Question

1. match the descriptions with the terms.

race
ethnicity
social construct
craniometry
imperialism
polygenism
monogenism

belief that all human beings share the same ancestral origin and are the same species
a concept that people in a society agree to give meaning
the study of the human skull
taking economic and political power over a people
belief that human beings derive from different species based on race
people who share physical appearance and social qualities
based on cultural groupings such as religion and traditions

Explanation:

• Race: People who share physical appearance and social qualities.
• Ethnicity: Based on cultural groupings such as religion and traditions.
• Social construct: A concept that people in a society agree to give meaning.
• Craniometry: The study of the human skull.
• Imperialism: Taking economic and political power over a people.
• Polygenism: Belief that human beings derive from different species based on race.
• Monogenism: Belief that all human beings share the same ancestral origin and are the same species.

Answer:

• race: people who share physical appearance and social qualities
• ethnicity: based on cultural groupings such as religion and traditions
• social construct: a concept that people in a society agree to give meaning
• craniometry: the study of the human skull
• imperialism: taking economic and political power over a people
• polygenism: belief that human beings derive from different species based on race
• monogenism: belief that all human beings share the same ancestral origin and are the same species