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UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY and POLITICS REVIEW TEST

I. Read the statements below carefully and encircle the letter of your choice.
1. It is the study of relationships among people.
A. Anthropology B. Sociology C. Archaeology D. Etymology

2. It is the system by which a state or community is controlled as to put order.

A. Political B. Constituents C. Government D. System

3. It deals with the systems of government and the analysis of political activity and political
behavior.
A. Public Policy B. Political Theory C. International Relation D. Political Science

4. The conceptions or ideas people have about what is true in the environment around
them like what is life, how to value it, and how one’s belief on the value of life relate with
his or her interaction with others and the world.
A. Beliefs B. Values C. Language D. Norms

5. It is a hereditary endogamous social group in which a person’s rank and his/her rights
and obligations are ascribed or on the basis of his/her birth into a particular group.
A. Caste B. Class C. Estate D. Slavery

6. It describes what is appropriate or inappropriate in a given society or what ought to be.

A. Beliefs B. Values C. Language D. Norms

7. It is a shared set of spoken and written symbols.

A. Beliefs B. Values C. Language D. Norms

8. It refers to specific rules/standards to guide appropriate behavior.

A. Beliefs B. Values C. Language D. Norms

9. Also known as customs, these are norms for everyday behavior that people follow for
the sake of tradition or convenience.
A. Mores B. Law C. Taboos D. Folkways

10. It is an organized political community living under a single system of government.

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

11. A group of people involved in persistent interpersonal relationships, or a large social

grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same
political authority and dominant cultural expectations.
A. State B. Society C. Government D. Culture

12. A person or practitioner who studies Anthropology.

A. Sociologist B. Psychologist C. Anthropologist D. Archaeologist

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 13. It refers to an alteration in the social order of a society.
A. Social Science B. Social Climber C. Social Change D. Social Stratification

14. It refers to a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy.

A. Social Climber B. Social Science C. Social Change D. Social Stratification

15. It is something that is not present in nature but is formed through a process done by
man.
A. Artifacts B. Civilization C. Democracy D. Neolithic
16. It involves the rejection of both the cultural goals and the traditional means of achieving
those goals.
A. Retreatism B. Ritualism C. Ostracism D. Idealism

17. Being ignored by others who are in one’s presence.

A. Social control B. Social ostracism C. Social stratification D. Social change

18. The fact or state of diverging from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or
sexual behavior.
A. Gossip B. Enculturation C. Deviance D. Conformity

19. It is the acceptance of the cultural goals and means of attaining those goals.
A. Gossip B. Enculturation C. Deviance D. Conformity

20. The importance, worth, or usefulness of something.

A. Values B. Status C. Self D. Role

21. It is known as the holistic “science of man”, a science of the totality of human existence.
A. Anthropology B. Sociology C. Archaeology D. Etymology

22. The study of previous cultures of humans by analyzing various artifacts and fossils.
A. Paleontology B. Archaeology C. Paleozoology D. Geology

23. It is a process wherein there are notable changes made to the culture of a society over
several generations.
A. Industrial Society C. Cultural evolution
B. Neolithic revolution D. Biological evolution

24. A term that is used to refer to the impact and development of farming to the lives of
people.
A. Biological evolution C. Cultural evolution
B. Industrial society D. Neolithic revolution

25. A species of hominid. They are the modern humans.

A. Homo habilis C. Homo erectus
B. Homo sapiens sapiens D. Homo sapiens

26. It is where a social group with which an individual does not identify to be part of.
A. Out-Group B. Primary Group C. Reference Group D. Secondary Group

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 27. It is a small social group whose members share personal and lasting relationships.
A. Out-Group B. Primary Group C. Reference Group D. Secondary Group

28. These are used in order to guide our behavior and attitudes and help us to identify social
norms.
A. Out-Group B. Primary Group C. Reference Group D. Secondary Group

29. These are large clusters of people who have a mutually shared purpose, often aiming to
complete tasks.
A. Out-Group B. Primary Group C. Secondary Group D. Reference Group

30. These are groups of people that has distributive task for a collective goal.
A. Groups B. Class C. Society D. Organizations

