Part 6

Quiz for Document P6-4: Franz Boas, The Mind of Primitive Man (1911)

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Question 1

Boas uses which of the following examples to illustrate the development of scientific racism out of social prejudice?A. Bantus in South Africa
B. Basques in Spain
C. Jews in Germany
D. Uighurs in China

Question 2

According to Franz Boas, biologists had ignored social and cultural factors in human development because they wereA. financed by racist institutions.
B. from racist social backgrounds.
C. racially prone to white racism.
D. untrained in anthropological studies.

Question 3

Boas attributes the discrepancy between white and African American accomplishment and development in the United States toA. African racial inferiority with whites.
B. European racial inferiority to Africans.
C. problems associated with “race mixing.”
D. socially dictated inequality of African Americans’ conditions.

Question 4

According to Boas, complete social and cultural stagnation would result fromA. allowing weaker cultures to dominate a society.
B. imposing one cultural pattern on a society.
C. mixing populations across racial lines.
D. opening borders to immigration.