Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VII-Central Visayas
Division of Bohol
Balilihan District
CONGRESSMAN PABLO MALSARTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PERIODICAL TEST
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS
Name:_______________________________________ Yr./sec._________________Date:_________________
Directions: Read carefully and encircle the letter of boots on her cabinet, while her Australian exchange
the correct answer. student began to take in her shirts and shorts on her
personal baggage bag. What does this show?
1. UCSP is a multidisciplinary course that integrates and A. culture is adaptive B. culture is abstract
combines the contents, methods and theories of the C. culture is dynamic D. culture is symbolic
following EXCEPT:
9. It is the study of relationships among people.
A. Mathematics B. Anthropology A. Anthropology B. Sociology
C. Sociology D. Political Science C. Archaeology D. Etymology
2. Anthropology: Genetics and Evolution, etc. 10. It is the system by which a state or community is
Sociology: Groups and Organizations, etc. controlled as to put order.
Political Science:_________________ A. Political B. Constituents
A. Cultural Change B. Social Inequality C. Government D. System
C. Elections D. Religion 11. It deals with the systems of government and the
analysis of political activity and political behavior.
3. The following are significance of studying society except:
A. Gives meaning to the importance of the self in relation to A. Public Policy B. Political Theory
others C. International Relation D. Political Science
B. Gives us a full understanding of how social groups affect
our thinking and behaviour 12. The conceptions or ideas people have about what is
C. Acknowledges that social constitutions shape and affect true in the environment around them like what is life, how
how we live our life to value it, and how one’s belief on the value of life relate
D. Broadens our perspectives on how we value our own with his or her interaction with others and the world.
and others’ culture A. Beliefs B. Values
C. Language [Link]
4. As a ____________ we carry our ancestors’ tradition and
beliefs, speak the language of our parents, practice faith 13. It is a hereditary endogamous social group in which a
and the distinct way of life of our community, create and person’s rank and his/her rights and obligations are
showcase the arts and heritage of our people and transmit ascribed or on the basis of his/her birth into a particular
some, if not all, of these to the next generation. group.
A. social being B. cultural being A. Caste B. Class
C. political being D. spiritual being C. Estate D. Slavery
5. Karen used to tease her newly transferred Mangyan 14. It describes what is appropriate or inappropriate in a
classmate because of his kinky hair and tanned skin. What given society or what ought to be.
kind of cultural view Karen has? A. Beliefs B. Values
A. cultural relativism B. ethnocentrism C. Language D. Norms
C. culture D. society
15. It is a shared set of spoken and written symbols.
6. Mommy and Daddy taught their one-year old daughter A. Beliefs B. Values
Cloud how to play ABC song with the use of their Lenovo C. Language D. Norms
cell phone. Now, Cloud can able to open the phone and sing
the ABC song. What characteristic of culture is shown in 16. A group of people involved in persistent interpersonal
the situation? relationships, or a large social grouping sharing the same
A. culture is learned B. culture is integrated geographical or social territory, typically subject to the
C. culture is shared D. culture is symbolic same political authority and dominant cultural
expectations.
7. “Sabong” is a vice which LoloTasyo has been indulged A. State B. Society
with until this year. This kind of gambling was been C. Government D. Culture
brought in the Philippines during the Spanish colonization.
This only proves that culture is? 17. A person or practitioner who studies Anthropology.
A. learned B. integrated A. Sociologist B. Psychologist
C. shared D. symbolic C. Anthropologist D. Archaeologist
8. Sandra, a 16-year-old Filipina girl had been nominated
to be an exchange-student in Australia during winter 18. What do you call the process wherein notable changes
season. In her preparation of things, she excluded her are made to the culture of a society over a period of time?
shorts and sleeveless and start pulling out her jackets and A. cultural evolution B. social evolution
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VII-Central Visayas
Division of Bohol
Balilihan District
CONGRESSMAN PABLO MALSARTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PERIODICAL TEST
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS
Name:_______________________________________ Yr./sec._________________Date:_________________
C. political evolution D. biological evolution ______________36. UCSP simply wants you to become human
and humane at the same time.
19. What is the process by which an individual adopts the ______________37. Banaue Rice Terraces is one of the cultural
behavior patterns of a particular culture? heritages found in the Philippines.
A. Enculturation B. development _______________38. Culture and society are co-existent. That
C. identity C. socialization one cannot able to exist without the other.
_______________39. The manifestations of culture are cities,
20. What do we call remains that are preserved in rock? villages, religious group and professional organizations.
A. Fossils B. stones ______________40. According to UNESCO, cultural heritage is
C. symbolic writings D. prehistoric tools the legacy of physical artefacts and intangible attributes of
a group or society that are inherited from past generations,
maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of
future generations.
II. Identify whether the following statement concludes ______________41. Ethnocentrism promotes the idea that no
human as: SOCIAL being, CULTURAL being or culture is superior over any other. It accepts and
POLITICAL being. Write your answer on the blank understands why people act the way they do.
before the number. ______________42. Culture is integrated when cultural parts
_______________21. Our rights and privileges are limited and aspects are interconnected in that when taken
because we are governed by rules and laws of our society. together, a way of life is manifested.
______________22. We carry our ancestors’ traditions and ______________43. The manifestations of society are language,
beliefs. arts, festival, clothing, cuisine, literature, music, traditions
______________23. We always belong to the group and and the like.
interact with people. ______________44. The Maasai tribe from Tanzania and Kenya
______________24. We are always in company with others like touch each other’s heads as way of greeting each other.
our parents and siblings. ______________45. In a democratic country like Philippines,
______________25. Our power is inherent in the rights sovereignty resides in the people.
IV. Identify whether the following statement gives the
guaranteed and protected by our State.
significance of studying: CULTURE, SOCIETY or POLITICS.
______________26. We relate with our childhood friends, ____________46. Gives meaning to the importance of the self in
neighbours, and classmates. relation to others (kapwa).
_______________27. We speak the language of our parents, ____________47. Broadens our perspectives on how we value our
practice faith and the distinct way of life of our community. own and others’ cultures.
______________28. We become citizens, we elect our leaders, _____________48. Educates us on the importance of exercising our
we pay taxes, we receive welfare and support from the rights and maximizing our political participation to sustain,
government because our Constitution and our laws tell it maintain or change society;
so. _____________49. Provides a bigger context on how government
works and how rules, regulations and laws maintain social order,
______________29. We create or showcase the arts and
cohesion and unity;
heritage of our people and transmit some, if not all, of ____________50. Describes how and why we belong to a bigger
these to the next generation. global society.
______________30. We will be having our co-workers or
colleagues in office, professional peers here and abroad.
III. True or False: Write TRUE if the statement correct
and write FALSE if the statement is incorrect.
______________31. The society that we inhabit in is directly or
indirectly shaped and influenced by people, technology,
popular culture, government policies, domestic and world
economy, powerful institutions, nation-states and
international organizations.
______________32. Human beings have the same biological
features but each one of us is different.
______________33. Being humane means learning by doing to
live positively and to treat others with respect, genuine
love and compassion
______________34. FGD or Focus Group Discussion literally
means going out to the field to do research.
______________35. Studying culture educates us on the
importance of exercising our rights and maximizing our
political participation.
