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what might otherwise be seen as chaotic existence.
Anthropology of Religion
1. According to E. B. Tylor, what is religion?
a) A belief in spiritual beings
b) Religion masks the face of God
c) Religion is an illusion
d) It is the sigh of the oppressed, the feeling of a
heartless world, the soul in a place without a soul; it
is the opium of the people.
e) Religion is a virus.
2. According to Sigmund Freud, what is his view on
religion?
a) A belief in spiritual beings
b) Religion masks the face of God
c) Religion is an illusion
d) It is the sigh of the oppressed, the feeling of a
heartless world, the soul in a place without a soul; it
is the opium of the people.
e) Religion is a virus.
3. According to Karl Marx, what is his view on
religion?
a) A belief in spiritual beings
b) Religion masks the face of God
c) Religion is an illusion
d) It is the sigh of the oppressed, the feeling of a
heartless world, the soul in a place without a soul; it
is the opium of the people.
e) Religion is a virus.
4. According to J.M. Yinger, what is religion?
a) A belief in spiritual beings
b) Religion masks the face of God
c) Religion is an illusion
d) A system of beliefs and practices by means of
which a group of people struggle with the ultimate
problems of human life
e) Religion is a virus.
5. According to Richard Dawkins, what is his view on
religion?
a) A belief in spiritual beings
b) Religion masks the face of God
c) Religion is an illusion
d) It is the sigh of the oppressed, the feeling of a
heartless world, the soul in a place without a soul; it
is the opium of the people.
e) Religion is a virus.
6. What is the most common understanding of
religion?
a) A religion is a system of beliefs usually involving
the worship of supernatural forces or beings.
b) A system of ideas and rules for behavior based on
supernatural explanations.
c) It provides shape and meaning to one's perception
of the universe.
d) In other words, it provides a sense of order in
7. What is animatism?
a) A belief in a supernatural power not part of
supernatural beings.
b) A belief that natural objects are animated by
spirits.
c) Initially, animatism and animism may seem to be
the same thing.
d) Ancestral spirits.
e) Minor supernatural beings.
8. What is animism?
a) A belief in a supernatural power not part of
supernatural beings.
b) A belief that natural objects are animated by
spirits.
c) Initially, animatism and animism may seem to be
the same thing.
d) Ancestral spirits.
e) Minor supernatural beings.
9. What is the difference between animatism and
animism?
a) Animatism is impersonal, while animism involves
individual supernatural beings.
b) Animatism and animism are the same thing.
c) Animatism and animism are only found in separate
cultures.
d) Animatism involves spirits, while animism does
not.
e) Animism is impersonal, while animatism involves
individual supernatural beings.
10. What are gods and goddesses?
a) Ancestral spirits
b) Minor supernatural beings
c) Impersonal supernatural powers
d) Supernatural beings with human-like
characteristics
e) Natural objects with spirits
11. What are minor supernatural beings?
a) Ancestral spirits
b) Gods and goddesses
c) Impersonal supernatural powers
d) Supernatural beings with human-like
characteristics
e) Natural objects with spirits
12. What is the purpose of rituals?
a) To control the supernatural
b) To interpret the supernatural
c) To petition the supernatural on behalf of humans
d) To provide a sense of order in life
e) To worship natural objects

