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Prk. Aquarius, Visayan Village, Tagum City used by people to make tools and do work?
a. Taxonomy
Diagnostic Test b. Technical
First Semester School Year 2023-2024 c.Culture
d. Domestication
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS 10. What do you call those people who were
nomadic, lived in clans sometimes 10 to 20 people
Directions: This test is multiple type with 60 items. Choose and made, controlled and used fire?
the letter that best describes your answer. Write your a. Village dwellers
answer in ½ Crosswise, erasures and alteration are not b. Hunter-gatherers
allowed and consider as wrong. c.Temple priests
d. Philosopher-kings
1. All cultures undergo , where cultural traits do not 11. Which of the following statements is true of culture?
remain exactly the same over periods of time. a. Languages are cultures.
a.Ethics b. Culture is a powerful human tool for survival.
b.Cultural change c.Archaeologists dig up culture in their excavations.
c. Cultural traits d. All of the above
d.Religion 12. Which of the following are the rules and
2. Which of the following is an element of culture? expectations by a society guides the behavior of its
a.Landforms members?
b.Geography a. Norms
c. Sports b. Values
d.All of the above c. Status
3. Culture is a central concept in anthropology, d. Gender
encompassing the range of phenomena that are 13. Karen used to tease her newly transferred
transmitted through social learning in human societies. B’laan classmate of his kinky hair and tanned skin.
Which of the following statements best describes culture? What kind of cultural view Karen has?
a.A people’s way of life, including beliefs, customs, a. Ethnocentrism
food, dwellings, and clothing. b. Cultural relativism
b.A vast, treeless plain in the Artic regions with very c. Culture
cold winters, cold summers, and little rain or snow. d. Society
c. Useful material found in nature, including water, 14. Mommy and daddy taught their one-year old
vegetation, animals, and minerals. daughter Raine how to play ABC song with the use of
d.Movement by people from one place to another with their Lenovo cellphone. Now, Raine can able to open
intentions of settling in new location. the phone and sing the ABC song. What
4. What is the strongest unifying force in a culture? characteristics of culture is shown in the situation?
a.Food a. Culture is learned.
b.Economic activity b. Culture is integrated.
c. Language c.Culture is shared.
d.Religion d. Culture is symbolic.
5. Taken together, the whole body of cultural universals 15. Why does citizenship matters in every nation?
is known as the human condition. Evolutionary a. It serves as identification on an individual based on
psychologists hold that behaviors or traits that occur a formal legal status
universally in all cultures are good candidates for b. Citizens are political actors
evolution adaptations. Cultural universals include: c.Shared membership of political community
a.Music d. None of the above
b.Literature 16. The following are significance to study society except:
c. Movies a. Gives meaning to the importance of the
d.All of the above self in relation to others.
6. What is a Cultural region? b. Gives the full understanding of how the social
a.A group of people who move around together. groups affect our thinking and behavior.
b.A group who share a similar language and customs. c.Acknowledge that our social constitution affects
c. A group of people who have the same leader. how we live our life.
d.A group who come from the same family. d. Broadens our perspective on how we value
7. Among the following, what status is a social position a our own and others culture.
person receives at birth or takes on involuntarily later in 17. As a we carry our ancestor’s tradition and
life? belief, speak the language of our parents, practice faith
a.Ascribed and the distinct way of life of our community, create and
b.Subscribed showcase the arts and heritage of our people and transmit
c. Scribed some if not all, of these to the next generation.
d.Achieved a. Social being
8. What status is refers to a social position a person takes on b. Cultural being
voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort? c.Political being
a.Ascribed d. Spiritual being
b.Subscribed
c. Scribed
d.Achieved
18. What is the most significant determinant of the evolution of
human and human-like creatures?
a. Legs
b. Facial structure
c. Brain cavity
d. Pelvis
19. Which of the following marked the beginning of civilization?
a. The development of cities
b. The discovery of fire
c. The building of temples
d. The creation of farming
20. How do historians help us learn about the past?
a. They determine the age of rocks.
b. They collect, evaluate, and interpret written evidence.
c. They dig up artifacts.
d. They use radioactivity to determine the age of artifacts
21. How did geography affect the life of early hunter-
gatherer societies?
a. Hunter-gatherer clans settled in river valleys.
b. Hunter-gatherer clans plowed the land for farming.
c. Hunter-gatherer clans had a steady supply of food at all
times.
d. Hunter-gatherer clans migrated as food sources were
depleted.
