Racial Characteristics Quiz

Study Notes

Caucasoid
- Skin color: Light reddish white to olive brown, some are brown
- Head hair: Light blonde to dark brown in color, coarse in texture, curly to frizzly
- Body hair: Moderate to profuse
- Eye color: Light brown to brown-black
- Special eye: Lateral eye-fold
- Head form: Dolichocephalic to brachycephalic, medium to very low to high height
- Face: Strong prognathism, high and fat, broad and often high and fat
Negroid
- Skin color: Brown to brown-black, light yellow to some yellow-brown, brown-black in color, brown to black in color
- Head hair: Brown to black in color, woolly to wavy in form, medium in texture, straight to woolly
- Body hair: Slight
- Eye color: Brown to dark brown
- Special eye: Vertical eye-fold
- Head form: Predominantly brachycephalic, medium height
- Face: Broad and very often high and fat, mesorrhine to platyrrhine
Mongoloid
- Skin color: Light yellow to some yellow-brown, reddish brown, some are yellow-brown, brown, brown-black in some
- Head hair: Straight to wavy in form, straight to woolly
- Body hair: Sparsely distributed
- Eye color: Brown to blue
- Special eye: Epicanthic fold
- Head form: Predominantly dolichocephalic, medium height
- Face: Narrow to medium, medium broad to very broad, cheekbones are high and fat, leptorrhine to platyrrhine, platyrrhine, mesorrhine, bridge is usually low to medium

Andhra Pradesh
- Andh, And Sadhu Andh, Bhil, Bhaghata, Dhulia, rona, Kolam, Gond, Thoti, Goundu, Kammara, Savaras, Dabba Yerukula, Sugalis, Nakkala, Pardhan, Gadabas, Chenchus, A.k.a Chenchawar, Kattunayakan, Jatapus, Manna Dhora
Arunachal Pradesh
- Singpho, Monpa, Abor, Sherdukpen, Galo, Apatanis
Assam
- Khasis, Chakma, Dimasa, Gangte, Garos, Hajong, Chutiya
Bihar
- Gond, Birjia, Asur, Savar, Parhaiya, Chero, Birhor, Santhals, Baiga
Chhattisgarh
- Nagasia, Biar, Khond, Agariya, Bhattra, Mawasi, Bhaina,
Goa
- Varli, Dubia, Siddi, Dhodia, Naikda
Gujarat
- Patelia, Bhil, Dhodia, Bamcha, Barda, Paradhi, Charan, Gamta
Himachal Pradesh
- Swangal, Gujjars, Lahaulas, Khas, Pangwala, Lamba, Gaddis
Jammu and Kashmir
- Balti, Garra, Sippi, Bakarwal, Mon, Gaddi, Purigpa, Beda
Jharkhand
- Gonds, Birhors, Savar, Mundas, Santhals, Khaira, Bhumji
Karnataka
- Gond, Patelia, Barda, Yerava, Bhil, Koraga, Adiyan, Iruliga,
Kerala
- Malai, Aarayan, Arandan, Uralis, Kurumbas, Arandan, Eranvallan
Madhya Pradesh
- Kharia, Bhils, Murias, Birhors, Baigas, Katkari, Kol, Bharia, Khond, Gonds,
Maharashtra
- Warlis, Khond, Bhaina, Katkari, Bhunjia, Rathawa, Dhodia.