ILIGAN CAPITOL COLLEGE

Brgy. Mahayahay, Iligan City

BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Senior High School

1ST QUARTER EXAMINATION

Understanding Culture, Society and Politics
1st Semester SY 2022-2023

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date of Exam: _________________

Course & Year: _______________________________________________ Permit Number: ________________
Instructor: MS. IRIS H. LEUTERIO Score: _______________________

I. TRUE OR FALSE. Read each question carefully and identify whether it is TRUE or FALSE. Write CULTURE for
true or F for false for your answers, use the space provided before each number.

__________ 1. Society is a group of people sharing a common culture.

__________ 2. Culture is a “complex whole which encompasses beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms,
artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and everything that a person learns and shares as a member of society.”
__________ 3. Cultures evolve from the interaction of person with others, and a person’s belief or behavior becomes part
of the culture when it is externalized and objectified.
__________ 4. Culture is expressed in language and symbols.
__________ 5. Modern and large societies has more integration and diversity of culture.
__________ 6. In small homogeneous culture there are people act as one and think as one.
__________ 7. Pyramids are graving yard for all Egyptians.
__________ 8. Due to the location of China along mountains and oceans they were easily captured by other civilization.
__________ 9. The Egyptians were ruled by dynasties of Pharaohs.
__________ 10. Seignior is the ruler in Ancient Babylon.
__________ 11. Ziggurat is a step-pyramid temples for the gods as believed by  Ancient China.
__________ 12. Nile River was the giver of life for Babylon's providing drinking water, irrigation for crops, and means of
travel and trade.
__________ 13. In Hammurabi Code the code "eye for an eye" is condemn.
__________ 14. The unskilled workers and slaves are the lowest levels in societal pyramid in ancient Egypt.
__________ 15. In ancient times mountains became ideal locations for cities and settlements because of the fertile land
surrounding it.

II. MULTIPLCE CHOICE. Encircle the letter of the best answer for each of the following statements /questions.

1. It encompasses all social aspects including our language, customs, values, norms, mores, education, etc…
a. Society b. politics c. culture d. political science
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. ________________ is the holistic “science of man”, a science of the totality of human existence.
a. Anthropology b. Sociology c. Archaeology d. Etymology
4. It is the study of relationships among people.
a. Anthropology b. Sociology c. Archaeology d. Etymology
5. _____________ are 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
6. _____________ describe 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. _________ are 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. values c. folkways d. taboos
10. The practice of interpreting and judging other cultures in terms of their own internal meaning and value systems.
a. cultural relativism b. ethnocentrism c. cultural integration d. cultural clash
11. Is the belief that one’s own cultural practices and values are inherently correct or superior to those of others.
a. cultural relativism b. ethnocentrism c. cultural integration d. cultural clash
12. Karen used to tease her newly transferred Mangyan classmate because of his kinky hair and tanned skin. What
kind of cultural view Karen has?
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 a. cultural relativism b. ethnocentrism c. cultural integration d. cultural clash
13. Mommy and Daddy taught their one-year old daughter Cloud how to play ABC song with the use of their Lenovo
cell phone. Now, Cloud can able to open the phone and sing the ABC song. What characteristic of culture is
shown in the situation?
a. culture is learned b. culture is integrated c. culture is shared d. culture is symbolic
14. “Sabong” is a vice which Lolo Tasyo has been indulged with until this year. This kind of gambling was brought in
the Philippines during the Spanish colonization. This only proves that culture is? A. learned B. integrated
a. culture is learned b. culture is integrated c. culture is shared d. culture is symbolic
15. Sandra, a 16-year-old Filipina girl had been nominated to be an exchange-student in Australia during winter
season. In her preparation of things, she excluded her shorts and sleeveless and start pulling out her jackets and
boots on her cabinet, while her Australian exchange student began to take in her shirts and shorts on her
personal baggage bag. What does this show?
a. culture is adaptive b. culture is abstract c. culture is dynamic d. culture is symbolic
16. How did the Neolithic Revolution support larger populations worldwide?
a. Civilizations were able to conquer and unite vast territories.
b. Farming allowed for a surplus of food to support more people.
c. Governments created better ways of getting along.
d. More people were needed for hunting and gathering
17. Name the world’s earliest form of paper that was invented by the Egyptians.
a. Papyrus b. Hieroglyphics c. Cuneiform d. Bone Script
18. A form of writing developed by the people of Sumer.
a. Cuneiform b. Hieroglyphics c. Alibata d. Roman
19. The Sumerians believed in
a. Monotheism b. Priests c. Polytheism d. Catholicism
20. Why was the Hammurabi’s Code important?
a. It helped decode the cuneiform writing.
b. Soldiers used it to send secret messages during battle.
c. It helped everyone know the laws and punishments.
d. It showed archaeologist why writing was important.

III. ESSAY. Answer as directed.

A. Differentiate ethnocentrism and cultural and cite real life example for each. (10 pts)

B. Give 2 examples of every components of your culture using the given table below. (10 pts)

Symbols Language Values Norms Mores

C. Write the correct sequence of the Biological Evolution of Man (5 pts)