Chapter 7 Quiz

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. Which of the following is a documented consequence of the embodiment of racial inequalities by marginalized populations?

high blood pressure correct incorrect

reduced immune system correct incorrect

depressive symptoms correct incorrect

all of the above correct incorrect

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. The approach that uses head shape and skin color to categorize humans into races is called

a trait-based approach correct incorrect

racialization correct incorrect

hierarchy correct incorrect

the adaptational approach correct incorrect

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. Racism is

negative or unfair treatment of a person because of his or her group membership or identity correct incorrect

the repressive practices, structures, beliefs, and representations that uphold racial categories and social inequality correct incorrect

a collection of preformed, usually unfavorable opinions about people who are different correct incorrect

a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing correct incorrect

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. Skin "color" is

purely the result of racist ideologies correct incorrect

an accurate way to categorize difference among humans correct incorrect

the result of melanin as a protective tint from the sun correct incorrect

a wide range of different pigmentations found in different races correct incorrect

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. Eugenics is

the practice of making better human beings correct incorrect

the early attempt at in-vitro fertilization correct incorrect

an adaptational approach to racial classification correct incorrect

a misguided attempt at making biological anthropology an applied science correct incorrect

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. Variations in body shape and size are quantified using

anthropometry correct incorrect

eugenics correct incorrect

the culturally-constructed concept of race correct incorrect

a census correct incorrect

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. In anthropology, a population or group of populations within a species that has measurable, defining biological characteristics is known as

the culturally-constructed concept of race correct incorrect

the scientific concept of race correct incorrect

a species correct incorrect

a naturalized order of things correct incorrect

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. The division of humans into African, Asian, American, and European races is

categorization based on traits correct incorrect

categorization based on reproductive isolation correct incorrect

categorization based on geographic origin correct incorrect

categorization based on adaptation correct incorrect

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. Race is a

social distinction that classifies people according to descent correct incorrect

social distinction that classifies people according to poverty and wealth correct incorrect

social distinction that classifies people according to symbolic purity correct incorrect

concept that organizes people into groups on the basis of specific physical traits that are thought to reflect fundamental and innate differences correct incorrect

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. Biological variations occuring in a continuous fashion are known as

clinal variation correct incorrect

Linnaeal variations correct incorrect

Mendelian variations correct incorrect

racial variations correct incorrect

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. A gradual change across groups, in which traits shade and blend into each other is

race correct incorrect

clines correct incorrect

racialization correct incorrect

hegemony correct incorrect

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. Jenny is an African American. She has been saving up for months for some designer shoes, but when she goes to purchase them the cashiers at the department store call the police because they think she has stolen the credit card she is paying with. This is an act of

prejudice correct incorrect

racialization correct incorrect

stereotyping correct incorrect

discrimination correct incorrect

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. The way people biologically incorporate material and social aspects of their world is referred to as

discrimination correct incorrect

race correct incorrect

racialization correct incorrect

embodiment correct incorrect

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. Forensic analysis involves the use of

terminally ill people correct incorrect

any willing subject correct incorrect

scientific approaches to racial classification correct incorrect

dead people correct incorrect

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. The Human Genome Project established that

between 3 and 17 percent of genetic variation is found within human populations correct incorrect

between 83 and 97 percent of genetic variation is found within human populations correct incorrect

a 97 percent genetic similarity exists in all human populations correct incorrect

use of anthropometry to evaluate human populations is between 83 and 97 percent accurate correct incorrect