WCIV 101 - Quiz 1

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What are the four African language families?

Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo, and Khoisan.

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2

Which two terms best describe Ehret's hypothesis about “very deep-time macro-families”?

Proto-North and Proto-South

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3

It is a religious belief that opposes most aspects of evolution.

Creationism

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4

Some statements attributed to this author have been said to anticipate evolution.

Al-Jahiz

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5

It is a mnemonic for vertebrate evolution.

FARM

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6

In which language family are click sounds mainly found?

Khoisan

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7

These two scientists have criticized the theory of evolution.

Berlinski and Gelernter

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8

Who developed a theory of natural selection at the same time as Charles Darwin?

Alfred Russel Wallace

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9

What was Buck vs. Bell?

A Supreme Court case that "affirmed the constitutionality of Virginia's law allowing state-enforced sterilization."

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10

His rejected theory of evolution said that “if an organism changes during life in order to adapt to its environment, those changes are passed on to its offspring.”

Lamarck

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