22. Which of the following is the primary reason that
civilization first developed in river valleys?
a. Large grasslands made it easy to feed domesticated
animals in the valley
b. The soil was fertile for farming and irrigation was
relatively easy
c. Farmers could count on an even amount of rain
each year
d. The land was free of pests and disease
23. Scientists cannot yet agree how life on Earth started.
The best reason for this is which of the following?
a. Some scientists will not change their minds in the
light of new evidence.
b. There are just too many different theories to choose
from.
c. There are different theories about how life on Earth
started for which we have little evidence.
d. They were already tired seeking for answers to the
never ending questions about how life forms.
24. Why is language one of the most important aspects of
culture?
a. When groups migrate, a shared language helps
prevent conflict.
b. Language allows people to communicate and
provides a sense of identity.
c. Unlike other aspects of culture, language does not
change.
d. Languages can be classified into language families.
25. According to Darwin's theory of evolution, how do
new species evolve?
a. by artificial selection
b. by unnatural selection
c. by natural selection
d. all of the above
26. Why do people form communities?
a. They want to live and work where they feel safe.
b. They want to live apart from each other.
c. They want chaos.
d. They want to tell stories and tell tales.
27. What will happen if citizens oppose the norms,
values, and roles, even the status of the society?
a. People must be encourage to conformity
and discourage deviance or norm breaking.
b. The country will be in a state of war because
people will go out and do what they want.
c. There will be no room for mistakes.
d. Everyone will be happy and will be living in
peace and harmony.
28. What do you think is the reason why we have rights?
a. To allow us do what we want to do.
b. To help us realize what we are deserving for
liberties and protection.
c. To free us from punishment and other free us
from punishment whenever we commit mistakes.
d. To help us defend ourselves even if we violate
the rules.
29. What are the solutions to human rights violation?
a. Let the people do what they ought to do.
b. Help in promoting protection to human dignity,
human rights, and the common good.
c. Help the criminal in promoting protection for
themselves and allow them to continue what
they do.
d. Participate in rallies to voice out your
perspectives and opinions in life.
30. If people know what is right and wrong, what
will most likely to happen?
a. People might avoid doing wrong things and
do the right things.
b.People might continue doing things that makes them
happy and satisfied.
c. People might avoid only those things that
are punishable by law.
d.People might change.
31. What will happen if people fail to socialize?
a. People will be happy living alone because no one
will disturb them.
b.People will be learning things that they have
not learned before through socialization.
c. Learning will be stagnant because a lot can
be learned from socialization.
d. Learning will be fun because you are discovering
it alone.
32. Mila transferred to a new school in her mom’s
hometown at Lake Sebu, South Cotabato . She is
used to speak Tagalog because her father is
Tagalog. She is rich and dresses well in school.
Most of her classmates were B’laan. They were
poor and don’t even have school uniform but Mila
initiates talking with them and make them as her
friends. She even shares to them things that her
classmates wants to have. What cultural view Mila shows?
a. Ethnocentrism
b. Cultural relativism
c. Culture
d.Society
33. An anthropologist who studies the seafaring
communities of Sama Dilaut in the Sulu Archipelago would find
ways of comparing and contrasting them to the broader
Bajao seafaring cultures across Southeast Asia or
elsewhere in the world. By doing these comparative
studies, anthropology as an academic discipline provides:
a. Insights and deeper understanding of what their beliefs
are.
b. A more grounded, insightful, and deeper understanding
of our common humanity.
c. Knowledge on survival and protection.
d. Action related with each other within a given system of
their respective societies.
34. Wright Mills argues that a great number of our social
experiences can overwhelm us into inaction. He then
offers a solution: a way of seeing society that can help us
understand everyday events and make better choices as
individuals and as a group. He calls this the “sociological
imagination,” which is a way of looking at people in terms of
the intersection of their own lives with the larger social and
historical context. Mills views . can be traced back to two Greek words, ‘anthropos’ and
a. Society not people’s personal failings is the main cause
of social problems.
b. People’s personal failings not society is the main
cause of social problems.
c. People’s individual interests is the main reason of
social problems.
d. People’s lack of self-discipline is the main reason of
social problems.