13. What is a priest?
a) A full-time, trained religious specialist who can
interpret the supernatural and petition the
supernatural on behalf of humans.
b) A part-time, supernaturally chosen religious
specialist who can manipulate the supernatural.
c) A ritual act where people control the supernatural.
d) The worship of an eternal, omniscient,
omnipotent, and omnipresent supreme being.
e) Culturally defined activities associated with the
transition from one place or stage of life to another.
14. What is a shaman?
a) A full-time, trained religious specialist who can
interpret the supernatural and petition the
supernatural on behalf of humans.
b) A part-time, supernaturally chosen religious
specialist who can manipulate the supernatural.
c) A ritual act where people control the supernatural.
d) The worship of an eternal, omniscient,
omnipotent, and omnipresent supreme being.
e) Culturally defined activities associated with the
transition from one place or stage of life to another.
15. What is magic?
a) Ritual acts where people control the supernatural
b) The worship of an eternal, omniscient,
omnipotent, and omnipresent supreme being.
c) Culturally defined activities associated with the
transition from one place or stage of life to another.
d) Belief in several deities who control aspects of
nature.
e) Rituals that control the supernatural for evil
purposes.
16. What is monotheism?
a) Ritual acts where people control the supernatural
b) The worship of an eternal, omniscient,
omnipotent, and omnipresent supreme being.
c) Culturally defined activities associated with the
transition from one place or stage of life to another.
d) Belief in several deities who control aspects of
nature.
e) Rituals that control the supernatural for evil
purposes.
17. What is polytheism?
a) Ritual acts where people control the supernatural
b) The worship of an eternal, omniscient,
omnipotent, and omnipresent supreme being.
c) Culturally defined activities associated with the
transition from one place or stage of life to another.
d) Belief in several deities who control aspects of
nature.
e) Rituals that control the supernatural for evil
purposes.
18. What are rites of passage?
a) Ritual acts where people control the supernatural
b) The worship of an eternal, omniscient,
omnipotent, and omnipresent supreme being.
c) Culturally defined activities associated with the
transition from one place or stage of life to another.
d) Belief in several deities who control aspects of
nature.
e) Rituals that control the supernatural for evil
purposes.
19. What is sorcery?
a) Ritual acts where people control the supernatural
b) The worship of an eternal, omniscient,
omnipotent, and omnipresent supreme being.
c) Culturally defined activities associated with the
transition from one place or stage of life to another.
d) Belief in several deities who control aspects of
nature.
e) Rituals that control the supernatural for evil
purposes.
20. Who developed the typology of religions
mentioned in the information provided?
a) E. B. Tylor
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Karl Marx
d) J.M. Yinger
e) Anthony F. C Wallace
Medical Anthropology
1. Which of the following best describes disease?
a. A feeling of not being normal and healthy
b. Acts or wishes of supernatural beings or people
c. An objectively measurable pathological condition
of the body
d. Causes and cures found only in the natural world
2. Which of the following is NOT considered a typical
cause of illness in naturalistic medical systems?
a. Injury
b. Imbalance
c. Malnutrition
d. Spirit possession
3. In personalistic medical systems, illness is believed
to be caused by:
a. Organic breakdown or deterioration
b. Parasites and bacteria
c. Acts or wishes of other people or supernatural
beings
d. Imbalance of hormones and salts in the blood
4. Susto is an illness commonly found among:
a. Asians in the United States
b. Hispanics in the United States and Latin America
c. Indigenous tribes of Central Mexico
d. Europeans in the Mediterranean Basin
5. Susto is often caused by:
 a. Sharing a hospital ward with a deceased patient
b. Being socially impinged upon by society
c. Tripping over an unnoticed object
d. Having a nighttime encounter with a ghost
6. Who typically performs the curing ceremony for
susto?
a. A medical doctor
b. A folk curer (curandero)
c. A Catholic priest
d. The patient's family members
7. Which of the following is NOT a part of the
traditional susto curing ceremony?
a. Prayers to the Catholic saint of the village
b. Passing a chicken egg and herbs over the
patient's body
c. Spraying liquor from the curandero's mouth
d. Administering oral medicine made from
marijuana and orange blossoms
8. Mal de ojo is also known as:
a. Evil possession
b. Soul loss
c. Evil eye
d. Bewitching illness
9. What is believed to cause mal de ojo?
a. Intrusion of foreign objects into the body
b. Spirit possession, loss, or damage
