Hieroglyphic writing simplifies a(n) __________ into a(n) __________
A. picture; symbol
B. sound; syllable
C. language; alphabet
D. ideograph; pictograph
Answer: A
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Which of the following statements about the concept of race as applied to humans is true?
A. It is a discredited concept in biology. B. It is based on the Western science of genetics. C. It is determined by the juxtaposition of alleles. D. It does not include what used to be called subraces, because these are now known as ethnic groups. E. It has been verified by recent fossil finds in the Neander Valley in Germany.
Race, like ethnicity in general, is
A. a meaningless concept to people living day to day. B. poorly understood by geneticists and therefore considered a cultural category. C. a biological reality as much as a cultural one. D. used by social scientists to classify humans based on genes and shared blood. E. a cultural category rather than a biological reality.
Societies where females contribute a high degree to primary subsistence, infants are fed solid foods __________, and baby girls are __________ valued
A) earlier; more B) earlier; less C) later; more D) later; less
Genetic studies indicate:
a. Individual differences are greater than the sum of differences between groups. b. Racial differences can be substantiated genetically. c. Traits such as skin color are reliable means of classifying people. d. Race is a biological construct and is useful only in science. e. It is possible to determine how closely two individuals are related based on observable features.