35. Socialization is the lifelong social experience by
which people develop their human potential and learn
culture. What is the main idea of this statement?
a. Humans don’t need social experiences to learn their
culture and to survive.
b.Humans need social experience to learn their culture
and to survive.
c. Humans put limit in acquiring social experiences
because not all experiences are essential.
d. Humans need a few of social experiences to learn their
culture and survive.
36. Which of the following are culturally defined standards
that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and
beautiful and that serve as broad guidelines for social
living?
a. Norms
b. Values
c. Status
d. Gender
37. Why culture is learned?
a. Because culture is acquired by being born into
a particular society in the process of enculturation
b. In the sense that it renders meanings to what people
do
c. Because it is within exclusive domains of social
relations, societies operate differently from each other
leading to cultural variations
d.Because of the systems of meanings and many
other facets of culture such as kindred, religion,
economic activities, inheritance, and political
process.
38. How does culture is symbolic?
a. Culture is symbolic in the sense that it .is
acquired by being born
b. Culture is symbolic in the sense that it makes
society work.
c.Culture is symbolic in the sense that it
renders meanings to what people do.
d. Culture is symbolic in the sense that it is
within exclusive domains of social relations
39. What aspects of culture is within exclusive
domains of social relations, societies operate
differently from each other leading to cultural
variations?
a. Shared
b. Learned
c.Symbolic
d. All-encompassing
40. The etymology or origin of the term anthropology
‘logos’. When translated into English, ‘anthropos’ means
‘human’ while ‘logos’ refers to ‘knowledge’.
Anthropology means which of the following?
a. The knowledge about humans’ in which
subject of anthropological study is humanity.
b. The knowledge about fossil remains and artefacts.
c. The knowledge about literary pieces and artworks
of a long time ago.
d. The knowledge about the behavior of human
and animals in the so ciety.
41. Which of the following statements supports the
theory of evolution by natural selection?
a. Charles Darwin collected data and evidence from
the Galapagos Islands.
b. The fossil record shows changes to organisms in
rocks of different ages.
c. The dinosaurs became extinct when an
asteroid collided with the Earth.
d. None of the above.
42. How can you establish relationship among people
in the community?
a. By becoming a social person- understand and
respect each other’s culture, traditions, beliefs,
and etc.
b. By helping spread gossips among the people in
the community.
c. By isolating yourself to avoid misunderstanding
between the people in the community.
d. By telling other people that your cultures,
traditions, and beliefs are better than them.
43. A group of people involved in persistent
intrapersonal 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
44. An organized political community living under a
single system of government.
a. State
b. Society
c. Government
d. Culture
 discipline area often debated.
A.Family
B.Kinship
45. Which of the following is a study of relationship among C.Household
people? D.Marriage
a. Sociology 55. These are people who are biologically related to one
b. Biology another, such as brothers and sisters or parents and their
c.Anthropology children.
d. Archeology A.Consanguineal Kin
46. Which of the following is the system by which society B.Affinal Kin
ranks categories of people in a hierarchy according to C.Patrillineal
power, wealth, and prestige. D.Matrillineal
a. Social Interaction
b. Social Stratification 56. Also known as customs, these are norms of
c.Social Justice everyday behavior that people follow for the sake of
d. Social Science tradition or convenience.
47. Among the following, which is a state in which A.Law
resources, usually material, but sometimes cultural, are B.Mores
lacking? C.Taboos
a. Wealth D.Folkways
b. Poverty 57. Societies are characterized by patterns of
c.Attitude relationships between individuals who share a
d. Perspective distinctive culture and institutions. Society is .
