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First Quarter Exam in Undersatnding Culture, Society, and Politics 11
First Quarter Exam in Undersatnding Culture, Society, and Politics 11
POLITICS 11
NAME:____________________________ SCORE:________
GENERAL INSTRUCTION: Read and analyze the following questions. No erasures and
superimposition.
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST:Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. Write your
answer on the space provided before the number. Write in capital letters.
_____7. Bragging constantly about ones achievements and recognition shows that the person lacks _______.
a. Simplicity c. Bravery
b. Humility d. Honesty
_____8. Reaching out for victims of every calamity is a virtue shown as a part of Filipino culture popularity
called ______________.
a. Barangayan spirit c. Bayanihan spirit
b. Ugnayan spirit d. Kapitbahayan spirit
_____9. Teenage girls in Cambodia are given freedom to choose their own mates by “building them love
huts”. A shocking experience to Filipinos, child prostitution to others but women empowerment to
the tribe. Which characteristics of culture is best described in the given situation?
a. varies from society to society
b. Culture is transmitted among members
c. Culture is a social product of behaviour
d. Cultures defines myths, legends, and supernatural
_____10. Rituals after giving birth to regain the health of the mother is being done and instructed by a mother
or an elder who had undergone the same thing. Which functions of culture is best described in the
situation?
a. Culture is shared
b. Culture defines situations
c. Culture provides behaviour patterns
d. Culture defines myths, legends and supernatural
_____11. Which of the following was not identified as defining feature of culture?
a. Culture is learned
b. Culture is shared
c. Culture is transmitted
d. Culture is symbolic
_____15.The process that enables the culture to maintain equilibrium despite fluctuations in their culture is
known as ___________.
a. Adaptationb. enculturationc. Cultural integrationd. Ethnocentrism
_____16. A place where people lived and/or worked and where the physical evidence of their existence can
be or has been recovered is:
a. a featureb. an ecofactc. an artefactd. a site
_____17. When the author refers to the 'detritus of past people' he is writing about their:
a. a debrisb. a written recordsc. a gravestonesd. all of the above.
_____19. How does anthropology differ from other social sciences such as economics and sociology?
a. Anthropology is holistic and integrative in its approach.
b. The other social sciences are holistic and integrative approach.
c. Anthropology tends to specialize in the workings of specific system.
d. Anthropology is more important than other social sciences.
_____20. A person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of
artifacts and other physical remains.
a. an ethnographerb. archaeologistc. linguistd. paleoanthropologist
_____23. Which of the following best describe how anthropologists primarily learn new information about
humans?
a. field workb. laboratory experimentsc. reading travellers accountsd. all of the above
_____32. It indicates ‘the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments,
objects, artefacts and cultural spaces
a. Tangible Cultural heritage
b. Intangible Cultural heritage
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
_____33.It is the scientific study of human behavior in groups and of the social forces that influence that behavior.
a. Socialb. Culturec. Sociologyd. Group
_____34. These are forces which produce order and stability
a. Social staticsb. Social dynamicsc. Sociald. Dynamics
_____38. A process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better
state.
a. Evolutionb. Theoryc. Conflictd. Change
_____39. A group of people who have learned to live and work together.
a. Socialb. Societyc. Peopled. Group
_____40. It is defined as any transfer of meaning, but general usage refers only to spoken and written messages.
a. Textb. Communicationc. Artd. Language