Week 12

Question 1

Race

Answer 1

a pop. within a species to distinct them from each other. Socially made concept

Question 2

Genetic Diversity

Answer 2

Because modern humans came from africa. You have the most diverse genetics in africa

Question 3

Skin Color and the equator

Answer 3

The closer you are to the equator the darker skin

Question 4

Skin coloration and melanin explained

Answer 4

Skin coloration is explained by uv rays and melanin acts as a natural sunscreen preventing penetration of skin

Question 5

Folate

Answer 5

A nutrient for DNA synthesis and repair

Question 6

Vitamin D

Answer 6

A Vitamin for bone and immune health

Question 7

Gloger’s rule

Question 8

Adaptation

Answer 8

Inherited traits that change in pop. over time

Question 9

Acclimatization

Answer 9

Not inherited occurs at any point in ones life

Question 10

Ancestry

Answer 10

The geographic origins of one ancestors which relate to observed patterns of human variation

Question 11

Ethnicity

Answer 11

Culture groups rather than racial. Thinking more of ancestry, heritage, history, homeland, Culture

Question 12

Nation

Answer 12

Society sharing a common language, religion, history, and territory

Question 13

Nation-State

Answer 13

Autonomous Political entity; a country

Question 14

Modern Nationalities

Answer 14

Ethnic groups that have, once had, or want their own country

Question 15

Balkanization

Answer 15

The process involving a country or region with fragmentation in multiple smaller and often hostile units

Question 16

Colonization

Answer 16

The act of controlling foreign area or people with the purpose of exploitation or settlement

Question 17

Assimilation

Answer 17

When a minority adopts the patterns of norms of the host culture

Question 18

Plural Society

Answer 18

Society with economically interdependent ethnic groups

Question 19

Multiculturalism

Answer 19

View of cultural diversity as valuable and worth maintaining in its own right