptable
B)human races do not exist
C)human races do exist
D)there are 3 human races
14

The distribution of language coincides to some extent with:
A)the disbursement of technology
B)the distribution of genes
C)the emergence of folk taxonomies
D)all the above
15

Judging an individual solely on the basis of his or her racial affiliation is:
A)biologically acceptable
B)recognizing phenotypic differences
C)recognizing genotypic differences
D)racism








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