Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region VII, Central Visayas
DIVISION OF BOHOL
BADIANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

1st Quarter Examination

SOCSCI-11 Understanding, Culture, Society and POlitics

Name: _______________________ Grade___ Section:_______ Date:_________ Score:______ Rating:____ %

Part I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read the following statements below and choose the best answer from the given choices. Write the letter of your answer on the
space provided before each number. (30 pts) (STRICTLY NO ERASURES)

1. Which of the following states how people relate to nature and their physical environment?
A. Politics B. Anthropology C. Culture D. Sociology

2. Which of the following shows an anthropological discipline?

A. Study the human engagements that included family, life, child raising, beliefs and religion and politics.
B. Analyzing how people culturally differ and what they share in common
C. Being human and becoming human is to be a social person shaped by culture but tempered or enabled by their own bodily anatomy.
D. All of the above.

3. If we want to know certain social phenomena happened such as the television program Eat Bulaga Kalyeserye gaining millions of tweets
worldwide, which of these fields of social science answers these occurrences?
A. Sociology B. Anthropology C. Culture D. Political Science

4. This refers to the changes affecting new traits or trait complexes and changes in a cultures content and structure.
A. Cultural change C. Political change
B. Social change D. Sociological change

5. Politics is the art of government. Which of the statements does NOT apply?
A. The art of the government or what concerns the affairs of the state.
B. Analyzing how people culturally differ and what they share in common.
C. Being human and becoming human is to be a social person shaped by culture but tempered or enabled by their own bodily anatomy.
D. All of the above

6. Which of the following statements is NOT a characteristic of culture?

A. Culture is learned C. Culture is symbolic
B. Culture is shared D. Culture is inborn

7. Culture is learned. How can this statement be true?

A. An individual can choose his birth culture.
B. An individual doesn’t need to immense on his culture.
C. An individual has natural knowledge of his culture the time he is born.
D. An individual can acquire the contents of culture on his everyday living.

8. Which of the following shows an anthropological discipline?

A. study the human engagements that included family, life, child raising, beliefs and religion and politics.
B. analyzing how people culturally differ and what they share in common
C. being human and becoming human is to be a social person shaped by culture but tempered or enabled by their own bodily anatomy.
D. all of the above

9. It refers to the actual exposure to another culture and the duration and extent of exposure account for the quality of the results to what?
A. acculturation C. transmission
B. enculturation D. cultural relativism

10. Which situation below shows an ethnocentric attitude?

A. A young Muslim trying to make friends with the Christian neighbors.
B. A city boy buying foods of Manobo foods.
C. A Christian soldier helping a wounded and dying NPA.
D. A Manobo tribe rejecting the products of the Badjao.

11. What refers to a lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture?
A. Culture B. Society C. Enculturation D. Socialization

12. What do we call a system of words and symbols used to communicate with other people?
A. Symbols B. Norms C. Artifacts D. Language

13. Where can you observed the arena of politics?

A. Culture B. Society C. Government D. Anthropology

14. During the hunting and gathering societies, the relationship between men and women are equal.
A. True B. False C. Maybe D. None of the above
15. Lisa was a proud cultural relativist. She sees that Ilocanos are thrifty because of their geographical location. Likewise, she sees nothing wrong
about it. What did Lisa exhibit in that situation?
A. She believes anything goes in one’s own culture.
B. She measures behavior by how the other culture regards this practice.
C. She has no concept of right or wrong.
D. She measures which cultures are related to others.

16. Why is that important to appreciate the different cultures in the society?
A. In order to promote peace C. To avoid conflict
B. To build cooperation between groups D. All of the above

17. From an anthropological perspective, which of the following sources of data will be MOST helpful in understanding how Overseas Filipino Workers
(OFW)connect with families and loved ones?
a. Surveys conducted by independent groups
b. Contribution of OFW remittances on Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
c. Number of OFW's employed in different countries in the last ten years
d. Observations during close engagements with OFWs, their families, and loved Ones

18. Ethnocentrism leads to poor analysis and understanding of change because

a. it relies on one standard. c. it considers different perspectives
b. it is open to many possibilities. d. it is conscious of cultural differences

For Items 19 and 20, refer to the table below.

SOCIOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY
Study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society Study of the development, structure, and functioning of society
Focuses on social problems and institutions Focuses on culture and community
Areas like social class, social stratification, social mobility, law, etc. Areas like art, gender, language, and religion
Subfields such as gender studies, criminology, social work Subfields such as linguistic anthropology, cultural anthropology

19. Based on the table above, what type of information is provided?

a. It questions the scope of sociology and anthropology.
b. It ranks sociology over anthropology among the social sciences.
c. It presents the trends and development of sociology and anthropology.
d. It presents the similarities and differences of sociology and anthropology.

20. What aspect does a sociologist focus on when studying society?

a. the individual self c. personal well-being
b. subjective feelings d. patterns of interaction

21. “In cultural anthropology, we compare ideas, morals, practices, and systems within or between cultures. We might compare the roles of men and women in
different societies, or contrast how different religious groups conflict within a given society.” Which of the following anthropological perspective does it
represent?
a. holism b. cultural relativism c. comparison d. legal force

22. Culture is ideational if ….

A. it sets out an optimal example of conduct C. there is new social qualities added
B. it is a framework that has few commonly reliant parts. D. no culture stays on the perpetual state.

23. Society is a system of stratification, what does it give in a given situation?

A. man’s past culture C. arrangement of definition
B. cooperation & conflict D. collaboration & struggle

24. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

a. Prospective norms are those that define and tell things us not to do. c. Prescriptive norms are those that define and tell us things to do.
b. Societal norms are of different types and norms. d. Society and culture are the same.

25. Which is the least essential statement?

a. The material and non-material cultures are always interlink.
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 necessary for survival in complex industrialized nations, but it is not in small societies that live by hunting and gathering wild foods.
b. Culture is an adaptive mechanism for humans.
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 of the above

27. 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 a unanimous agreement about what should be the shared norms.
d. none of the above
28. Which is considered to be the hallmark of modern society?
a. Information and communication technology c. Irrigation systems
b. Machines and industries d. All of the above

29. 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 c. Industrial
b. Pastoral d. Post-industrial

30. What refers to a social interaction and transmission of culture?

a. Socialization b. Culture c. Belief d. Values

Part II. ESSAY. Read the following questions carefully and explain.

Part II. IDENTIFICATION. Give what is being asked. (5pts) (STRICTLY NO ERASURES)

__________1. Feeling of disoriented, uncertain, out of place or even fearful when immersed in an unfamiliar culture.
__________2. The apelike men who first to used stone tools as weapons and protection of their enemies.
__________3. Largely agricultural but much surplus; increased market exchange and substantial trade.
__________4. Gathering of individuals whose individuals associate, dwell in a quantifiable region, and offer a culture.
__________5. Complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by
man as a member of society.

Part III. ESSAY. Read the following questions carefully and explain.

A. DIRECTIONS: Examine the following symbolic interactions. Give the importance of the symbols in the interaction that took place. (3pts)

1. While Rina and Gregorio are strolling in the school, the Philippine national hymn begin to play in the background. Rina suddenly stops and stand still while
putting her right hand on her chest. Gregorio saw what Rina did and do the same.
Significance:

2. A German tourist is strolling around Rizal park. In front of Rizal’s monument, he stumbled across this beautiful young lady and as being felt sorry for he might
have hurt her, he combines his two palms, put it in front of his chest and repeatedly bow his head to the young lady. The lady said that she is not Japanese.
Significance:

B. Read and analyze carefully, justify and explain. (5 pts)

1. One of the lasting issues that multicultural countries face is racism and discrimination. Even in the most developed countries like United States, this issue
haunts them. If you are the president of that country, how will you address the issue of racism and discrimination to break cultural barriers?

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