Consanguineous mating within a population would tend to:

A. decrease the homogeneity of that population
B. increase the homogeneity of that population
C. increase the heterogeneity of that population
D. have no effect on the gene pool


B. increase the homogeneity of that population

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a. true b. false

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According to the Marxist view, capitalists create a false consciousness in workers by leading them to believe that:

a. God does not exist. b. work will not lead to a better life. c. they are actually the owners of the means of production. d. if they work harder, they will be successful. e. the owners of business are morally better than they are.

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Iranian women’s abandonment and subsequent return to the veil and more traditional female roles illustrates that

a. the status of women in societies is not static. b. political change seldom changes women’s roles. c. men are universally dominant. d. purdah has no place in the modern world. e. world politics has enormous effect on what women choose to do.

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