Republic of the Philippines

Region VI
Escalante National High School
First Periodical Examination

Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

Name: ________________________ Score: _____________

I. Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it in the space provided before the number.
1. It consist of tangible things such as technological tools, architectural, structures,
fashion, accessories and food.
a. Material culture b. Non-material c. culture Basic culture d. Commercial culture
2. It is a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects have a common culture.
a. Nation-state b. Society c. Government d. Community
3. The branch of knowledge which deals with the scientific study of man, his works, his
body his behaviour, and values in time and space.
a. Science b. Psychology c. Humanities d. Anthropology
4. It is the scientific study of a state and its Government, with the relationships of men in community.
a. Political Science b. Law c. Social Science d. Humanities
5. It is the concept you develop about yourself that evolves over the course of life.
a. Folkways b. Personal identity c. Norms d. Culture
6. It refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance over a human
community.
a. Politics b. Society c. Culture d. Nation
7. It refers to a category of persons who have more or less the same privileges in a
society.
a. Socio economic status b. Sociology c. Social Science d. Culture
8. It is the perception of individuals to accepted reality.
a. Outlook b. Knowledge c. Beliefs d. Laws
9. It is the pattern of repetitive behaviour which becomes habitual and conventional part of living.
a. Mores b. Folkways c. Norms d. Laws
10. The following are Significance of Culture except for one
a. Adaptation and Integration c. Human Satisfaction
b. Representation of our identity d. Conveys and Facilitates Meaning
11. The study of how people lived on the past
a. Archaeology b. Linguistic anthropology c. Cultural anthropology d. Physical anthropology
12. The study of how people live their lives now and how they may lived in the past
a. Archaeology b. Linguistic anthropology c. Cultural Anthropology d. Physical anthropology
13. It is the scientific study of patterned, shared human behaviour.
a. Sociology b. Anthropology c. Archaeology d. Society
14. The following are Aspects of culture except for one
a. Dynamic, Flexible and Adaptive c. Shared and contested
b. A distinguishing factor d. Patterned social interactions
15. It refers to the differences in social behaviours that different cultures exhibit around the
World.
a. Cultural variation b. Cultural structure c. Cultural relativism d. Cultural arts
16. It is the perception that arises from the fact that cultures differ and each culture defines reality
Differently.
a. Relativism b. ethnocentrism c. Imitation d. ethnocentric
17. It refers to anything held to be relatively worthy, important, desirable, or valuable
a. Values b. Folkways c. Morals d. Norms
18. This species is also known as the “Upright Man”
a. Homo sapiens b. Homo habilis c. Homo floresiensis d. None of the above
19. It refers to the period of “food collecting cultures”.
a. Mesolithic b. Neolithic c. Paleolithic d. Marsupial period
20. It refers to societies people learned to use human power and handheld tools to cultivate fields.
a. Hunting and food gathering societies c. Horticultural societies
b. Pastoral societies d. None of the above
21. This species is also known as the “Handy Man”
a. Homo erectus b. Homo sapiens c. Homo Habilis d. Homo rudolfensis
22. The earliest tool used by Old stone age
a. Spears b. Sword c. Broken pebbles d. Arrows
23. This species name means “Wise Man”
a. Homo sapiens b. Homo erectus c. Homo heidelbergensis d. Homo rudolfensis
24. This societies where characterized by the used of the plow in the farming.
a. Industrial societies b. Post-industrial societies c. Pastoral societies d. None of the above
25. It is characterized by more than just the use of mechanical means of production
a. Industrial societies b. Post-industrial societies c. Agricultural societie d. Horticultural societies
26. This species nicknamed “Hobbit”
a. Homo florensis b. Homo rudolfensis c. Homo habilis d. Homo hedeilbergensis
27. It is a principle that an individual person’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others individuals own culture.
a. Cultural relativism b. Ethnocentrism c. Cultural Variation d. Social culture
28. It is a continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learn the norms, values and social skills that is
appropriate to his social position
a. Enculturation b. Socialization c. Sociology d. Ethnocentrism
29. The following are Filipino Values by Jaime Bulatao, except for one.
a. Moral orientation b. Emotional closeness and security in the family c. Economic & social development
