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LA PAZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

La Paz, Cabatuan, Isabela

Understanding Society and Culture

1st Quarter Examination
First Semester, S.Y. 2019– 2020

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LA PAZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

La Paz, Cabatuan, Isabela

Understanding Society and Culture

1st Quarter Examination
First Semester, S.Y. 2019 – 2020
Name: _________________________________________ Date: ____________________
Year & Section: _______________________
1. Human culture is ___________________
A. partly inherited genetically
B. entirely learned
C. limited to relatively rich societies with sophisticated technologies
D. all of the above
2. Which of the following statements is true of culture?
A. Languages are cultures.
B. Archaeologists dig up culture in their excavations.
C. Culture is a powerful human tool for survival.
D. all of the above
3. All human cultures evolve over time. Which of the following things is most responsible for this?
A. culture is an adaptive mechanism
B. culture is instinctive
C. culture is cumulative
4. Barangay La Paz have an approximated 1500 families. Ana observed that every time she woke up in the
morning the people have different activities which does not practice in their home. What cultural
explanation could best describe the observation of Ana?
A. The people of the barangay have different cultures and practices
B. The people’s folkways are vary and their practices are different
C. The people’s culture are the same but work differently
D. The people’s daily routine is based on their culture
5. What is the most important values must a student possess when studying culture?
A. Respect and Curiosity C. Respect and Acceptance
B. Respect and Openness D. Respect and Knowledge
6. Why Anthropology is one of the most favored subject?
A. About 70% of all jobs in anthropology are in the private sector
B. Corporations hire anthropologists to study their structure and to improve efficiency
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 C. Anthropology is typically listed as one of the top 5 or 6 most desirable skill areas by employers
D. Anthropology provides you with tools you can use in everyday life.
7. Which of the following is a likely consequence of cultural evolution?
A. culture loss C. greater intelligence
B. better health D. all of the above
8. All human cultures evolve over time. Which of the following things is most responsible for this?
A. culture is an adaptive mechanism C. culture is cumulative
B. People and Environment Change D. culture is instinctive
9. Which does not belong to Quadripartite Approach of studying Anthropology?
A. Cultural Anthropology C. Biological Anthropology
B. Linguistic Anthropology D. Political Anthropology
10. Science that studies human society and social behavior, social interaction, how people relate to each
other and influence each other.
A. Social Science C. Psychology
B. Sociology D. Anthropology
11. This branch of Anthropology study humanity through the remains left behind by people.

A. Cultural Anthropology C. Archeology

B. Linguistic Anthropology D. Biological Anthropology

12. This field of study understand the system of voting, system of laws and dynamics of transactions in a
particular government.
A. Political Science C. Law
B. Politics D. Sociology
13. He put the idea that society is like an organism—a self-regulating system.
A. Henri de Saint-Simon C. Herbert Spencer
B. August Comte D. Karl Marx
14. He believed that societies follow historical laws determined by economic forces.
A. Henri de Saint-Simon C. Herbert Spencer
B. August Comte D. Karl Marx
15. It represents the design or recipes for living; the interrelated network of norms and roles. It compasses
modes of thinking, feeling, and acting commonly found in the society and include what man is acquired
as a member of that society.
A. Norms C. Culture
B. Religion D. Behavior
16. Who first defined culture as "that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals,
custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society?"
A. E. B. Tylor C. Tylor Edwards
B. August Comte D. Herbert Spencer
17. This is a type of culture that consist of words people use, the habits they follow, the ideas, custom, of the
people in particular society.
A. Non- Material Culture C. Anthropology
B. Material Culture D. Archeology
18. This is a component of culture that serves as a guide or models of behavior which tells us what is proper
and what is appropriate.
A. Language C. Values
B. Norms D. Folkways
19. It defines what is morally wrong and morally right.
A. Ethics C. Mores
B. Values D. Norms
20. It is a component of culture that represents the standard we use to evaluate the desirability of things.
A. Ethics C. Norms