c. Staring by strong individuals draining the power
or soul
d. Breathing on people by supernatural rain dwarfs
10. How is mal de ojo traditionally cured in rural
Mexico?
a. Passing the hand over the victim's forehead
b. Sweeping a raw chicken egg over the victim's
body
c. Using special herbs and performing ritual actions
d. Administering medicine made from marijuana
and orange blossoms
11. What is the traditional cure for mal de ojo in the
Southwestern United States?
a. Sweeping a raw chicken egg over the victim's
body
b. Administering medicine made from marijuana
and orange blossoms
c. Passing the hand over the victim's forehead
d. Placing a cross under the patient's head while
sleeping
12. Aire is an illness associated with:
a. Evil eye
b. Susto
c. Bewitching
d. Rapid change from hot to cold environment
13. What causes aire according to the Nahua Indians
of Central Mexico?
a. Acts or wishes of supernatural beings
b. Intrusion of foreign objects into the body
c. Breathing by invisible rain dwarfs
d. Imbalance of hormones and salts in the blood
14. How is aire traditionally cured by a curandero?
a. Rubbing the body with herbs
and an unbroken chicken egg
b. Administering oral medicine made from
marijuana and orange blossoms
c. Performing ritual actions in the presence of the
patient's relatives
d. Passing the hand over the victim's forehead
15. How is aire commonly treated in traditional
Hispanic communities of the Southwestern United
States?
a. Blowing warm smoke into the ear
b. Sweeping a raw chicken egg over the body
c. Placing a cross under the patient's head while
sleeping
d. Heating a cup to create a vacuum and placing it
over the site of pain
P2
1. What is the placebo effect?
a) The belief in the efficacy of a treatment that
actually helps in curing diseases.
b) The psychological effect that reduces stress
hormone cortisol.
c) The use of herbal medicines in traditional
Indigenous folk curing.
d) The use of acupuncture to relieve pain.
2. What are the three factors that may contribute to a
cure?
a) Medical procedures, personal beliefs, and
cultural rituals.
b) Antibiotics, pain relief techniques, and herbal
medicines.
c) Diagnosis, treatment, and patient's environment.
d) Medical science, folk remedies, and traditional
practices.
3. What distinguishes epidemic diseases from
endemic diseases?
a) Epidemic diseases are highly contagious and
always present, while endemic diseases are low in
frequency.
b) Epidemic diseases appear seasonally, while
endemic diseases are always present in a community.
c) Epidemic diseases spread through vectors, while
endemic diseases are self-correcting.
d) Epidemic diseases affect rural areas, while
endemic diseases are more prevalent in cities.
4. What is epidemiology? a) Virus
a) The study of traditional folk curing practices. b) Bacteria
b) The diagnosis and treatment process in medical c) Prions
systems. d) Environmental toxins
c) The use of scientific methods to understand
disease patterns and causes. 5. What cultural practice among the South Foré
d) The study of disease vectors and transmission. people contributed to the transmission of kuru?
a) Cannibalism
5. What are some examples of diseases caused by b) Witchcraft
vectors? c) Shamanic rituals
a) Malaria, arthritis, and high blood pressure. d) Marriage ceremonies
b) Measles, influenza, and the plague.
c) Diarrhea, pneumonia, and asthma. 6. What is another term used for Kreutzfeld-Jacob
d) Malaria, plague, and bacterial dysentery. disease in humans?
a) Mad cow disease
6. What are some health problems in poorer nations b) Chronic wasting disease
caused by? c) Windigo psychosis
a) Worms, microorganisms, and malnutrition. d) Rave rash
b) Environmental changes, pollution, and
population densities. 7. Which culture bound mental disorder is
c) Industrial-scale food production and processing characterized by the delusion of being transformed
practices. into a Windigo monster and an exaggerated fear of
d) Lack of access to modern medical treatments. becoming a cannibal?
a) Windigo psychosis
7. What was the consequence of thalidomide usage in b) Kuru
the mid-20th century? c) Rave rash
a) Increased rates of lung cancer and asthma. d) Toasted skin syndrome
b) Development of autoimmune diseases.
c) Severe anomalies and birth defects in babies. 8. Where is koro, a culture bound mental syndrome,
d) High child mortality rates due to predominantly found?
undernourishment. a) China and Southeast Asia
b) England
P3 c) Papua New Guinea
1. What is the term used to describe diseases that d) Western Europe
have limited distributions due to unique
combinations of environmental circumstances and 9. What is the traditional belief about the cause of
cultural practices? koro?
a) Culture specific diseases a) "Unhealthy sex" and "tainted" foods
b) Endemic diseases b) Viral infection
c) Epidemic diseases c) Genetic predisposition
d) Genetic diseases d) Environmental toxins

