c.

A country’s economic progress

1. What is the main focus of anthropology? d. Only traditional customs and rituals
a. Human behavior in society 14. The belief that one’s culture is superior to others is called:
b. The study of government and politics a. Cultural relativism
c. The study of human beings and their cultures (✓) b. Ethnocentrism (✓)
d. The analysis of economic policies c. Social integration
2. Sociology is the systematic study of: d. Cultural diffusion
a. Government structures 15. What aspect of culture refers to the rules and expectations of
b. Human social life (✓) behavior?
c. Religious beliefs a. Symbols
d. Political ideologies b. Norms (✓)
3. What does political science primarily examine? c. Values
a. The development of human culture d. Beliefs
b. Social group interactions 16. What is an example of non-material culture?
c. Political structures and governance (✓) a. Houses
d. Economic transactions b. Cars
4. How does sociology view social differences? c. Language (✓)
a. As barriers to social harmony d. Smartphones
b. As natural and socially constructed (✓) 17. It is a segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of
c. As entirely biological in origin mores, folkways, and values which differ from the pattern of the
d. As unchangeable and static larger society.
5. What is one of the primary goals of studying social sciences? A. Counter-culture
a. To create new laws B. Cultural practice
b. To improve mathematical skills C. Cultural variation
c. To understand human behavior and social interactions (✓) D. Sub-culture ✔
d. To increase trade and commerce 18. It is a group whose values and norms place it at odds with
6. What is the study of human societies, cultures, and their mainstream society or a group that actively rejects dominant
development? cultural values and norms.
a. Sociology A. Counter-culture ✔
b. Political Science B. Cultural practice
c. Anthropology (✓) C. Cultural variation
d. Psychology D. Sub-culture
7. Which discipline focuses on the relationships between 19. It serves as a guide on how males and females think and act
individuals and institutions? about themselves.
a. Economics A. Exceptionality
b. Political Science (✓) B. Gender ✔
c. Sociology C. Nationality
d. Anthropology D. Religion
8. The study of laws, government systems, and political behavior 20. It refers to the differences in social behaviors that different
falls under: cultures exhibit around the world.
a. Anthropology A. Counter-culture
b. Sociology B. Cultural practice
c. Political Science (✓) C. Cultural variation ✔
d. Psychology D. Sub-culture
9. It is the expression of the set of cultural ideas held by a distinct 21. The belief that all cultures should be understood based on their
ethnic or indigenous group. own context is called:
A. Culture a. Cultural relativism (✓)
B. Ethnicity ✔ b. Ethnocentrism
C. Nationality c. Cultural assimilation
D. Religion d. Social hierarchy
10. What do you call the legal relationship that binds a person and 22. What do sociologists call a group of people who share a
a country? common way of life?
A. Culture a. Society (✓)
B. Ethnicity b. Culture
C. Nationality ✔ c. Government
D. Religion d. Socialization
11. It refers to the category of persons who have more or less the 23. What is cultural diffusion?
same Socio-economic privileges. a. A society rejecting external influences
A. Socio-economic status ✔ b. The spread of cultural elements from one society to another
B. Socio-cultural (✓)
C. Social differences c. A country isolating itself from globalization
D. Social Sciences d. A dominant culture erasing minority cultures
12. It is the state of being intellectually gifted and/or having
physically or mentally challenged conditions. 16. Which theoretical perspective sees culture as providing social
A. Exceptionality ✔ stability?
B. Gender a. Conflict perspective
C. Nationality b. Functionalist perspective (✓)
D. Religion c. Symbolic interactionism
13. Culture refers to: d. Postmodernism
a. The political structure of a society 17. A group’s way of life that sets it apart from the dominant culture
b. The beliefs, behaviors, objects, and characteristics shared by is called:
a group (✓) a. Counterculture
 b. Subculture (✓) b. Socialization (✓)
c. Pop culture c. Ethnocentrism
d. Global culture d. Diffusion
18. What is an example of a counterculture?
a. A political party 30. A group of people who share common interests and interact
b. A religious organization regularly is called:
c. A group rejecting mainstream society’s values (✓) a. A class
d. A high school club b. A social group (✓)
19. How does ethnocentrism affect cultural understanding? c. A political party
a. It promotes appreciation of diversity d. A social network
b. It fosters intolerance and cultural bias (✓) 31. What is an example of a primary group?
c. It encourages global unity a. A company
d. It supports cultural relativism b. A family (✓)
