Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF VICTORIAS CITY
VICTORIAS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-GASTON EXTENSION

UNDERSTANDING IN CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer and write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. It defines how people relate to nature and their physical environment.
A. Politics B. Anthropology C. Culture D. Sociology
2. It always describes human, human behaviour and human societies around the world.
A. Sociology B. Anthropology C. Political Science D. Culture
3. It is a social science that deals with humans and their interactions.
A. Sociology B. Anthropology C. Political Science D. Culture
4. It is the study of human social relationships and institutions.
A. Politics B. Anthropology C. Culture D. Sociology
5. It is a state or habit of mind in which trust, or confidence is placed in some person or thing.
A. Beliefs B. Customs C. Traditions D. Norms
6. This term means scientific study of man or human beings.
A. Politics B. Anthropology C. Culture D. Sociology
7. It refers to a theoretical foundation of contemporary anthropology.
A. Nature of politics C. Nature of culture
B. Nature of anthropology D. Nature of sociology
8. It attempts to explain how the social world operates.
A. Political theory C. Anthropological theory
B. Sociological theory D. Cultural theory
9. It is used to analyze and explain objects of social study and facilitate organizing sociological knowledge.
A. Theoretical perspective C. Cultural perspective
B. Conflict perspective D. Functionalist perspective
10. It sees social life as a competition, and focuses on the distribution of resources, power, and inequality.
A. Theoretical perspective C. Cultural perspective
B. Conflict perspective D. Functionalist perspective
11. Which of the following is characterized by communal ownership of property and division of labor?
A. Asiatic Society B. Capitalists Society C. Democratic Society D. Pre-class Society
12. Which is the hallmark of modern society?
A. Information and communication technology C. Machines and industries
B. Irrigation systems D. All the above
13. Which of the following types of society is characterized as by economy that is dependent on tangible
goods and the people must pursue greater education?
A. Horticultural B. Industrial C. Pastoral D. Post-industrial
14. Technological tools, architectural, structures, fashion and accessories, and food are all examples of what
component of culture?
A. Basic Culture B. Commercial Culture C. Material Culture D. Non-material Culture
15. Which one is considered as the perception of individuals to accepted reality?
A. Beliefs B. Folkways C. Knowledge D. Outlook
16. What type of norms tells us thing to do?
A. Folkway B. Law C. Prescriptive D. Proscriptive
17. What type of norms tells us thing NOT to do?
A. Folkway B. Law C. Prescriptive D. Proscriptive
18. What form of norm is codified ethics, formally agreed, and written down and enforced by authorities?
A. Folkways B. Laws C. Mores D. Taboos
19. Which one is an act that violates a social norm?
A. Conflict B. Deviance C. Rebellion D. Ritualism
20. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. Prospective norms are those that define and tell things us not to do.
 B. Societal norms are of different types and norms.
C. Prescriptive norms are those that define and tell us things to do.
D. Society and culture are the same.
21. Which represent the standards we used to evaluate the desirability of things?
A. Beliefs B. Folkways C. Knowledge D. Values
22. What human action by which one tends to duplicate, or exactly, the behavior of others?
A. Adaptation B. Imitation C. Modification D. Socialization
23. What do you call of Mang Tirzo’s family’s customary patterns of everyday life that specify what is socially correct
and proper?
A. Folkways B. Laws C. Mores D. Norms
24. What does it mean when we say culture is holistic?
A. It is integrated. B. It is a patterned social interaction.
C. It is shared and may be challenged. D. It is adaptive, dynamic, and flexible.
25. Which is the least essential statement?
A. The material and non-material cultures are always interlinked.
B. A society represents the beliefs, practices and artifacts of a group.
C. The existence of material culture is justified by the non-material culture.
D. All cultures consist of key elements that are crucial to human’s existence
26. Which statement is relevant?
A. Culture is an adaptive mechanism for humans.
B. Culture is necessary for survival in the complex industrialized nations, but it is not in small societies that live by
hunting and gathering wild foods.
C. The first humans evolved in the cold temperate regions of the world because of the need to develop
culture for survival in those areas.
D. all the above
27. A tractor is introduced to Mang Jose, a traditional farmer who doesn’t know to operate it. This is an example of
what concept of culture?
A. Culture lag B. Contra culture C. Counterculture D. Culture shock
28. Which is NOT true about cultural relativism?
A. Different societies have different moral codes.
B. The moral code of our own society has no special status
C. There are no moral truths that always hold for all people
D. None of the above
29. Which is NOT correct about culture?
A. It may be challenged. B. It is something biological.
C. Much of learning culture is unconscious D. None of the above
30. Which statement is irrelevant?
A. Socialization plays no part in personality formation in individuals.
B. Successful socialization can result in uniformity within a society.
C. Large-scale complex societies that are not culturally homogenous usually have unanimous agreement
about what should be the shared norms.
D. none of the above
31. What cultural term refers to the perspective that promotes an individual’s culture as the most efficient and
superior?
A. Cultural Relativism B. Cultural Variation C. Culture Shock D. Ethnocentrism
32. Which of the following statement is NOT an aspect of culture?
A. Air B. Arts C. Cuisine D. Music
33. What cultural concept underscores the idea that culture in every society should
be understood and regarded on its own?
A. Cultural Relativism B. Cultural Variation C. Culture Shock D. Ethnocentrism
34. What cultural term refers to an experience of a person when he moves to a cultural environment which is different
from his own?
A. Cultural Relativism B. Cultural Variation C. Culture Shock D. Ethnocentrism
35. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about cultural relativism?
A. It is a problematic form of classification of human groups
B. It is a perspective that promotes cultures in the context of locality
C. It is a culturally relative approach to understand human groups
D. Understanding the society using cultural relativity promotes respect and equality
36. What cultural term refers to the rich diversity of traditions and patterns the different human groups
exhibit around the world?
 A. Cultural Relativism B. Cultural Variation C. Culture Shock D. Ethnocentrism
37. Which of the following terms is NOT an example of Counter Culture?
A. ISIS Group B. LGBT Group C. NPA D. Terrorist
38. What variation of culture is being patronized by middle classes of the society?
A. Counter Culture B. High Culture C. Popular Culture D. Subculture
39. What variation of culture is being patronized by the upper classes of the society?
A. Counter Culture B. High Culture C. Popular Culture D. Subculture
40. What variation of culture is being practiced when small segment of the society deviates from
the dominant society?
A. Counter Culture B. High Culture C. Popular Culture D. Subculture
II. TRUE or FALSE. Write True if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is incorrect
41. Traditions, social norms, political identities are not static because they are often affected by the environment.
22. Plurality in cultural traditions lead to racism.
43. Global cultural differences in values orientation is resulted from the perspective of cultural relativism.
44. Some scholars propose that there should be biological egalitarianism among humans to prevent racism.
45. Filipinos have also been subjected to various forms of racism during colonization era.
46. New railroads and telecommunication company can change our culture.
47. Young people who drawn to oppose mainstream conventions are called popular culture.
48. Subculture share a specific identity.
49. High culture is viewed superior over popular culture.
50. There are multitude of cultural differences between the societies in the world.
KEY ANSWER
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. B
11.D
12. A
13. D
14. C
15. A
16.C
17.D
18.B
19.B
20.D
21. D
22.B
23.D
24.A
25. B
26. A
27A
28.D
29.B
30. A
31. D
32. A
33. A
34. C
35. A
36. B
37. B
38. C
39. B
40. A
41. TRUE
42. TRUE
43. FALSE
44. TRUE
45. TRUE
46. TRUE
47. FALSE
48. TRUE
49. TRUE
50. TRUE