2. What is an example of a relatively harmless culture 10. What event sparked an epidemic of koro in
specific medical condition mentioned in the text? Singapore in 1967?
a) Rave rash a) Eating pork vaccinated against swine fever
b) Toasted skin syndrome b) Exposure to contaminated water
c) Kuru c) Witchcraft rituals
d) Windigo psychosis d) Cultural conflicts

3. Which culture specific disease is a fatal condition Social Stratification and the World System
affecting the brain and nervous system of the South 1. Social stratification is defined as:
Foré people in the eastern New Guinea Highlands? a) A characteristic of society
a) Kuru b) A personal difference
b) Rave rash c) A genetic trait
c) Toasted skin syndrome d) A geographical division
d) Windigo psychosis
2. Social stratification involves both:
4. What is the cause of kuru, as discovered by a) Inequality and beliefs
American pediatrician Carleton Gajdusek? b) Equality and beliefs
 c) Uniformity and beliefs
d) Stability and beliefs
3. Social stratification is patterned social inequality
based on:
a) Wide-scale basis
b) Regularity
c) Certain specific, identifiable characteristics
d) Random distribution
4. Stratification is usually based on three major
premises, including:
a) Power, prestige, and property
b) Power, wealth, and intelligence
c) Prestige, status, and education
d) Property, intelligence, and status
5. Social inequality refers to:
a) Systematic advantages and disadvantages in
society
b) Random advantages and disadvantages in
society
c) Equal opportunities for everyone
d) The absence of social classes
6. Social stratification affects people's life chances,
which refers to:
a) Opportunities individuals have based on their
position in the social hierarchy
b) Opportunities individuals have based on their
educational level
c) Opportunities individuals have based on their
family background
d) Opportunities individuals have based on their
personal achievements
7. The Davis-Moore thesis suggests that social
stratification is beneficial because:
a) It promotes equality among individuals
b) It encourages social mobility
c) It leads to a more productive society
d) It reduces conflicts within society
8. Karl Marx defined classes based on:
a) Relationship to the means of production
b) Individual achievements
c) Educational background
d) Inherited wealth
9. According to Marx, false consciousness occurs
when:
a) People accept an ideology against their own class
interests
b) People reject social stratification
c) People are unaware of their social standing
d) People challenge the ruling class
10. The ruling class influences society through:
a) Control over mass media
b) Control over government institutions
c) Direct force and coercion
d) Manipulation of economic resources
11. Max Weber identified three dimensions of
stratification, including:
a) Class, status, and power
b) Wealth, intelligence, and occupation
c) Education, income, and race
d) Prestige, age, and gender
12. Socioeconomic status is determined by:
a) Education, occupation, and income
b) Ethnicity, gender, and social network
c) Physical appearance, marital status, and age
d) Political affiliation, religious beliefs, and hobbies
13. Wealth is different from income because:
a) Wealth is more equally distributed
b) Wealth is determined by occupation
c) Income consists of total assets
d) Wealth includes assets and investments
14. Occupational prestige is based on:
a) The honor associated with an occupation
b) The financial compensation of an occupation
c) The physical demands of an occupation
d) The popularity of an occupation
15. The term "prestige" refers to:
a) The honor associated with an occupation or
position
b) The total income of an individual
c) The social mobility within a society
d) The political power of an individual
16. Structural social mobility refers to a shift in social
position due to:
a) Individual efforts and achievements
b) Changes in society itself
c) Political reforms and revolutions
d) Education and skill development
17. Social stratification persists because:
a) It is backed up by an ideology that justifies it
b) Society is inherently unequal
c) People are unwilling to challenge the system
d) Social mobility is restricted by the ruling class
18. Ideological hegemony refers to:
a) Control over the production of cultural symbols
b) The dominance of religious institutions in
society
c) The enforcement of strict laws and regulations
d) The distribution of wealth and resources
19. Legitimacy refers to:
a) The belief in equal opportunities for all
 b) The belief that existing institutions are the best a) It has a more complex social structure
for society b) It has no central authority
c) The recognition of social inequality as a natural c) It is egalitarian in nature
phenomenon d) It is based on kinship ties
d) The absence of social classes in a society
9. Which political system is the most formal and has
20. The three categories used to categorize centralized political power?
occupations by sociologists are: a) Bands
a) White-collar, blue-collar, and pink-collar b) Tribes
b) Administrative, managerial, and technical c) Chiefdoms
c) Skilled, semi-skilled, and unskilled d) States
d) Professional, labor, and agricultural
10. What distinguishes a state from other political
The Political System organizations?
1. What is political anthropology? a) Its purpose of establishing order and security
a) The study of legal systems b) Its use of force to regulate affairs
b) The study of political power c) Its establishment of laws and their enforcement
c) The study of political systems and institutions d) All of the above
d) The study of social control
11. What is the primary characteristic of a state?
2. What is legal anthropology? a) Egalitarianism
a) The study of political power b) Centralized government
b) The study of legal systems and law c) Informal leadership
c) The study of social control d) Flexible membership
d) The study of political systems
12. What is the territory or area of jurisdiction of a
3. What is power? state called?
a) The ability to exercise one's will over others a) Sovereignty
b) The socially approved use of power b) Government
c) The ability to achieve consensus c) Body politic
d) The ability to control social institutions d) Territory