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 B. Values D. Laws
21. The direct and explicit study of meanings and perceptions of people through language is the domain of
___________.
A. Archeology C. Ethnography
B. Cultural Anthropology D. Linguistics Anthropology
22. Rox and Jox are friends. Rox acquire how to cook Adobo because Jox imparted her how do they cook
Adobo. What characteristic of culture is construed?
A. Culture is learned and acquired C. Culture is cumulative
B. Culture is social D. Culture is dynamic
23. The Tell me and Show me method typifies what characteristic of Culture?
A. Culture is acquired C. Culture is shared and transmitted
B. Culture is Dynamic D. Culture gratifies human needs
24. The saying that “No man is an Island” reinforce what characteristic of culture?
A. Culture is learned and acquired C. Culture is cumulative
B. Culture is social D. Culture is dynamic
25. Family Smith have copiousness human needs and wants. However, as they practice their tradition and
following the standards of society they were able to satiate their needs and wants. What characteristic of
culture is shown in the statement?
A. Culture is acquired C. Culture is shared and transmitted
B. Culture is Dynamic D. Culture gratifies human needs
26. As the society and environment change the culture changes. This statement supports what characteristic
of culture?
A. Culture is acquired C. Culture is shared and transmitted
B. Culture is Dynamic D. Culture gratifies human needs
27. Bahay Kubo folksong is revived and fused into new Filipino music. This situation exemplifies that
culture is ____________?
A. learned and acquired C. cumulative
B. social D. dynamic
28. Philippines is for Filipino. What function of culture is exemplified by the statement?
A. Culture as trademark C. Xenocentrism
B. Ethnocentrism D. Culture for solidarity
29. Culture is a tool for prediction because?
A. It understand how human react on its environment
B. It estimates the life of the people
C. It studies the existence and ending of an organism
D. It uses theories to explain phenomenon
30. Which is not a characteristics of culture?
A. Culture is shared by a group of people C. Culture is learned
B. Culture is dynamic D. Culture is reverse
31. Culture is learned through written and oral. What aspect of culture is exemplified?
A. Requires language and other forms of communication
B. Integrated and at times unstable
C. Shared & Contested (given the reality of social differentiation)
D. Transmitted through socialization/enculturation
32. Which of the following statements is true?
A. People usually are unconscious of their culture in their daily lives.
B. There are always a few people in small-scale societies who know all of their culture.
C. In most societies, boys and girls are taught the same things about their culture.
33. What question must a student ask to develop sense of pride of his/her culture?
A. What culture is meaningful to my development?
B. How can I appreciate the cultures of others?
C. Why other people have culture differently from my own culture?

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 D. Where is the best place to find culture?
34. Ethnocentrism refers to the fact that _________________ .
A. some cultures are actually better than others
B. people usually believe that their way of life is superior, and they are somewhat condescending or
even hostile toward other cultures
C. the technologically simpler societies usually feel that their cultures are inferior

