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Prior to European colonization, tens of thousands of whooping cranes lived in North America. By 1938, due to overexploitation and habitat loss, whooping cranes were virtually extinct, with a total population of only 15 individuals. Since then, careful conservation efforts have increased the North American whooping crane population to over 800 today. From a genetic standpoint, as a result of this catastrophe, whooping cranes experienced a “population bottleneck”, which is a severe form of [answerA]. The current population of whooping cranes should be expected to have [answerB], relative to the pre-colonial population.

Which of the following is NOT one of the hypotheses that underly Darwin’s theory of Evolution by natural selection?

All of the following are hominins EXCEPT: Multiple answers possible   Baboon Gorilla Human Neanderthal Australopithecus

Max Weber would most likely advocate which of the following approaches?

Which of the following is one reason why Marx believed the capitalist system would eventually collapse?

Which of the following approaches to political analysis might consider the degree to which people are tolerant of other ideas and religions?

Which of the following concepts did Machiavelli contribute to the study of politics?

Which of the following examples most clearly illustrates an application of anthropology to political science?

__________ is a subfield of political science.

The term polis originated in __________.