31. It is the custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
A. Endogamy B. Exogamy C. Monogamy D. Polygamy

32. It is the tracing of kinship through both parents’ ancestral lines.

A. Matrilineal descent C. Patrilineal descent
B. Bilateral descent D. Unilineal descent

33. It is the custom of marrying outside a community, clan, or tribe.

A. Endogamy B. Exogamy C. Monogamy D. Polygamy

34. It is a kinship system in which an individual’s kin group, or clan membership, is traced
through men.
A. Matrilineal descent C. Patrilineal descent
B. Bilateral descent D. Unilineal descent

35. It is a kinship system in which descent is traced through only one gender.
A. Matrilineal descent C. Patrilineal descent
B. Bilateral descent D. Unilineal descent

36. A system that traces descent through the women of the clan.
A. Matrilineal descent C. Patrilineal descent
B. Bilateral descent D. Unilineal descent

37. It’s a family tree that is only tracked through the men or women of the family, but not
both.
A. Matrilineal descent C. Patrilineal descent
B. Bilateral descent D. Unilineal descent

38. A family unit that results from the union of two parents, both with a child or children from
previous relationships.
A. Nuclear family C. Extended family
B. Blended family D. Single parent family type

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 39. A family unit which extends beyond the nuclear family to include grandparents and
other relatives.
A. Nuclear family C. Extended family
B. Blended family D. Single parent family type

40. The family unit which consist of one parent raising one or more children on his own.
A. Nuclear family C. Extended family
B. Blended family D. Single parent family type

II. Matching type. Match the description in Column A with the words in Column B.
Write only the letter on the space provided.
A B
____ 41. Philippine folk medicine A. Nation
____ 42. The entitlements to accrue to one because he/she B. Traditional way of
healing is a human being.
____ 43. It is a political unit that has sovereignty C. Human Rights
____ 44. Distinct population of people bound together by a D. State
a common culture, history, and tradition
____ 45. A political unit headed by a chief who holds power E. Medico
over more than one community group
____ 46. Healing that involves scientific process F. Chiefdom
____ 47. Freedom from external controls G. Western way of healing
____ 48. Traditional healer yet gives prescriptions of medicines H. Sovereignty
____ 49. Practiced by majority of doctors nowadays I. Alternative healing
____ 50. A combination of smaller kin linked by a common culture J. Tribe
that actually act as one.

III. Identify whether the following statement concludes human as: SOCIAL being, CULTURAL
being, or POLITICAL being. Write your answers on the space provided.

__________ 51. We always belong to the group and interact with people.
__________ 52. We carry our ancestors’ traditions and beliefs.
__________ 53. Our rights and privileges are limited because we are governed by rules and laws
of our society.
__________ 54. Our power is inherent in the rights guaranteed and protected by our State.
__________ 55. We relate with our childhood friends, neighbors, and classmates.
__________ 56. We speak the language of our parents, practice faith and the distinct way of life
of our community.
__________ 57. We create or showcase the arts and heritage of our people and transmit some, if
not all, of these to the next generation.
__________ 58. We become citizens, we elect our leaders, we pay taxes, we receive welfare
and support from the government because our Constitution and our laws tell it so.
__________ 59. We will be having our co-workers or colleagues in office, professional peers here
and abroad.
__________ 60. We are always in company with others like our parents and siblings.

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IV. Identify whether the following statement gives the significance of studying: CULTURE,
SOCIETY or POLITICS.
____________61. Gives meaning to the importance of the self in relation to others (kapwa)
____________62. Broadens our perspectives on how we value our own and others’ cultures
____________63. Educates us on the importance of exercising our rights and maximizing our
political participation to sustain, maintain or change society
____________64. Provides a bigger context on how government works and how rules, regulations
and laws maintain social order, cohesion and unity
____________65. Describes how and why we belong to a bigger global society

IV. Essay. 15 points.

66-70. If you are given the chance to talk to the Philippine President, what would it be? Why?
Elaborate your answer.
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71- 75. What is your idea about the continuous poverty your fellow citizen is experiencing?
What could be the possible reasons? What can you contribute to uplift it?
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76- 80. Reflect on the quote below:

“The purpose of learning is not to give exams in class and forget about it, but to increase the
knowledge until they possess an area of the earth for God almighty”
― Sunday Adelaja
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