35. Ethnocentrism refers to:

A. The tendency to judge other cultures using the standards of one’s own culture
B. The view that some societies are superior to one’s own
C. The coexistence of diverse cultures with equal standing in a society
D. Judging another culture by its own standard
36. This is a belief that people in the society regard that their culture is better than the others.
A. Ethnocentrism C. Culture shock
B. Egocentrism D. Culture log
37. The main objective in reducing your ethnocentrism is:
A. To give up your own culture
B. To assimilate into someone else's culture
C. To avoid the assumption that your ethnicity is superior to all others
D. To learn about a new religion
38. All of these points about ethnocentrism are true, EXCEPT:
A. It's natural to see your own culture as 'normal.'
B. Ethnocentrism can prevent you from giving new ideas a chance.
C. Many people are guilty of ethnocentrism.
D. Ethnocentrism is largely dependent on whether or not you are a vegetarian.
39. Individuals in cultural groups who have experienced individual and institutional discrimination or
oppression based upon “race,” religion, ethnicity, or gender, etc., may feel that their racial/religious,
ethnic and gender heritages, or sexual orientations are inadequate, perverse or inferior.
A. Cultural Chauvinism C. Cultural Degradation
B. Cultural Pride
40. What is cultural heritage?
A. The indicators of the ways of living that a community developed, which are inherited from
previous generations
B. The sources or evidence of the ways of living that a community developed that were created
recently
C. The sources or evidence of the ways of living that a community has destroyed or changed
D. None of the options are correct
41. What is tangible cultural heritage?
A. Things that we can store or physically touch
B. Things that we cannot remember
C. Things that we cannot physically touch
D. None of the options are correct
42. ___________ is the traditional house of the Filipinos.
A. Bahay Kubo C. Bungalo
B. Batalan D. Bahay na Bato
43. The place where the historical remains and artifacts and fossils gathered and displayed.
A. Museum C. Laboratory
B. Theater D. Gallery
44. People learn how to domesticate plants such as vegetables and fruits. What type of society is being
described?
A. Horticultural Society C. Hunting and Gathering Society
B. Pastoral Society D. Agrarian Society
45. What invention motivates the era of industrial revolution?
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 A. Steam Machine C. Steam Trains
B. Steam Boat D. Metal Wheel
46. One of the characteristics of Hunting and Gathering society is that the members are dependent to each
other. What Filipino attitude epitomizes these idea?
A. The attitude of reciprocity C. Attitude of Humanitarianism
B. The attitude of Hospitality D. the attitude of Resiliency
47. Steam Boat is for Industrial Revolution, Radio communication is for ________.
A. Agrarian Society C. Post Industrial Society
B. Horticultural Society D. Pre-Industrial Society
48. School Tukmol advocates the viewpoints of Post Industrial Revolution. Ana desires to study in school
Tukmol, what course is apposite to Ana based on the Philosophy of School Tukmol?
A. Science related courses C. Economic and trade courses
B. Communication related courses D. Agricultural courses
49. Which of the following assertions is true concerning human evolution?
A. The first humans evolved in the cold temperate regions of the world because of the need to
develop culture for survival in those areas.
B. Culture is necessary for survival in the complex industrialized nations, but it is not in small
societies that live by hunting and gathering wild foods.
C. Culture is an adaptive mechanism for humans.
50. This type of society denotes the time where people are nomadic.
A. Horticultural Society C. Hunting and Gathering Society
B. Pastoral Society D. Agrarian Society
51. All human cultures evolve over time. Which of the following things is most responsible for this?
A. culture is an adaptive mechanism
B. culture is instinctive
C. culture is cumulative
52. Approximately 8,000-10,000 years ago, our ancestors developed agriculture. Which of the following
things was an aftermath of this development?

