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ANTHROPOLOGY 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
PLEASE CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER.
1. Bipedalism is considered one of the hallmarks of hominid evolution
because:
a. it was the first evolutionary development that clearly distinguished us
from other animals.
b. it was possible only after the advent of simple material culture.
c. it followed brain expansion in human evolution.
d. it allowed hominids to come out of the trees and make tools 10 mya.
ANS: A
REF: Page 14
TOP: Bipedalism
2. Darwin’s theory of evolution drew from all of the following scientific
disciplines EXCEPT:
a. demography.
b. geology.
c. genetics.
d. systematics.
e. paleontology.
ANS: C
REF: Page 41
TOP: What Was Darwin’s Contribution to the Theory of Evolution?
3. James Hutton is associated with:
a. adaptation.
b. catastrophism.
c. uniformitarianism.
d. principles of heredity.
ANS: C
REF: Page 29
TOP: Context for Darwin
4. The English demographer whose work on population growth greatly influenced
Darwin’s thinking was:
a. Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck.
b. Georges Cuvier.
c. Thomas Malthus.
d. Charles Lyell.
ANS: C
REF: Page 37
5. The H1N1 virus is a good example of rapid evolution. How do you arrive at
this conclusion?
a. There is evidence of this in the fossil record.
b. An outbreak occurred in recent years.
c. It originated in animals and then evolved to infect humans.
d. After a dormant period it becomes avian flu.
ANS C
REF: Page 51
TOP: Modern Understanding of Evolution
6. The scientist whose work provided the foundation for later understandings of genetics
was:
a. John Ray.
b. Gregor Mendel.
c. Charles Darwin.
d. Robert Hook.
ANS: B
DIF: Easy
REF: Page 41
TOP: Mendel’s Discovery of Principles of Inheritance (7.b)
7. In your textbook, the smaller frequency of sickle-cell anemia among present day
American blacks as compared to West African blacks is attributed to:
a. genetic drift.
b. gene flow.
c. new mutations.
d. none of the above
ANS: B
DIF: Medium
REF: Page 46
TOP: Evolutionary Forces and Synthesis (9)
8. The following are complementary bases in DNA:
a. adenine and thymine.
b. adenine and cytosine.
c. guanine and thymine.
d. guanine and uracil.
ANS: A
NOT: Factual
DIF: Easy
REF: Page 62
TOP: Producing Proteins (4)
9. In his work on pea plants, Mendel found that plant height was inherited independently
of the type or color of the seed coat. This finding:
a. applies to genes on the same chromosome.
b. applies to the law of independent assortment.
c. explains gene linkage.
d. explains inheritance in simple organisms.
ANS: B
NOT: Applied
DIF: Medium
REF: Page 71
TOP: Meiosis: Production of Gametes (3.d)
10. Transcription:
a. occurs in the nucleus.
b. occurs in the ribosome.
c. results in the production of proteins.
d. results in the transformation of mitochondria.
ANS: A
NOT: Factual
DIF: Easy
REF: Page 74
TOP: Producing Proteins (4)