Deck 7: A Biocultural Examination of Nutrition

Question 1

The foraging lifestyle included a diet of

A) of mostly meat.
B) mostly meat and some plant foods.
C) mostly plant food and some meat.
D) most grains gathered by women.

Answer 1

mostly plant food and some meat.

Question 2

The division of labor in among foragers was mostly based on

A) age and one's place in the social hierarchy.
B) sex and one's place in the social hierarchy.
C) neither age nor sex.
D) age and sex.

Answer 2

age and sex.

Question 3

The Neolithic Revolution increased

A) population growth
B) childhood malnutrition
C) social inequality
D) any or all of these

Answer 3

any or all of these

Question 4

Childhood malnutrition is marked by

A) kwashiorkor
B) marasmus
C) Iodine deficiency disorder
D) any or all of these

Question 5

Barry Bogin's research among the Maya and Latinos suggests that

A) body size and height are highly genetically determined.
B) body size and height are not correlated with living conditions
C) poverty and a poor diet is the reason the Maya are smaller than Latinos, who have a better diet.
D) only the environment can influence body size and height.

Question 6

Changes from one generation to the next in phenotypes that result from changes in one or aspects of the environment or living conditions is known as

A) a genetic trend.
B) a secular trend.
C) a balanced trend.
D) a global trend.

Question 7

Because many human traits can be influenced by the environment and living conditions,

A) creating racial classifications is very difficult if not possible.
B) secular trends can be ignored.
C) one can discount health disparities.
D) it is easy to create racial classifications.

Question 8

Health disparities are likely the result

A) genetic differences between the races.
B) genetic inferiority of some races.
C) Poverty and the psychological stress that goes with poverty.
D) of imagination and are not real.

Question 9

The sickle-cell trait

A) is an African disease.
B) is found in Africa, the Mediterranean region to China
C) is an example of the genetic inferiority of Africans
D) offers protection against cholera

Question 10

Malaria is a disease caused by

A) bacteria and associated with a lack of clean environment.
B) a virus and transmitted when people sneeze.
C) a parasite spread by spider bites.
D) a parasite which is transmitted by a bite from a female anopheles mosquito.

Question 11

For most of human history, humans have been agriculturalists.

Question 12

Childhood malnutrition is an unintended consequence of the Neolithic Revolution.

Question 13

The dietary pyramid of the Department of Agriculture parallels that of the diet of foragers.

Question 14

The Neolithic Revolution resulted in an increase in cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Question 15

Organized religion and craft specialization could not have happened without the Neolithic Revolution.

Question 16

The _______________ in Southwest Asia is one of the first places to undergo the Neolithic Revolution.

Question 17

Immediately following the Neolithic Revolution in Southwest Asia, the domestication of plant and animals occurred in _______________.

Question 18

A diet in children that lacks protein results in _______________.

Question 19

A diet in children that lacks protein and calories results in ___________.

Question 20

The inability to digest milk and milk products is called ____________ and is the usual physiological state in adult mammals and most human populations.