What are some ways the Old Order Amish of the United States and Canada have adjusted to the outside world, and what are some of the ways they have resisted adjusting and maintained their traditional way of life?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. They allow children to choose the Amish way of life after experiencing the outside world during rumspringa.
2. Some operate large-scale businesses, while working to maintain Amish principles.
3. They speak a German-derived dialect.
4. They wear a style of modest clothing.
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a. facilitate human cloning. b. map the chromosomes of every human on the planet. c. sequence the entire human genome. d. trace evolutionary relationships among primates. e. prevent overpopulation.
What is a primary innovation?
a. A modification made to an older object. b. An object or idea that is genuinely new and different. c. An innovation recently drawn from another culture. d. An object which has yet to be discovered. e. An object that has been rediscovered.
A few males migrating between isolated, closed groups produces enough genetic diversity to offset the deleterious effects of _________
a. gene flow b. genetic bottlenecking c. inbreeding d. sexual selection
Who are your cross cousins?
a: the children of your mother's brother or your father's sister b: the children of your mother's sister or your father's brother c: your father's cousins' children d: your mother's cousins' children e: your cousins of the opposite sex