Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI Western Visayas
Division of Bacolod City
BACOLOD CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
S.Y. 2023-2024

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY & POLITICS

3rd QUARTERLY EXAM
SY 2023-2024
GENERAL INSTRUCTION:

Read, understand, and follow all DIRECTIONS carefully.

Write your answer on a separate answer sheet.
Make sure to write your name, grade level and section on your answer sheet.

Direction: Read the statements carefully. Determine whether the statements are TRUE or
FALSE. Write “T” if the statement is true and “F” if the statement is false.

1. Sociology is a study that determines the social potential of humans

on different environments.
2. Anthropology is the science of studying human emotion from ancient to modern
societies.
3. Political Science deals with the different government programs that
help alleviate poverty.
4. In comparing sociology, anthropology, and political science, the only discipline
that does not study society as a whole is political science.
5. Sociology, anthropology, and political science deals with human behavior in
large groups only.
6. All sociologists are also anthropologists and political scientists.
7. We need to study about society because as HUMSS students, we will become
future anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists.
8. The study of anthropology in the Philippines is focused on the indigenous
people and the minorities.
9. Political science is focused on studying about law rather than power.
10. Sociology is the only discipline in the social sciences that deals with culture.

Direction: Choose the letter that best correspond to the questions. Write your
answer on a separate sheet of paper.

11. Which discipline seeks to address social problems?

A. Anthropology C. Social Science
B. Political Science D. Sociology

12. Which discipline studies history, languages and genetic differences among species?
A. Anthropology C. Social Science
B. Political Science D. Sociology

13. Which discipline studies the interplay of power between groups and individuals?
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 A. Anthropology C. Social Science
B. Political Science D. Sociology

14. What do we gain with data gathered by anthropologists?

A. We study about the history of humanity.
B. We learn about how ancient societies prosper.
C. We understand more how humans have evolved.
D. We explore human culture and how it will affect us.

15. What is the significance of international law in our current situation?

A. Public health and food supply is more important than trade and capitalism.
B. Borders between countries are shut down to contain the spread in other areas.
C. Countries cannot deal with the spread of infection on their own and
must cooperate with other nations.
D. Global cooperation in sending back nationalities to their home countries as well as
in discovering a cure and vaccine.

16. Why is conflict important to maintain human society?

A. Conflict makes people richer.
B. It stabilizes the way things are.
C. It helps us understand human nature.
D. It helps maintain society and innovate actions

17. How will our knowledge in the three disciplines affect our interaction in
the community?
A. It will help us understand the people around us.
B. We will be more knowledgeable of how society functions.
C. We will apply our knowledge to make better choices during election period.
D. It will help us understand how various institutions work and how can
we benefit
from them.

18. What branch of Anthropology deals with understanding how humans developed?
A. Archaeology C. Cultural Anthropology
B. Biological Anthropology D. Linguistic Anthropology

19. Which of the following best describes sociology as a subject?

A. study of cultures C. study of behavior
B. study of economy D. study of social interaction

20. A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a defined area, share a
culture, and who:
A. interact C. speaks multiple languages
B. work in the same company D. practice similar religion

21. Sinulog Festival is Cebuano’s way of honoring Sto. Nino; Pangasinan’s Bangus festival signifies their
bountiful harvest of fishes particularly bangus; meanwhile, Bicolano’s “Bicol express” truly marks their “Uragon”
(courageous) style because of the spiciness and hotness of the said food. The mentioned traditions represent
culture as being __.
A. symbolic C. encompassing
B. intergrated D. learned
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 22. Mang Isko and Aling Perla used to have a family devotion (prayer) every Saturday. They
demonstrate and explain to their children the reason for having deep faith to God. What aspect of
culture is best suitable for this situation?
A. Culture is shared. C. Culture is transmitted.
B. Culture is social. D. Culture is learned.

23. Maharlika is a young woman of Agta tribe. She is excellent in performing their ethnic dance.
According to her, the elders in their tribe transferred the steps of the dance to her. What characteristic
or aspect of culture is being referred to by this experience?
A. Culture is learned. C. Culture is continuous.
B. Culture is shared. D. Culture is transmitted.

24. The following are all considered as means of transmitting culture among members of the
society. Which one is the main vehicle of passing culture from one generation to another generation?
A. Instruction C. Language
B. Imitation D. Symbols

25. Pinoys are fond of singing and listening to music. Before, people used to do sing-a-long with
a jukebox, then it was changed to karaoke, and now, most people sing their favorite songs in videoke.
Their ways of enjoying music has gone through changes but still lives up until today. Therefore, culture
is __.
A. learned C. continuous
B. shared D. transmitted

26. In the United States, once a person reached the age of 18, he/she can live freely outside the
guidance of parents, while here in the Philippines, we are family-oriented, meaning some are free to live
with parents until they grow old. This statement simply means that culture is __.
A. Culture is continuous. C. Culture is social.
B. Culture is varied. D. Culture is transmitted.

27. Gentriseños are known for celebrating Valenciana festival. In times of barangay fiestas, people
actively participate in the so-called “karakul.” Carmela has observed this specific way of life of the
Gentriseños since childhood. At present, this custom is still embedded in her heart. This story tells us
that culture is acquired by being bornt into a particular society. What aspect of culture does it describe?
A. symbolic C. encompassing
B. intergrated D. learned

28. One of the characteristics of culture is being continuous and cumulative. No culture remains
constant or unchanged; it is subject to slow but constant change. Culture is responsive to the changing
conditions of the physical world; hence, it is dynamic. Which scenario below best fits as an example of
the given statements on culture?
A. The Department of Education conducts learning instruction through blended learning modalities and
not the face-to-face strategy which people are already used to.
B. The Department of Health pursues and promotes proper self-care or health care to avoid virus-
related illnesses.

