The social evolutionary framework for understanding race includes all of the following except:
a. ?a focus on understanding diverse peoples in the world.
b. ?stages based on perceived cultural and physical differences.
c. ?rigid hierarchy of evolutionary stages.
d. ?a perspective that assumed all people were basically the same.
ANSWER:
d
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a. ancestral. b. derived (modified). c. primitive. d. analogous. e. homologous.
Although the concept of race has no _________ basis, it still has a significant _________ impact
a. ethnic; evolutionary b. evolutionary; ethnic c. scientific; social d. social; scientific
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A. some indigenous communities are able to isolate themselves from national and international politics despite continuous threat from outsiders. B. indigenous communities do not understand the threat their activities pose to endangered species. C. contemporary law is useless in solving disputes with indigenous communities. D. contemporary indigenous groups have to grapple with multiple levels of culture, contestation, and political regulation. E. animals do not have rights.
Early classification schemes were based upon the divine unit of creation known as the:
A. prototype B. category C. kindred D. archetype