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An ethnic group is
 
  a. a group of people that share a particular form of identity that unites and binds them together.
  b. a large group that is believed to be related to a common ancestor with a somewhat unstructured leadership.
  c. made up of large segments of the human population whose members are considered distinct on the basis of genetically-transmitted physical differences.
  d. a large collective sharing a common history and culture and believed to share a common descent.
  e. a group made up of a number of families who are believed to be related through birth or marriage to a common ancestor.

Question 2

Which best describes the objective, scientific basis for race as an identity group?
 
  a. Race is much less objectively supported in the case of humans than in the case of subspecies of other animals, but has been socially established as an important identity category.
  b. There is no scientific or intellectual basis for using race as classification for categorizing humans.
  c. There is as much objective scientific support of the existence of racial divisions in the case of humans as in the case of subspecies of other animals.
  d. Race is more objectively supported in the case of humans than in the case of subspecies of other animals, but has not been socially established as an important identity category.
  e. Social scientists believe that there are significant genetic differences between races of human beings, but biologists do not.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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