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Anth 161- Midterm Exam with
complete solutions latest version
Anthropologists study which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER-humankind in all
its forms across all time
What was the result of the Scopes Monkey Trial? - CORRECT ANSWER-Scopes was
found guilty of teaching evolution and lost his job.
In the mid-1800s, Darwin's On the Origin of Species introduced what new idea? -
CORRECT ANSWER-human variation is the product of the interaction between biology
and the environment
Science is a(n) __________, not a __________. - CORRECT ANSWER-process; result
After September 11, 2001, ____________ helped to identify the remains of the victims
to bring closure to grieving families. - CORRECT ANSWER-forensic anthropologists
Aristotle believed in the "immutability of species." This means he felt that species
__________. - CORRECT ANSWER-are fixed and unchanging
The artifacts and implements of our daily lives are collectively referred to as
__________. - CORRECT ANSWER-material culture
Ethnology is considered a subfield of __________. - CORRECT ANSWER-cultural
anthropology
Which of the following is most likely to be conducted by a cultural anthropologist? -
CORRECT ANSWER-a comparison of wedding rituals
What was one possible reason evolutionary thought remained stifled in the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries? - CORRECT ANSWER-Naturalists still tried to fit their
observations of the natural world into church doctrine.
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Biocultural anthropology recognizes that __________. - CORRECT ANSWER-culture
can influence biology
Anthropology is unique because of its _________ - CORRECT ANSWER-cultural and
biological perspective
What does taxonomy refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER-the science of classifying and
naming organisms
What is the neo-Darwinian synthesis? - CORRECT ANSWER-the merging of genetics,
anatomy, ecology, behavior and evolutionary theory
What did John Gould determine when studying Darwin's collected finch specimens from
the Galapagos Islands? - CORRECT ANSWER-The finches could be sorted into
different species and by island based on beak differences.
________ is the genetic makeup of an individual while ________ is the observable
feature of an organism. - CORRECT ANSWER-genotype, phenotype
The small number of differences between human and chimpanzee DNA indicates that
the physical and behavioral differences between the species result primarily from
______ rather than ________ genes. - CORRECT ANSWER-regulatory, structural
If in a diploid organism two different alleles of a gene are both expressed in a
heterozygous individual, the condition is termed ________. - CORRECT ANSWER-co-
dominant
Obesity is an example of genotype and environment interacting in order to produce
_________. - CORRECT ANSWER-phenotype
__________ is the pre-Mendelian idea that both parents contribute equally to offspring
and that these contributions are halved in successive generations. - CORRECT
ANSWER-blending inheritance
Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of __________. - CORRECT ANSWER-
particulate inheritance
Which of the following is a postulate of Mendel's? - CORRECT ANSWER-A. During the
formation of gametes, the paired unit factors separate, or segregate, randomly so that
each sex cell receives one or the other with equal likelihood.
B. During gamete formation, segregating pairs of unit factors assort independently o
each other.
C. Hereditary characteristics are controlled by particulate unit factors that exist in pairs
in individual organisms.
BRAINSCAPE1
Anth 161- Midterm Exam with
complete solutions latest version
Anthropologists study which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER-humankind in all
its forms across all time
What was the result of the Scopes Monkey Trial? - CORRECT ANSWER-Scopes was
found guilty of teaching evolution and lost his job.
In the mid-1800s, Darwin's On the Origin of Species introduced what new idea? -
CORRECT ANSWER-human variation is the product of the interaction between biology
and the environment
Science is a(n) __________, not a __________. - CORRECT ANSWER-process; result
After September 11, 2001, ____________ helped to identify the remains of the victims
to bring closure to grieving families. - CORRECT ANSWER-forensic anthropologists
Aristotle believed in the "immutability of species." This means he felt that species
__________. - CORRECT ANSWER-are fixed and unchanging
The artifacts and implements of our daily lives are collectively referred to as
__________. - CORRECT ANSWER-material culture
Ethnology is considered a subfield of __________. - CORRECT ANSWER-cultural
anthropology
Which of the following is most likely to be conducted by a cultural anthropologist? -
CORRECT ANSWER-a comparison of wedding rituals
What was one possible reason evolutionary thought remained stifled in the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries? - CORRECT ANSWER-Naturalists still tried to fit their
observations of the natural world into church doctrine.
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Biocultural anthropology recognizes that __________. - CORRECT ANSWER-culture
can influence biology
Anthropology is unique because of its _________ - CORRECT ANSWER-cultural and
biological perspective
What does taxonomy refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER-the science of classifying and
naming organisms
What is the neo-Darwinian synthesis? - CORRECT ANSWER-the merging of genetics,
anatomy, ecology, behavior and evolutionary theory
What did John Gould determine when studying Darwin's collected finch specimens from
the Galapagos Islands? - CORRECT ANSWER-The finches could be sorted into
different species and by island based on beak differences.
________ is the genetic makeup of an individual while ________ is the observable
feature of an organism. - CORRECT ANSWER-genotype, phenotype
The small number of differences between human and chimpanzee DNA indicates that
the physical and behavioral differences between the species result primarily from
______ rather than ________ genes. - CORRECT ANSWER-regulatory, structural
If in a diploid organism two different alleles of a gene are both expressed in a
heterozygous individual, the condition is termed ________. - CORRECT ANSWER-co-
dominant
Obesity is an example of genotype and environment interacting in order to produce
_________. - CORRECT ANSWER-phenotype
__________ is the pre-Mendelian idea that both parents contribute equally to offspring
and that these contributions are halved in successive generations. - CORRECT
ANSWER-blending inheritance
Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of __________. - CORRECT ANSWER-
particulate inheritance
Which of the following is a postulate of Mendel's? - CORRECT ANSWER-A. During the
formation of gametes, the paired unit factors separate, or segregate, randomly so that
each sex cell receives one or the other with equal likelihood.
B. During gamete formation, segregating pairs of unit factors assort independently o
each other.
C. Hereditary characteristics are controlled by particulate unit factors that exist in pairs
in individual organisms.
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