Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of City Schools
BANISIL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tambler, General Santos City

DISCIPLINE AND IDEAS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

1ST MASTERY EXAM (2ND SEMESTER)
S.Y. 2019-2020
Name: ________________________________________ Date: ________________
Year & Section: _________________________________ Score: _______________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the best answer for each of the

following. Write the letter before each number.

1. A branch of Social Science which is a scientific study what it a. Mitchell b. Seligman c. Peter Lewis d. Fairchild
means to be human.
a. Sociology b. Anthropology 13. According to him,” social sciences are concerned with the laws that
c. Psychology d. Political Science govern society and the social department of man.”
a. Mitchell b. Seligman c. Peter Lewis d. Fairchild
2. The following are the domains of anthropology except for one:
a. Biological b. Political 14. According to him,” social science as a general term for all the
c. Linguistic d. Cultural sciences which are concerned with the human affairs.”
a. Mitchell b. Seligman c. Peter Lewis d. Fairchild
3. It is a study of human culture through their material remains.
a. Archaeology b. Artifacts 15. According to him “the term social science is loosely applied to any
c. Cultural d. Forensic kind of study concerning man and society. In the strict sense it should
refer the application of scientific method to the study of the intricate and
4. This studying of human’s past needs written document. complex network of human relationship and the form of organization
a. Pre-historic Archaeology b. Post Historic designed to enable people to live together in societies.
Archaeology c. Historic Archaeology d. Archaeology a. Mitchell b. Seligman c. Peter Lewis d. Fairchild
5. It examines how humans are similar and different from other
16. When human shapes his material environment, he is applying
animals.
this field of anthropology.
a. Biological b. Cultural
a. Biological b. Cultural c. Linguistic d. Archaeological
c. Linguistic d. Archaeological

6. The anthropologists get a sample of the fossil record of the 17. When human differs in his physical form, he is applying this field of
dead person. What they are doing is considered as what? anthropology.
a. Paleoanthropology b. Forensic a. Biological b. Cultural c. Linguistic d. Archaeological
c. Primatology d. Cultural
18. When human has a unique communication system, he is applying
7. A mother wanted to identify what is the main cause of her this field of anthropology.
son’s death. What study will his son undergo? a. Biological b. Cultural c. Linguistic d. Archaeological
a. Paleoanthropology b. Forensic
c. Primatology d. Cultural 19. And when human acts according to learned knowledge
system, he is applying this field of anthropology.
8. This group of people are using symbol to communicate a. Biological b. Cultural c. Linguistic d. Archaeological
with one another. What type of study is this?
a. Biological b. Cultural 20. The following are the topics under Cultural Anthropology
c. Linguistic d. Archaeological except for one:
a. Learning Culture b. Social Organization
9. Its purpose is to communicate effectively and meaningfully. c. Communication d. Technology
a. Historical Linguistic b. Ethnography of Communication
c. Sociolinguistic d. Social Context II. Essay. Explain briefly and concise.

10. The relationship of this study is the variation and social 21-25. What makes anthropology unique? What defines it?
context among languages.
a. Historical Linguistic b. Ethnography of Communication 26-30. How does human make a better society? What is the
c. Sociolinguistic d. Social relationship of human to society?

11.) The fields of human knowledge that deal with all aspects of
the group life of human beings
a. Science b. Social Science
c. Sociology d. Anthropology

12. According to him “social sciences as those mental or cultural

sciences which deal with the activities of the individual as member of the
group. The term social sciences thus embrace all those subjects which
deal with the relationship of man to the society.