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 C. The Department of Interior and Local Government strictly implements directives on preventing drug-
related activities and many other correlated events.
D. The Department of Public Works and Highways pursues and supports the administration’s “Build,
Build, Build Program,” in order to invite foreign and local investors.

29. Which of the following refers to the “way of life” of individuals in a community?
A. Society C. Manner
B. Culture D. Organization
30. __ cannot exist apart from culture. It is an organized group of individuals who share
common/related manner of living. a. Institution c. Organization b. Corporation d. Society

31. Which of the following words can best describe culture and society as a complex whole?
A. interdependent C. interrelated
B. interactive D. All choices are correct

32. Analyze all the given statements. Trace which one is the best statement about the complexity of
culture and society.
A. Society can exist without culture. B. Culture can exist without society.
C. Society can operate without culture command.

33. People carry and transmit culture, but they are not culture. Edward B. Tylor described culture as
“a complex whole.” Which of the following choices supports Tylor’s description of culture?
A. Culture as complex whole means it encompasses traits and values of the society.
B. Culture as complex whole means it includes laws and norms in the government.
C. Culture as complex whole means it deals with everything that a person learns and shares as a
member of the society.
D. Culture as complex whole means it refers to the beliefs and traditions of modern Filipinos.

34. Which statement is wrong about the concept of culture?

A. Culture is a way of life transmitted through social interaction.
B. Every society has its own distinctive culture.
C. Culture refers to a group’s ways of behaving and thinking.
D. Culture can evolve into anything.

35. Does culture affect our lives in terms of the way we view society and interact with other people?
A. Yes C. Uncertain
B. No D. Maybe

36. It defines how people relate to nature and their physical environment.

A. Politics B. Anthropology C. Culture D. Sociology

37. It always describes human, human behavior, and human societies around the world.
A. Sociology B. Anthropology C. Political Science D. Culture

38. It is a social science that deals with humans and their interactions.
a. Sociology b. Anthropology c. Political Science d. Culture

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 39. Why anthropology a holistic discipline?
A. because the meaning of anthropology is came from Greek terms antropos (human) and
logos (study).
B. because it seeks to answer the questions about human beings and its spiritual and
psychological experiences.
C.because it uses an extensive and inclusive approach about the study of human biological
and sociological being.
D. because there is a cultural anthropology to find the answers about the questions regarding
human as creation of God.

40. 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

41. Is the study of anthropology important to the present generation? Why?

A. No because it gives a complex confusion about the understanding of different societies.
B. No because the studies of anthropology before are not been applicable in this present
times.
C. Yes because anthropologists are government paid individuals, so they need to do their
part as employees.
D. Yes because knowing about the past gives better understanding of today and best
development comes in.

42. It refers to a theoretical foundation of contemporary anthropology.

A. Nature of politics C. Nature of culture
B. Nature of anthropology D. Nature of sociology

43. It attempts to explain how the social world operates.

A. Political theory C. Anthropological theory
B. Sociological theory D. Cultural theory

44. It is used to analyze and explain objects of social study and facilitate organizing sociological
knowledge.
A. Theoretical perspective C. Cultural perspective
B. Conflict perspective D. Functionalist perspective

45. It sees social life as a competition, and focuses on the distribution of resources, power, and
inequality.

A. Theoretical perspective C. Cultural perspective

B. Conflict perspective D. Functionalist perspective

46. The are branches of anthropology EXCEPT:

A. Archaeology B. Biological C. Cultural

D. Linguistic E. Sociological

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 47. Which is a maladaptive culture but not adaptive?

A. Filipino people wanted to have car even roads can’t accommodate of many vehicles.

B. Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia and Dubai eating pork even against their culture.

C. People in north side of Europe wearing thick kinds of clothing even summer season.

D. The department of education adapt other kinds of modalities to deliver the quality of learning.

48. The best statement for the general understanding of the word “deculturation”

A. Cultural understanding is base from facts that never been forgotten.

B. Cultural application is base from theory of knowledge that forgotten.

C. Cultural beliefs that can change because of the needs of the society.

D. Cultural beliefs that can’t change because of the society’s needs.

49. What is the best content explanation of the figure about culture?

A. Culture is a complex learning from other cultures

B. Culture is shared from mother culture to other culture.

C. Culture is adaptive form what the environment needed.

D. Culture changes if needed to change for survival.

50. For the historicism’s perspective as one theory of culture, that each culture is unique and must
be studied in its own context. Are you amenable into it? Why?

A. Definitely yes because no one can answer the uniqueness of culture to other culture if there is
study about the origin of life.

B. Maybe because people do not only rely into one perspective but by many as possible ways to
apply in life’s situations.

C. No because history makes the study of culture, politics and society complicated in the field of
sociology and psychology.

D. Yes because by the study, readers can evaluate their actions and decisions about life process
in the name of socialization.

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Summative Test #1

Key Answer

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I. TRUE or FALSE

1. F
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. F
6. F
7. T
8. T
9. F
10. F

II. Multiple Choice

11. D
12. A
13. B
14. D
15. D
16. D
17. D
18. B
19. D
20. A

III. IDENTIFICATION

1. ANTHROPOLOGY

2. ARCHAEOLOGY

3. POLIICAL SCIENCE

4. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

5. SOCIOLOGY

6. SOCIAL WORK

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