d. Patience, Suffering and Endurance
30. The following are perspective on socialization except one.
a. Personality and role development b. Skills development c. Social integration d. Social interaction
31. The process by which people learn the requirements of their surrounding culture and acquire the values and norms
Appropriate in that culture.
a. Sociology b. Enculturation c. Socialization d. Ethnocentrism
32. Choose the best statement that apply to Compliance
a. Accepts influence because he hopes to achieve a favourable reaction from another person or group
b. Accept influence because the content of the induced behaviour.
c. Accept influence because he want to establish a satisfying self-defining relationship to another person or group
d. Conforms to impress or gain favour acceptance from other people.
33. It is the primary agent of socialization that guides individual in understanding what is happening in the society.
a. Family b. Peer group c. Church d. workplace
34. The greatest agent of socialization it plays a significant role in the socialization of the citizens of a country.
a. Family b. Peer group c. Church d. workplace
35. Choose the best statement that apply to Ingratiational
a. Accepts influence because he hopes to achieve a favourable reaction from another person or group
b. Accept influence because the content of the induced behaviour.
c. Accept influence because he want to establish a satisfying self-defining relationship to another group
d. Conforms to impress or gain favour acceptance from other people.
36. What status are assigned to the individual from birth and it involves little personal choice like age and sex. It carries certain
Expectation of behaviour.
a. Described statuses b. Individual statuses c. Achieved statuses d. Ascribed statuses
37. A type of social influence involving a change in belief or behaviour in order to fit in a group.
a. Ethnocentrism b. Deviance c. Conformity d. Compliance
38. It refers to any behaviour that violates the social norms
a. Ethnocentrism b. Deviance c. Conformity d. Compliance
39. This means withdrawal from the society, caring neither about success nor about working.
a. Innovation b. Ritualism c. Retreatism d. Rebellion
40. This occurs when people reject and attempt to change both the goals and the means approved by the society
a. Innovation b. Ritualism c. Retreatism d. Rebellion
41. It refers to the complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, norms, morals, law and other habits acquired
By man as a member of society.
a. Culture b. Socialization c. Sociology d. Anthropology
42. It refers to any information received and perceived to be true
a. Culture b. Knowledge c. Belief d. Social norms
43. These are official, institutionalized incentives to conform penalties for deviance
a. Formal sanctions b. Informal sanctions c. Unofficial sanction d. None of the above
44. These are rights specified under the bill of rights, such as freedom of speech and right to information
a. Natural Rights b. Civil rights c. Economic rights d. Political Rights
45. The rights against bill of attainder and the rights safeguarding of the accused under the bill of rights, Is an example of?
a. Natural Rights b. Civil Rights c. Economic Rights d. Constitutional rights
46. These are rights guaranteed under the fundamental charter of the country
a. Natural Rights b. Statutory rights c. Economic Right d. Constitutional rights
47. Make a distinction between Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.
a. Ethnocentrism means judging another culture solely by the values and standard of one’s own culture while Cultural
relativism the attempt to change behaviour according to its cultural context.
b. Ethnocentrism means judging another culture solely by the values of one’s own culture while cultural relativism
culture defines reality differently.
c. Ethnocentrism means judging another culture solely by the values of one’s culture while cultural relativism is the
differences in social behaviour that cultures exhibit around the world.
d. Ethnocentrism means judging another culture solely by the values of one’s own culture while cultural relativism is the
an individual person’s beliefs and activities should be understood.
48. It a natural rights of all human beings whatever their nationality, religion, ethnicity, and color
a. Natural Rights b. Human Rights c. Economic Rights d. Statutory Rights
49. It refers to the efforts of a group or society to regulate the behaviour of its members in conformity with established norms.
a. Social status b. Social control c. Social life d. None of the above
50. It is acquired by choice, merit, or individual effort, it is made possible through special abilities or talents
a. Ascribed statuses b. Achieved statuses c. Described statuses d. Social statuses

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