Division of City Schools

Pasay City

Summative Test 1 for First Quarter in

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

NAME:_______________________________ SCORE:__________
TEACHER:____________________________ DATE:___________

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question from the choices. Write your answer
before each number.

1. According to Auguste Comte, Sociology came from two Latin words. Which of the following
words are correctly presented?
A. socio, logic B. social, logo C. socius, logus D. socis, logus

2. It is defined as a set of beliefs, practices, and symbols that are learned and shared, essentially it
is a consolidated understanding of the way the world works, transferred from one generation to the
next and shared by members of a group.
A. Sociology B. Anthropology C. Psychology D. culture

3. Understanding the examples below. You will infer with what human aspect of culture is it?
EXAMPLES:
schools, materials,
churches, temples,
factories, homes

A. Material culture B. Intangible Culture C. Tangible Culture D. Non-material

4. Which of the following does not belong to the Aspects of Culture?

A. Dynamic, flexible and Adaptive B. Learned through socialization or
enculturation
C. transmitted through socialization/enculturation D. Unpattern social interactions

5. Fill in the space with the correct word. Political science is a social study concerning the
allocation and transfer of _______ in decision making, the roles and systems of governance
including governments and international organizations, political behavior and public policies
A. title B. power C. land D. president

6. Bodily adornment, courtship, dancing, education and food taboos are examples of traits that are
parts of every known culture. This is known as?
A. Culture B. Cultural universals C. society D. Identity

7. Pedro felt disoriented when they moved to their new home in another country from which he
originally came from because of new culture. The given situation is an example of?
A. cultural relativism B. multiculturalist C. culture shock D. ethnocentrism
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8. Arrange the scrambled word to form the correct word. Culture is often called the
for living of a collectivity whose members share a given territory and language, feel responsible for
one another, and recognize their shared identity.
A. printedlue B. printedblue C. blueprint D. bluerent

9. Change the underlined word by choosing the right answer. Anthropologists have diverse views
about culture, they contributed thorough understanding and analysis that these positions may be
designated as fake.
A. realistic B. diverse C. change D. transform
10. Which of the following is considered as areas of Cultural Aspects ?
A. language, history, experience , space , identity and actions
B. history, war, literature , and power
C. government, country, citizen, and nationality
D. leadership, territory, language, and invasion

11. Sumner describes it as the technical name for the view of things in which one's own group is
the center of everything, and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it.
A. Ethnocentrism B. Cultural Relativism C. Cultural universals D. Society
12. Which among the statements tells about the advantage ethnocentrism?
A. Conclusions are made out of irrational differentiation.
B. It can cause separation within the society.
C. It can produce higher levels of self-esteem.
D. It is a philosophy which limits the human perspective.

13. Which among the statements tells about the disadvantage of ethnocentrism?
A. Solidarity of people within an ethnocentric community, country or society is increased.
B. This view can help an evolving society remember who it has always been.
C. Society’s criticism is not encouraged in an ethnocentric view.
D. It can influence every aspect of life if we allow it to do so

14. Why do societies self-destruct over time if it is ethnocentric?

A. Because no one is willing to listen to what anyone else has to say
B. Because everyone is listening to each other so no one is speaking
C. They do not self-destruct
D. Because everyone is doing other task

15. It is a rule that is similar to “finder’s keepers”

A. colonization B. ethnocentrism C. culture D. resourcing

16. Refers to the practice of assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it
through the lens of one’s own culture.
A. Ethnocentrism B. Cultural Relativism C. Cultural universals
D.Multiculturalism

17. Refers to both the fact of the existence of a diversity of cultures within one territory and to a
way of conceptualizing and managing cultural diversity.
A. Ethnocentrism B. Cultural Relativism C. Cultural universals D.
Multiculturalism

18. She is the anthropologist who argued that each culture has an internally consistent pattern of
thoughts and actions
A. Ruth Benedict B. William Sumner C. Dicana Mua Hal D. Dina Phienyly

19. Which is TRUE among the statements about cultural relativism?

A. The logic of cultural relativism is at the basis of contemporary policies of multiculturalism
B. Cultural relativism do not requires an open mind and a willingness to consider, and even adapt
to, new values and norms
C. Cultures are simply judged with reference to one's own culture
D. Relativist doesn’t have a strong beliefs of her/his own

20. Maria prefers to look at other cultures in terms of what their practices bring to them. What
perspective does Maria have?
A. Ethnocentrism B. Cultural Relativism C. Cultural universals D.
Multiculturalism
21. If you were a Filipino with ethnocentric views, which of the following would be your perspective
on COVID-19 situation?
A. Chinese should be banned from the entire Philippines because of their eating live foods they
created the virus.
B. No single foreigners should enter our country because they all have a virus and they are no
help.
C. A and B
D. A only

22. If you were a Filipino cultural relativist, which of the following will be your expression on legal
same sex marriage in other country?
A. Yuck B. I respect that C. That’s wrong D. No way!
23. Manila is an example of an
A. Ethnocentric city B. Cultural relativist city C. Multiculturalism D. universalist

24. Aya believes that if a tribe paints their faces for religious ceremonies, there must be a good
reason why they do that. She is
A. Ethnocentric B. Cultural relativist C. A and B D. None of the
choices

25. There is no modern Filipino indigenous culture because we used to exercise only foreign
influences that we grew up with. This is a case of
A. Ethnocentrism B. Cultural Relativism C. Cultural universals D. Multiculturalism