QUIZ

For numbers 1-4, identify the branch of science described in each item. Choose your answer from
the given choices below:
a. Anthropology b. Political Science c. Sociology

1. Its goal is to look for the similarities and differences among the culture of societies around
the world. In doing so, we could be able to understand more about human nature and be
more tolerant on other people’s behavior and actions.
2. This is the study of society, patterns of social interactions, and culture of everyday life.
3. Its main concern is to learn how to use power over others to maintain social order and
harmony among citizens.
4. If we want to know why certain social phenomena happened, such as the television
program Eat Bulaga’s Kalyeserye gaining millions of tweets worldwide, this field of social
science answers these occurrences.

For numbers 5-8, identify the most appropriate discipline to be used in the following research
scenarios and recent development that happened in our country. Choose your answer from the
given choices below:
a. Anthropology c. Political Science
b. Geography d. Sociology
5. Framing legislative policies abolishing or limiting political dynasties all over the Philippines
6. Preservation of cultural diversity and respect for traditions in this period of globalization
7. Referendum was held in selected provinces comprising the old Bangsamoro republic for the
ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Basic Law. This was done to promote development,
peace, and order in their locality.
8. Exchange of culture and ideas in the macro level and breakdown of families in the micro
level as a result of economic migration by Filipino workers
For numbers 9-15, choose the best answer for each item.
9. Food habits like the way of cooking foods, habits of dressing up, relationship with family
members or with in-laws, and many others are some of the focuses of this anthropological
field.
a. Archaeology c. Linguistics
b. Biological anthropology d. Cultural & social anthropology

10. A researcher chose to write about indigenous people in Mindanao and he described them
using some concepts such as kinship, gender, and power. He tried to compare them to
other groups of people. Which of the following fields of science did the statement above
portray?
a. History c. Political science
b. Anthropology d. Sociology
11. It entails political ideas, ideologies, institutions, policies, processes, laws, strategy, and
war.
a. Anthropology c. Sociology
b. Philosophy d. Political science
12. Which of the following statements is the best definition of sociology?
a. This is the study of ancient societies and their cultural traditions.
b. It comes from the Greek words anthropos meaning “humankind,” and logos meaning
“study.”
 c. This deals with the scientific study of human interactions, social groups and
institutions, and the whole societies.
d. It studies the ways in which cultural traditions of different groups of people have
changed over the years.
13. A group of people is responsible for discovering and digging up old communities. Based on
the fossils and artifacts found during the excavation, they try to put these pieces of
evidence together to describe the community, its people, their culture, and traditions. Who
do you think are these people?
a. Archeologists c. Ethnologists
b. Historians d. Sociologists
14. Society and culture is indeed connected with one another, all encompassing, meaning we
visualize culture and society as a complex whole. The following descriptions below clearly
explain how culture, society, and politics are interrelated with one another, except for one.
Which description is it?
a. Members of the society are not active in the engagement in political activities.
b. People interact meaningfully with one another and observe social norms as
members of the society.
c. The culture of a society encompasses the meaningful processes and products of
social interactions
d. People interact in society as individuals and as group with duties and privileges.
15. In social science, the study of the biological evolution of man is important because it
provides explanations on the reason behind the biological variations among contemporary
human population. Which field of social science is described in the said statement?
a. Archeology c. Linguistics
b. Ethnology d. Biological anthropology

ANSWER KEY

1. A
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. D
9. D
10. B
11. D
12. C
13. A
14. A
15. D