The Race Quiz

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Many of the opinions about race held by the majority of people are based on anecdotal evidence and have little scientific support. This quiz tests your understanding of race on a factual level, you might be surprised to see how little you really know about race.

  1. 1

    The English language didn't have a word for race until a Poem by William Dunbar used it to refer to a line of kings. When was this poem written?

  2. 2

    True or False: The Ancient Greeks divided people by race?

  3. 3

    True or False: There is not one characteristic, trait or gene found to distinguish all members of a race.

  4. 4

    Regarding human subspecies.

  5. 5

    The Gene for skin color has been linked with the gene for

  6. 6

    Of total possible human variation, how much exists within any local "racial" group? (for example a town in Korea populated only by Koreans)

  7. 7

    What was unique about American Slavery?

  8. 8

    The perpetuation of the concept of race as a dividing factor between humans was most likely a ___ effect?

  9. 9

    The American idea of white superiority has helped to justify all of the following EXCEPT?

  10. 10

    Race is best described as:

  11. 11

    Penguins have approximately how many times more genetic diversity than humans?

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