4. Which political system is characterized by small, 13. What is the agreement among individuals in a
politically independent households? state for settling disputes called?
a) Bands a) Laws
b) Tribes b) Central authority
c) Chiefdoms c) Sovereignty
d) States d) Social control

5. What is a characteristic of bands? 14. Which political system is characterized by

a) Formal political systems efficient productivity and centralized authority?
b) Centralized authority a) Bands
c) Egalitarianism b) Tribes
d) Permanent central agencies of government c) Chiefdoms
d) States
6. Which political system has a part-time leader
known as the "head man" or "big man"? 15. What is the purpose of a state?
a) Bands a) Achieving consensus
b) Tribes b) Maintaining egalitarianism
c) Chiefdoms c) Establishing order and security
d) States d) Preserving kinship ties

7. What is a chiefdom?
a) A highly centralized political system Peoples of Caraga
b) A system with informal leadership 1. The Peoples of Caraga were discovered in the:
c) A ranked hierarchy of people a) 10th century
d) A system with no social stratification b) 12th century
c) 15th century
8. How does a chiefdom differ from a tribe? d) 17th century
 11. The Manobos prefer to be called:
2. The term "Kalagans" refers to: a) Manobos
a) Coastal kingdoms b) Natibos
b) Original settlers of Butuan c) Banua-on
c) Indigenous groups of Caraga d) Bagobos
d) Explorers who discovered Caraga
12. The Manobos are linked to the Austronesian-
3. The meaning of "Kalag" in the term "Kalagans" is: speaking communities in:
a) Soul or people a) South China
b) Land or territory b) Southeast Asia
c) Brave and fierce c) Pacific Coast
d) Coastal or seaside d) All of the above

4. When did Caraga become a region? 13. The word "Manobo" is believed to have
a) 1509 originated from the word:
b) 1609 a) Manuvu
c) 1709 b) Minuvu
d) 1809 c) Bagobo
d) Mansuba
5. Which tribe in Caraga is known for building
constant and eternal fires? 14. How many Manobo dialects can be identified?
a) Mamanwas a) 8
b) Lapaknon Tribe b) 12
c) Manobos c) 18
d) Talaandig d) 21

6. The Lapaknon Tribe is believed to be the original 15. Approximately how many Manobos are estimated
settlers of: to be in the Philippines?
a) Butuan a) 50,000
b) Surigao del Norte b) 100,000
c) Agusan del Norte c) 250,000
d) Talaandig d) 500,000

