UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

FIRST SUMMATIVE

Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the chosen letter
on a separate sheet of paper.

1. It is the study, analysis, and description of humanity’s past and present. Questions about the past
include prehistoric origins and human evolution. The study of contemporary humanity focuses on
biological and cultural diversity, including language.
A. Sociology B. Politics C. Anthropology D. Psychology
2. “In cultural anthropology, we compare ideas, morals, practices, and systems within or between
cultures. We might compare the roles of men and women in different societies, or contrast how
different religious groups conflict within a given society.” Which of the following anthropological
perspective does it represent?
A. holism B. cultural relativism C. comparison D. legal force
3. It is the scientific investigation of human culture and social behavior. It is a discipline in social
sciences concerned about human society and human social activities.
A. anthropology B. sociology C. political science D. paleontology
4. Fill in the missing term, “Understand the _______ and ______ of social change in terms of general
causes and effects as well as unique historical circumstances.”
A. problem & solution C. direction & outcome
B. cause & consequence D. status & life
5. It is the study of the nature, causes, and consequences of collective decisions and actions taken by
groups of people embedded in cultures and institutions that structure power and authority
A. political Science B. sociology C. humanities D. governance
6. This refers to a group of people whose members interact, reside in a definable area and share a
culture.
A. culture B. residents C. society D. ethnosphere
7. What term refers to the shared practices, values, beliefs, norms and artifacts of the society?
A. culture B. residents C. society D. experience
8. Culture is ideational if ….
A. it sets out an optimal example of conduct
B. it is a framework that has few commonly reliant parts.
C. there is new social qualities added
D. no culture stays on the perpetual state.
9. Society is a system of stratification, what does it give in a given situation?
A. man’s past culture B. cooperation & conflict
C. arrangement of definition D. collaboration & struggle
10. Culture is learned and acquired, which is the major factor for justification?
A. books B. news C. heredity D. language
11. Which of the characteristics can justify that culture is “No culture stays on the perpetual state”?
A. culture changes
B. culture is cumulative
C. culture is learned and acquired
D. culture is dynamic
12. These are forms of social norms except:
A. folkways B. technology
C. values D. way of life
13. A type of society in which there is a low ratio of inhabitants to open land and in which the most
important economic activities are the production of foodstuff, fibers, and materials.
A. Urban society B. Rural society
C. Suburban Society D. Primitive society
14. All of these caused social change except:
A. climate B. beliefs C. economy D. calamities
15. It is a social science discipline that deals with systems of governance, and the analysis of political
activities, political thoughts, associated constitutions, and political behaviour.
A. Sociology B. Political Science C. Anthropology D. Social Science
16. Who integrates empirical research to social analysis?
A. Aristotle B. Auguste Comte C. Emile Durkheim D. Franz Boas
17. A perspective of sociology that analyzes the interconnectedness, sustainability, and balance of
society.
A. Cultural Relativism
 B. Functionalist Perspective
C. Conflict Perspectives
D. Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives
18. It is a study that focuses on society
A. Sociology B. Political science C. Zoology D. Anthropology
19. The Father of Modern Anthropology is __________________________.
A. Aristotle B. Auguste Comte C. Emile Durkheim D. Franz Boas
20. It is a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some
person or thing.
A. Beliefs B. Customs C. Traditions D. Norms
21. It attempts to explain how the social world operates.
A. Political theory B. Sociological theory
C. Anthropological theory D. Cultural theory
22. It sees social life as a competition, and focuses on the distribution of
resources,power, and inequality.
A. Theoretical perspective B. Conflict perspective
C. Cultural perspective D. Functionalist perspective
23. Which one is considered as the perception of individuals to accepted reality?
A. Beliefs B. Folkways C. Knowledge D. Outlook
24. What form of norm is codified ethics, formally agreed, and written down and
enforced by authorities?
A. Folkways B. Laws C. Mores D. Taboos
25. Which one is an act that violates a social norm?
A. Conflict B. Deviance C. Rebellion D. Ritualism
26. Which represent the standards we used to evaluate the desirability of things?
A. Beliefs B. Folkways C. Knowledge D. Values
27. What human action by which one tends to duplicate more or less, or exactly,
the behavior of others?
A. Adaptation B. Imitation C. Modification D. Socialization
28. What do you call of Mang Tirzo’s family’s customary patterns of everyday life
that specify what is socially correct and proper?
A. Folkways B. Laws
C. Mores D. Norms
29. Which is NOT correct about culture?
A. It may be challenged.
B. It is something biological.
C. Much of learning culture is unconscious
D. None of the above
30. Which statement is irrelevant?
A. Socialization plays no part in personality formation in individuals.
B. Successful socialization can result in uniformity within a society.
C. Large-scale complex societies that are not culturally homogenous usually have unanimous
agreement about what should be the shared norms.
D.none of the above