General Climaco National High School

Senior High School

Understanding Culture Society & Politics
Summative Test
I. Read each of the following item carefully and write only the letter which corresponds
to the correct answer.
1. It is occasionally called politology, a social science that deals with systems of governance, and the
analysis of political activities, political thoughts, associated constitutions, and political behavior.
a. sociology b. anthropology c. political science d. none of the above
2. It is the study of what makes us human.
a. sociology b. anthropology c. political science d. none of the above
3. It is the systematic science of studying human behavior within the context of societies.
a. sociology b. anthropology c. political science d. none of the above
4. It looks for patterns, recurring characteristics, and events.
a. sociology b. anthropology c. political science d. none of the above
5. It is a classical discipline that deals with the study of political phenomena.
a. sociology b. anthropology c. political science d. none of the above
6. It is the transformation of social institutions over time.
a. political change b. social change c. ritual change d. all of the above
7.It is the transformation of people or the way people live.
a. political change b. social change c. cultural change d. all of the above
8. It happens when the rulers of a country lose power or when the type of governance in the country
changes.
a. social change b. political change c. cultural change d. all of the above
9. It is the kind of system ideology used to express authority in a country.
a. government b. political science c. politics d. governance
10. It is the process through which the cultural traits of one society are borrowed, transmitted, and
adopted by another and considered as its own.
a. discovery b. invention c. diffusion d. none of the above
11. It is the process where new cultural elements are created to solve social and cultural problems.
a. discovery b. invention c. diffusion d. none of the above
12. It is the process where people recognize or gain a better understandingof already existing
elements present in the environment.
a. discovery b. invention c. diffusion d. none of the above
13. Which of the following is the best definition of cultural relativism?
a. A cultural group’s desire to pass on its values to the next generation
b. Refers to not judging a culture to our own standards of what is right or wrong
c. Measuring which cultures are related to others
d. All of the above
14. What is ethnocentrism?
a. judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one’s own culture.
b. judging another culture solely by the values and standards of another culture.
c. having no concept of right or wrong
d. both b and c
15. Which of the following sentences expresses cultural relativism?
a. an employee may refer to his client as stupid if the client needed some time to understand
whatever the employee is trying to tell him
b. addressing a conservative woman in a liberated place as weirdo
c. thinking that people who eats fried crickets are disgusting
d. none of the above
16. Which of the following is not a claim of a cultural relativist?
a. The moral code of a society determines what is right within that society
b. Different societies have different moral code
c. It is good to judge the conduct of other societies
d. There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one society as better than another
17. What does the picture show?

a. Cultural relativism
b. Ethnocentrism
c. Both cultural relativism and ethnocentrism
d. None of the above
18. Which of the following types of societies came first?
a. Hunting and gathering societies b. Agricultural societies c. Industrial societies d. Pastoral societies
19. It is something made or given shape by humans, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an
object of archaeological interest.
a. heritage b. antique c. artifacts d. art
20. These tools were developed by Homo Neanderthals.
a. Mousterian Tools b. Acheulian Tools c. Oldowon Tools d. Knife
21. This type of society uses technological advances to cultivate crops especially grains likewheat,
rice and corn.
a. Agricultural society b. Pastoral society c. Horticultural Society d. Industrial society
22.What are the uses of Aucheulian hand axe?
a. light chopping of woods b. butchering animals
c. cracking nuts and small bones d. all of the above
23. It consists of the roles and statuses that an individual learns as a child.
a. Roles b. Identity Formation c. Primary Identity d. Nature
24. It is an individual’s position in his or her society, which carries with it is a set of
defined rights and obligations.
a. Gender b. Status c. Nurture d. Social
25. Which of the following is NOT included in the four categories of norms?
a. History b. Cultural Variations c. Exceptionality d. all of these.
 II. True or False. Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.
___ 1. Political Science is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes
and consequences of human behavior.
___ 2. Political Science the study of human social behavior.
___ 3. Anthropology looks for patterns, recurring characteristics, and events.
___ 4. Political Science is the study of what makes us human.
___ 5. Sociology is a classical discipline that deals with the study of political
phenomena
___ 6. Political Science compares humans with other animals (most often, other
primates like monkeys and chimpanzees) to see what we have in common with
them and what makes us unique.
___ 7. Anthropologists are group of people that share a territory and a culture
___ 8. Anthropology tries to see social behavior by placing it in a wide social context.
___ 9. Sociology is a science of comparison and teaching of different types of
constitutions, political actors, legislature, and associated fields, all of them from an
intrastate perspective.
___ 10. Sociology is a study of politics and power from domestic, international, and
comparative perspectives.
____11. Most of hunting and gathering societies were nomadic, moving constantly insearch of food or
water.
____12. The two main types of oldowan tools were core tools and flake tools.
____13. Feudal societies are based on using machines to produce goods.
____14. New tools have been found in sites in Europe and elsewhere in the Old
World and more recently in the New World.
____15. Pastoral societies won’t allow some of its members to engage in non- survival
activities like healers, traders and craftspeople.