A. A more controllable and dependable food supply

B. The creation of villages, towns, and ultimately cities
C. The emergence of new kinds of political systems.
D. All of the above
53. He is the proponent of the theory of evolution.
A. Charles Darwin C. Democritus
B. Robert Fox D. Karl Marx
54. Sapiens mean _________.
A. Pedals C. Holding Tools
B. Thinking D. Eating and Walking
55. It is considered as the most important human discovery at all ages, this serves as a human tool for
survival.
A. Fire C. Wheel
B. Metal Pottery D. Stone Tools
56. It is believed to be the oldest system of writing of the Filipinos before the colonial era.
A. Alibata C. Semitic Writing
B. Cuneiform D. Sumerian Writing
57. This is known as the burial jar of the early Filipinos.
A. Calatagan Jar C. Yawning Jar
B. Manungul Jar D. Burnay JAr
58. The most important invention of early human for transportation.
A. Steam Engine C. Rubber
B. Wheel D. Metal Car
59. Tabon Man is discovered in ____________ Philippines.
A. Tabon Cave C. Calatagan
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 B. Penablanca Cagayan D. Samar
60. Which is not an importance of National Museums?
A. They serve as a source of knowledge about history, fossils and artifacts in a given place.
B. They provide information of a particular community
C. They preserve the fossils, artifacts and historical events
D. It serves as a model of culture.
61. The artifacts, fossil remains and historical artifacts are placed and gathered in this place.
A. Philippine National Museum C. Baler Museum
B. Minds Museum D. Cordillera Museum
62. It describes the condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth, power and
prestige.
A. Social mobility C. Social inequality
B. Social stratification D. Social change
63. It refers to a social position assigned to a person without regard to person’s unique characteristics
A. Ascribed status C. Achieved status
B. Social status D. Civil status
64. They are patterns of related interactions through which persons are drawn together and become more
integrated.
A. Conjunctive Processes C. Cooperation
B. Disjunctive Processes D. Accommodation
65. They are those processes in which people are pushed farther apart and become less solidaristic.
A. Conjunctive Processes C. Cooperation
B. Disjunctive Processes D. Accommodation
66. It is a form of social interaction in which people act together to promote common interest or achieve
shared goals.
A. Socialization C. Enculturation
B. Interaction D. Cooperation
67. It refers to some position in a social system which has a particular role attached.
A. Status C. Social Position
B. Stratification D. Economic Status
68. A teenage boy is a son to his parents, a brother to his sisters, a student at his school, and a batsman on
his cricket team. This is an example of ___________.
A. Role Set C. Master Status
B. Status Set D. Role
69. This is a status that has special importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life.
A. Role Set C. Master Status
B. Status Set D. Ascribed Status
70. This are the bundles of socially defined attributes and expectations and associated with social positions.
A. Role C. Status Set
B. Status D. Role Set
71. It refers to the process by which people mutually or reciprocally influence one another’s attitudes,
feelings, and actions. These lies between individual and society.
A. Social Process C. Social Interaction
B. Socialization D. Structural Interaction

72. Which of the following things is normally learned during the socialization process?
A. the roles we are to play in life C. the culture's norms
B. the language of the people around us D. all of the above
73. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Socialization plays no part in personality formation in individuals.
B. Large-scale complex societies that are not culturally homogenous usually have unanimous
agreement about what should be the shared norms.

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 C. Successful socialization can result in uniformity within a society.
D. b and c
74. When does socialization begin?
A. at the time when an individual is conceived or within the first few weeks following conception
B. at birth or shortly thereafter
C. on entering nursery school or kindergarten
D. when children reach puberty and are able to understand the reasons for society's rules
75. Acculturation can best be described as the process by which:
A. Members of a culture group adopt the traits of a host society.
B. Cultures become more alike as they share technology and organizational structures.
C. Individuals or groups come to accept cultural innovation.
D. Cultural practices and perspectives spread from one culture to other areas.
76. A primary group can best be defined as a group:
A. that is characterized by shared interests and interchangeability of roles.
B. in which two or more people interact in predictable ways.
C. that is characterized by face-to-face interaction and close emotional ties.
D. in which two or more people work together to achieve a goal.
77. Which of the following statements best describes how deviance helps strengthen conformity in society?
A. Without deviance, there would be no need for agents of social control.
B. Deviant behavior obstructs movements promoting social change.
C. Responding to deviance clarifies boundaries between right and wrong.
D. Punishment of deviance affirms the legitimacy of political authority.
78. A sociology teacher who is seeking to deepen student understanding of the sociological concepts of
norms, values, and mores could best do so by having students:
A. Assess the influence of leaders on various social movements.
B. Examine how social status affects social order.
C. Discuss ways in which role expectations can lead to role conflict.
D. Analyze factors that lead to conformity and nonconformity.
79. The quality of a person that makes him or her deserving of respect, sometimes shown in behavior or
appearance.
A. Dignity C. Attitude
B. Human Rights D. Self-Image
80. This are supreme, inherent, and inalienable rights to life, dignity and self-development. It is the essence
of these rights that makes man human.
A. Dignity C. Attitude
B. Human Rights D. Self-Image

Prepared by:
CHRISTOPHER A. MARZAN
Subject Teacher

Checked by:

ELISEO D. VEA
Principal II

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