SUMMATIVE TEST IN UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS 11

TEST I. IDENTIFICATION. Write ”S” for social, “P” for Political and “C” for Cultural behavior and phenomena.

1. Marriage
2. Istambay
3. Conflict
4. Candidates elected at certain times
5. Suffrage
6. Flashmobs
7. Ice bucket challenge
8. Vice Ganda
9. Divorce
10. Food taboos

TEST II. IDENTIFICATION. Identify what is being asks.

1. It refers to the movement of people or families within or between different levels/classes in the society.
2. It pertains to a person’s masculinity or feminity.
3. A set of behaviors that the society expects from a person based on his or her sex.
4. It refers to the division of society based on occupation, power or wealth and family income.
5. It refers to group of people who have common or shared culture, language, history, religion or tradition
6. Group of people who share the same physical attributes.
7. It refers to the elimination of a group of people from the same race, ethnic group, religion or nation.
8. Set of practices and behaviors that relate to a group of people’s belief in a God or group of Gods.
9. It refers to people with physical and mental interference or problems that affect a person and which makes it
difficult for him or her to function properly in society.
10. It is the person’s instinctive membership to a specific nation or country.

TEST II. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write the letter of the correct answer.

1. Pedro was born into a low-income family. Despite their family situation, his parents still sent him to school to
have a better chance in life.
Which of the following applies to Pedro’s social mobility?
a. Social mobility through education
b. Social mobility through affinity
c. Social mobility through marriage
d. Social mobility through birth
2. Which among the following statements applies to social mobility at present?
a. A person’s place in society is fixed.
b. A person can move within different social classes through marriage only.
c. A person born in a low-income family may die as a member of a different income class.
d. A person may move from one social class to another through education.
3. Andrea wants to be an engineer when she grows up. When she was younger, she used to play with her brother’s
toy robots and cars. Her mother, however, told her that she can only play with dolls because she is a girl.
Which among the following concepts apply in this situation?
a. Sex role b. social roles c. sex discrimination d. gender role
4. Adolf Hitler persecuted the Jews based on their religion. They were considered a minority in Germany at the time.
Which of the following concepts was described in the example above?
a. Ethnocentrism b. racism c. ethnicity d. genocide
5. Because of the ongoing conflict between the government and Islamic Militants in the Mindanao, Rhian thinks
that Muslims are terrorist
a. Ethnocentrism b. racism c. ethnicity d. genocide
6. Anna and her family are Filipinos living in the United States. Anna is bullied by her American classmates because
of her brown complexion.
Which concept is shown in this example?
a. Ethnocentrism b. racism c. ethnicity d. genocide
7. Anne is a Protestant while her friend, Marie, is a Catholic. Sometimes, while doing their homework in Marie’s
house, Anne makes fun of the fact that Catholics have images of saints in their houses. What should Marie do
about this problem?
a. Marie should stop being friends with Anne.
b. Marie should retaliate by making fun of Anne’s religion.
c. Do nothing. Anne will eventually stop laughing about it.
d. Marie should talk to Anne and explain their religious differences.
8. Which among the following statements is TRUE about citizenship and nationality?
a. One can have dual nationalities and a multiple citizenships at the same time.
b. Being a citizen of a particular country does not mean you are also considered a national of that country.
c. Both citizenship and nationality refer to a person’s status in a country whether by birth or through
naturalization.
d. The citizenship and the nationalities of a person are always the same.
9. What do you call a person’s legal and political status in a city or state?
a. Ethnicity b. nationality c. citizenship d. naturalization
10. Amanda was born in the United States to Filipino parents. When she was five years old, her parents sent her
back to live with their family in the Philippines. Which among the following statements is TRUE about Amanda’s
nationality?
a. Amanda is an American national because she was born in the United States.
b. Amanda is a Filipino national because she was born to Filipino parents.
c. Amanda needs to apply for naturalization because she is an American Citizen.
d. Amanda is a Filipino citizen even though she grew up in the United States.