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Questions

1. Historically, the small-scalerace was defined by the (incorrect) idea that people can be broken into groups that are:

biologically different from each other, with those differences due to continental origin.

biologically different from each other, with those differences due to small scale geographic origins.

socially different from each other, with those differences due to culture.

2. After testing hypotheses about race, anthropologists and other scientists have found:

There are no biological differences between races.

Races are culturally defined categories of people.

Race correctly predicts traits like skin color or intelligence.

Some races are better at certain activities than others.

3. You can tell someone's race, or where their family came from, by their skin color, blood type, or susceptibility to certain diseases.

True

False

4. What determines population-level variation in sickle-cell anemia?

Prevalence of malaria. The sickle-cell allele provides protection against this disease.

The race of the population.

5. If the race is not a biologically defined category, can the cultural idea of race result in biological variation?

No. Social and cultural ideas cannot impact biology.

Yes. Social and cultural ideas can produce biological variation arising from different access to resources and services, and different historic contexts, and the lived experience of being treated as part of a race.

6. What explains biological differences between different populations?

Historic events

Geography

There are no meaningful differences between populations.

7. Racial categories differ across cultures and have changed over time.

True

False

8. What determines population-level variation in skin color?

UV radiation levels.

Race

There are no differences in skin color.

9. Race is not a biologically meaningful category. Therefore, there are no biological differences between populations of people.

True

False