7. What is the supreme deity of the Manobos? 16. The Mamanwas are also known as:
a) Magbabaya a) Aeta
b) Baylan b) Ayta
c) Bagani c) Agta
d) Hakyadan d) All of the above

8. Which indigenous groups are found in both Agusan 17. The Mamanwas are primarily located in which
del Norte and Agusan del Sur? provinces?
a) Manobos a) Surigao and Agusan
b) Mamanwa b) Agusan and Davao
c) Higaonon c) Surigao and Davao
d) Talaandig d)Agusan and Bukidnon

9. Which indigenous group is found in Surigao del 18. The term "Kongking" is a popular name for the
Norte? Mamanwas due to their:
a) Manobos a) Black skin
b) Mamanwa b) Small frame
c) Higaonon c) Kinky hair
d) Talaandig d) Snub nose

10. Which indigenous groups are found in Surigao del 19. The Higaonons are known as:
Sur? a) Coastal people
a) Mamanwa and Manobos b) Mountain people
b) Manobos and Mansaka c) River people
c) Manobos and Mandaya d) City people
d) Talaandig and Mansaka
20. The Higaonons are somewhat nomadic, traveling 3. What were the balanghai boat relics discovered in
between: Libertad?
a) Coastal villages a) Viking boat replicas
b) Mountain villages b) Trade vessels from China
c) River villages c) Ancient Philippine boats
d) City villages d) Spanish galleons

21. What is the ancient ritual for making peace 4. What is the significance of gold in Butuan's
among the Higaonons? history?
a) Tamudas hu Balagun a) It was mined in the Diwata mountain range.
b) Dumalongdong b) It was used for religious purposes.
c) Tampudas hu Bagani c) It contributed to the city's prosperity.
d) Tampudas hu Baylan d) All of the above.

22. The Lapaknons are people who live in the 5. What is the "Golden Tara"?
swampy areas of: a) A gold mask found in Butuan.
a) Agusan del Norte b) A symbol of craftsmanship in the Philippines.
b) Surigao del Norte c) A gold figurine from the Buddhist pantheon.
c) Butuan d) An ancient trading currency.
d) Libertad
6. Which Asian kingdom had diplomatic and trade
23. Which language is more closely related to the relations with Butuan?
Butuanon language? a) China
a) Cebuano b) Thailand
b) Tausug c) Cambodia
c) Kamayo d) Vietnam
d) Manobo
7. What were the Guangdong Ceramics found in
24. Which tribe is associated with the term Butuan?
"Hakyadan"? a) Sung Dynasty ceramics
a) Manobos b) Buddhist artifacts
b) Mamanwa c) Chinese tea sets
c) Higaonon d) Japanese pottery
d) Lapaknon
8. Who are the Lapaknon or Butuanons?
25. The Mansaka tribe is found in which province? a) Descendants of Austronesian settlers from South
a) Agusan del Norte China.
b) Surigao del Norte b) Nobles of Butuan society.
c) Agusan del Sur c) Indigenous tribes in the swampy areas of Libertad.
d) Surigao del Sur d) Commoners of Butuan.

Butuan's Heritage and Culture 9. Which festival in Butuan is held in honor of Sr.
1. What is the significance of the rhinoceros ivory Santo Nino?
seal associated with a shell midden found in Butuan? a) Kahimunan Festival
a) It confirms the existence of the Kingdom of b) Balangay Festival
Butuan. c) Abayan Festival
b) It indicates the presence of ancient Javanese d) Butwa'an Festival
traders.
c) It reveals the origin of the name "Butuan." 10. What is the main ingredient for palagsing, a
d) All of the above. delicacy in Butuan?
a) Sago palm starch (unaw)
2. What is the estimated age of the skeletal remains b) Coconut milk
found in the shell middens of Barangay Bonbon? c) Rice flour
a) 7,000 years ago d) Sweet potato
b) 5,000 BC
c) 10th century AD 11. What is the oldest ruin of a stone church in
d) 320 AD Mindanao?
a) Banza Church Ruins
b) Bood Promontory
c) Libertad Cathedral
d) Agusan Church Ruins 20. Which archaeologist contended that the shell
middens in Butuan are comparable to those found in
12. Where did Magellan erect a cross and celebrate Sydney, Australia?
the first Mass in Butuan? a) Dutch scholar
a) Bood Promontory b) Japanese archaeologist
b) Libertad Plaza c) Chinese historian
c) Bonbon Park d) Filipino anthropologist
d) Agusan Riverbank