48. In gender stratification, there is an unequal A.political entity
distribution among men and women of which of the B.limited by geographical boundaries
following? C.the same as culture or nation
a. Power, Leadership, and authority D.an organized interaction by people sharing land and
b. Love, Passion, and Justice culture
c.Wealth, Power, and Privilege 58. Term for "the ability to walk on two feet" is...
d. Family, Education, and Benefits A.Erect
49. Which of the following pertains to ownership or control of B.Bipedalism
resources? C.Specialization
a. Property D.Innovation
b. Wealth 59. What was the significance of the Lucy find of 1974?
c.Poverty A.Lucy was the first hominid to be found preserved in ice.
d. People B.Lucy’s skeleton was the most nearly incomplete of any
50. What is known as customs, these are norms of erect-walking pre-human found up to the time of her
everyday behavior that people follow for the sake of discovery.
tradition or convenience? C.Lucy's shinbone provided evidence of upright walking.
a. Law D.Lucy's skull provided evidence that early male and
b. Mores female hominids differed significantly in size.
c.Taboos 60. It is the web of social relationship that form an important
d. Folkways part of the lives of most humans in most
51. Societies are characterized by patterns of societies, although its exact meanings, even within this
relationships between individuals who share a distinctive discipline area often debated.
culture and institutions. Which of the following best A.Family
describe as society? B.Kinship
a. political entity C.Household
b. limited by geographical boundaries D.Marriage
c. the same as culture or nation
d. an organized interaction by people sharing land and
culture
52. Which of the following is the best term for "the ability to
walk on two feet"?
a. Erect
b. Bipedalism
c. Specialization
d. Innovation
53. What was the significance of the Lucy find of 1974?
A.Lucy was the first hominid to be found preserved in ice.
B.Lucy’s skeleton was the most nearly incomplete of any
erect-walking pre-human found up to the time of her
discovery.
C.Lucy's shinbone provided evidence of upright walking.
D.Lucy's skull provided evidence that early male and
female hominids differed significantly in size.
54. It is the web of social relationship that form an important
part of the lives of most humans in most
societies, although its exact meanings, even within this
 exact meanings, even within this discipline
61. Also known as customs, these are norms area often debated.
of everyday behavior that people follow for A.Family
the sake of tradition or convenience. B.Kinship
A.Law C.Household
B.Mores D.Marriage
C.Taboos 66. These are people who are biologically
D.Folkways related to one another, such as brothers and
62. Societies are characterized by patterns of sisters or parents and their children.
relationships between individuals who A.Consanguineal Kin
share a distinctive culture and institutions. B.Affinal Kin
Society is . C.Patrillineal
A.political entity D.Matrillineal
B.limited by geographical boundaries 67. It is a form of marriage in which one man
C.the same as culture or nation marries one woman. It is the most common
D.an organized interaction by people sharing and acceptable form of marriage.
land and culture A.Monogamy
63. Term for "the ability to walk on two feet" is... B.Polygamy
A.Erect C.Polygyny
B.Bipedalism D.Polyandry
C.Specialization 68. A ritual kinship is a privileged social
D.Innovation relationship established by ritual, such as
64. What was the significance of the Lucy find of that if god parents or fraternal orders. What
1974? is the most famous ritual kinship?
A.Lucy was the first hominid to be found A.Champorazado
preserved in ice. B.Extranonanza
B.Lucy’s skeleton was the most nearly C.Compadrazgo
incomplete of any erect-walking pre-human D.Compradas
found up to the time of her discovery. 69. It means the marriage of two or more women
C.Lucy's shinbone provided evidence of upright with two or more men. Here the husbands are
walking. common husbands and wives are common
D.Lucy's skull provided evidence that early wives. What kind of marriage is this?
male and female hominids differed A.Special Marriage
significantly in size. B.Group Marriage
65. It is the web of social relationship that form an C.Marriage by Blood
important part of the lives of most D.Clan Marriage
humans in most societies, although its
70. The following statements are true about themselves as belonging to a particular
politics in kinship EXCEPT one. Which unilineal group because they believe they
among these statements? share common descent in either the
A.Political dynasty is a very popular term patrilineal or the matrilineal line EXCEPT
to use if the family is in power. one.
B.A political family or political dynasty is a A.Lineages
family in which several members are B.Clans
involved in politics, particularly electoral C.Parties
politics. D.Moieties
C.Members may be related by blood
marriage; often several generations or
multiple siblings may be involved.
D.None of the Above
71. The following are the groups which refer