Categorizing People on the Basis of Skin Color

question 8

Multiple Choice

Categorizing people on the basis of skin color

• A)is mostly a twentieth century phenomenon.
• B)has been practiced only by Western Europeans.
• C)is a valid approach to racial taxonomy.
• D)has a long history and has been practiced by many peoples.
• E)began with Christopher Columbus.

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Definitions:

Market Demand Curve

A graphical representation of the quantity of goods being purchased at different prices within a market.

Individual Demand Curves

Graphs showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of that good a single consumer is willing to buy at various prices.

Horizontal Sum

In economics, the process of aggregating demand curves of different individuals to derive the market demand curve.

Inferior Good

A type of good whose demand decreases as consumers' income rises, contrary to what happens with normal goods.