20. Who proposed the theory of evolution? c. A club
a. Karl Marx d. A political organization
b. Charles Darwin (✓) 32. In-group favoritism refers to:
c. Emile Durkheim a. Preference for people outside one’s social group
d. Franz Boas b. Preference for one’s own social group (✓)
21. It is defined as the “differences among the individuals on the c. Discrimination against other cultures
basis of social characteristics and qualities.” d. Lack of cultural identity
A. Socio-economic status 33. What is a social network?
B. Socio-cultural a. A collection of social media accounts
C. Social differences ✔ b. A set of relationships that link individuals (✓)
D. Social Sciences c. A single friend group
22. Which of the following is a system of beliefs and practices as d. A formal institution
well as systems of actions directed toward a community? 31. What is enculturation?
A. Culture a. The process of rejecting one’s culture
B. Ethnicity b. Learning one’s own culture from birth (✓)
C. Nationality c. The complete assimilation into another culture
D. Religion ✔ d. A temporary exposure to a different culture
23. The ability of humans to walk on two legs is known as: 32. Which agent of socialization has the greatest influence during
a. Quadrupedalism early childhood?
b. Bipedalism (✓) a. Mass media
c. Evolutionism b. School
d. Migration c. Family (✓)
24. Homo habilis is known for: d. Peer groups
a. Creating stone tools (✓) 33. What is an example of secondary socialization?
b. Inventing agriculture a. A child learning table manners at home
c. Developing language b. A new employee adapting to workplace culture (✓)
d. Living in permanent homes c. A toddler imitating their parents
25. What marks the transition from nomadic life to settled d. A baby learning how to walk
communities? 34. How does mass media influence socialization?
a. The discovery of fire a. It provides role models and shapes public opinion (✓)
b. The domestication of plants and animals (✓) b. It prevents people from interacting
c. The use of stone tools c. It only educates about political issues
d. The development of writing d. It discourages cultural diversity
26. What is the primary agent of socialization? 35. What is the process of learning the norms and behaviors of a
a. Media new social environment?
b. Family (✓) a. Assimilation
c. Government b. Socialization (✓)
d. Peers c. Acculturation
27. Which of the following terms is defined as the worldwide d. Ethnocentrism
integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, 36. What is an example of a secondary group?
and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas? a. A close-knit family
A. Innovation b. A workplace team (✓)
B. Invention c. A group of childhood friends
C. Globalization (✓) d. A tight-knit religious community
D. Transformation
28. What is the process of introducing a new idea or object to a
culture?
A. Acculturation
B. Diffusion (✓) 37. Which sociological perspective believes that culture represents
C. Innovation the solutions that the people of a society have worked out over
D. Transculturation time to meet distinct environmental and historical challenges?
A. Conflict
28. What is anticipatory socialization? B. Functionalist (✓)
a. Learning a new role before taking it (✓) C. Symbolic
b. Rejecting new cultural influences D. Diffusion
c. Forgetting past social experiences 38. It is an ideological perspective or belief that may have wrong
d. Breaking social norms inferences about somebody’s behavior and attitude, which
29. What is the term for the lifelong process of learning culture? ultimately leads to conflict.
a. Assimilation A. Anthropocentrism
 B. Ethnocentrism(✓)
C. Cultural Relativism
D. Functionalism
39. Which of the following BEST describes the culture of the early
Paleolithic period?
A. They lived in the city.
B. They hunted and gathered food. (✓)
C. They created tools made of iron.
D. They had belief in one God.
40. Which of the following species is considered the direct line of
modern humans?
A. Homo Erectus
B. Homo Habilis
C. Homo Ergaster
D. Homo Sapiens (✓)
41.Which of the following describes the role of women during the
Paleolithic age?
A. They stayed home.
B. They hunted animals.
C. They gathered fruits. (✓)
D. They tended livestock.
42. Which changes during the Neolithic age resulted in the creation
of a settled community?
A. Cave painting
B. Discovery of fire
C. Development of agriculture (✓)
D. Development of religion
43. Which of the following political structures is associated with an
egalitarian culture?
A. Bands (✓)
B. Kingdoms
C. Chiefdoms
D. Tribes

44. Which of the following is the result of overproduction of food

during the agriculture period?
A. People migrated to a less populated area.
B. People started to conquer neighboring lands.
C. People returned to hunting and gathering food.
D. People learned to develop new skills and became artisans.
(✓)