13. What is the Butuanon delicacy made from crab

meat wrapped in banana leaves?
a) Palagsing
b) Kusilba
c) Binanihang Manok
d) Buntaa

14. What is the locally produced wine in Butuan

made from the nipa palm?
a) Laksoy
b) Tuba
c) Basi
d) Lambanog

15. What forest product in Butuan has an acid-sweet

flavor similar to a mango?
a) Kinaboo
b) Inaman nga Pawo
c) Bawnu
d) Abatud

16. What is the name of the festival held every May in

Butuan to celebrate the historical significance of
balanghai boats?
a) Kahimunan Festival
b) Balangay Festival
c) Abayan Festival
d) Butwa'an Festival

17. What river is known as El Rio de Butuan?

a) Agusan River
b) Wawa River
c) Masao River
d) Libertad River

18. What is the estimated karat value of the Golden

Tara?
a) 18 karat
b) 21 karat
c) 24 karat
d) 14 karat

19. Which Asian kingdoms had regular economic

intercourse with Butuan according to Chinese
records?
a) Champa and Imperial China
b) Thailand and Vietnam
c) Indonesia and Cambodia
d) Japan and Korea
Answer Key:
Sure! Here are the answers to the multiple-choice
quiz:
Answer: a) A belief in spiritual beings
Answer: c) Religion is an illusion
Answer: d) It is the sigh of the oppressed, the feeling
of a heartless world, the soul in a place without a
soul; it is the opium of the people.
Answer: d) A system of beliefs and practices by
means of which a group of people struggle with the
ultimate problems of human life
Answer: e) Religion is a virus.
Answer: a) A religion is a system of beliefs usually
involving the worship of supernatural forces or
beings.
Answer: a) A belief in a supernatural power not part
of supernatural beings.
Answer: b) A belief that natural objects are animated
by spirits.
Answer: a) Animatism is impersonal, while animism
involves individual supernatural beings.
Answer: d) Supernatural beings with human-like
characteristics
Answer: b) Minor supernatural beings
Answer: a) To control the supernatural
Answer: a) A full-time, trained religious specialist
who can interpret the supernatural and petition the
supernatural on behalf of humans.
Answer: b) A part-time, supernaturally chosen
religious specialist who can manipulate the
supernatural.
Answer: a) Ritual acts where people control the
supernatural
Answer: b) The worship of an eternal, omniscient,
omnipotent, and omnipresent supreme being.
Answer: d) Belief in several deities who control
aspects of nature.
Answer: c) Culturally defined activities associated
with the transition from one place or stage of life to
another.
Answer: e) Rituals that control the supernatural for
evil purposes.
Answer: e) Anthony F. C Wallace
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1. c
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. b
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. c
10. b
11. d
12. a
13. c
14. a
15. d
1. What is the placebo effect?
Correct answer: a) The belief in the efficacy of a
treatment that actually helps in curing diseases.
2. What are the three factors that may contribute to a
cure?
Correct answer: c) Diagnosis, treatment, and
patient's environment.
3. What distinguishes epidemic diseases from
endemic diseases?
Correct answer: a) Epidemic diseases are highly
contagious and always present, while endemic
diseases are low in frequency.
4. What is epidemiology?
Correct answer: c) The use of scientific methods to
understand disease patterns and causes.
5. What are some examples of diseases caused by
vectors?
Correct answer: d) Malaria, plague, and bacterial
dysentery.
6. What are some health problems in poorer nations
caused by?
Correct answer: a) Worms, microorganisms, and
malnutrition.
7. What was the consequence of thalidomide usage in
the mid-20th century?
Correct answer: c) Severe anomalies and birth
defects in babies.
Answers:
1. a) Culture specific diseases
2. a) Rave rash
3. a) Kuru
4. c) Prions
5. a) Cannibalism
6. a) Mad cow disease
7. a) Windigo psychosis
8. a) China and Southeast Asia
9. a) "Unhealthy sex" and "tainted" foods
10. a) Eating pork vaccinated against swine fever
1. Social stratification is defined as:
Answer: a) A characteristic of society
2. Social stratification involves both:
Answer: a) Inequality and beliefs
3. Social stratification is patterned social inequality
based on:
Answer: c) Certain specific, identifiable
characteristics
4. Stratification is usually based on three major
premises, including:
Answer: a) Power, prestige, and property
5. Social inequality refers to:
Answer: a) Systematic advantages and
disadvantages in society
6. Social stratification affects people's life chances, 15. c) Establishing order and security
which refers to:
Answer: a) Opportunities individuals have based on 1. c) 15th century
their position in the social hierarchy 2. b) Original settlers of Butuan
7. The Davis-Moore thesis suggests that social 3. a) Soul or people
stratification is beneficial because: 4. d) 1809
Answer: c) It leads to a more productive society 5. a) Mamanwas
8. Karl Marx defined classes based on: 6. a) Butuan
Answer: a) Relationship to the means of production 7. a) Magbabaya
9. According to Marx, false consciousness occurs 8. a) Manobos
when: 9. b) Mamanwa
Answer: a) People accept an ideology against their 10. a) Mamanwa and Manobos
own class interests 11. c) Banua-on
10. The ruling class influences society through: 12. d) All of the above
Answer: a) Control over mass media 13. a) Manuvu
11. Max Weber identified three dimensions of 14. c) 18
stratification, including: 15. c) 250,000
Answer: a) Class, status, and power 16. d) All of the above
12. Socioeconomic status is determined by: 17. a) Surigao and Agusan
Answer: a) Education, occupation, and income 18. c) Kinky hair
13. Wealth is different from income because: 19. b) Mountain people
Answer: d) Wealth includes assets and investments 20. b) Mountain villages
14. Occupational prestige is based on: 21. a) Tamudas hu Balagun
Answer: a) The honor associated with an 22. c) Butuan
occupation 23. a) Cebuano
15. The term "prestige" refers to: 24. c) Higaonon
Answer: a) The honor associated with an 25. d) Surigao del Sur
occupation or position
16. Structural social mobility refers to a shift in social 1. d) All of the above.
position due to: 2. a) 7,000 years ago
Answer: b) Changes in society itself 3. c) Ancient Philippine boats
17. Social stratification persists because: 4. d) All of the above.
Answer: a) It is backed up by an ideology that 5. c) A gold figurine from the Buddhist pantheon.
justifies it 6. a) China
18. Ideological hegemony refers to: 7. a) Sung Dynasty ceramics
Answer: a) Control over the production of cultural 8. a) Descendants of Austronesian settlers from
symbols South China.
19. Legitimacy refers to: 9. a) Kahimunan Festival
Answer: b) The belief that existing institutions are 10. a) Sago palm starch (unaw)
the best for society 11. a) Banza Church Ruins
20. The three categories used to categorize 12. a) Bood Promontory
occupations by sociologists are: 13. d) Buntaa
Answer: a) White-collar, blue-collar, and pink-collar 14. a) Laksoy
15. c) Bawnu
Answers: 16. b) Balangay Festival
1. c) The study of political systems and institutions 17. c) Masao River
2. b) The study of legal systems and law 18. b) 21 karat
3. a) The ability to exercise one's will over others 19. a) Champa and Imperial China
4. a) Bands 20. b) Japanese archaeologist
5. c) Egalitarianism
6. b) Tribes
7. c) A ranked hierarchy of people
8. a) It has a more complex social structure
9. d) States
10. d) All of the above
11. b) Centralized government
12. d) Territory
13. a) Laws
14. c) Chiefdoms