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the status of belonging to a particular nation.
Religion
Nationality
ethnocentrism
ethnicity
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The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.
Religion
ethnocentrism
ethnicity
cultural relativisim
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Evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
Ethnocentrism
nationality
religion
ethnicity
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The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
religion
nationality
culture
political identity
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Our own personal physical characteristics are the result of:
genetic inheritance
environmental forces shaping our bodies as we grow to adulthood
genetic inheritance primarily but with some shaping by environmental forces
random chance or luck
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Which of the following statements is true about human races as they are commonly defined in North America?
the primarily reflect social rather than biological realities
physical traits that we think of as characteristics of particular races are usually unique to them
terms like caucasoid and negroid accurately describe distinct biological races
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the increasing frequency of yellow brown hair among Australian Aborigines as one moves inland from the southwest coast of Australia is an example of:
random variation
progressive gradation
discontinuous distribution
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The isolated pockets of red-haired people in British isles is an example of discontinuous distribution. This distribution pattern is most likely the result of:
migrations of red-haired people
natural selection favoring red hair
random mating
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Evolutionary processes that may alter the frequency of genetically inherited traits in modern human populations usually include:
natural selection
social selection
migration
all of the above
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Which of the following is a characteristics of anthropology?
it is concerned with both human biology and culture
it is concerned with human variation, evolution and adaptation
it focuses only on prehistoric societies
a and b