Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
Division of Cabanatuan
Eastern Cabu National High School
Cabu, Cabanatuan City
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

First Periodical Test (1st SEM)

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Direction: Identify what is being asked on the following statements, choose your answer by shading the correct
letter on your answer sheets.

1. Because we are now more inclined to use computers and tablets especially when playing games, some children are not
able to play street games anymore. This pushed some game developers to introduce Filipino street games as video games.
What aspect of culture is being demonstrated?
A. dynamic B. flexible C. adaptive D. inclined

2. In the aspect of music, we can see that music may change from time to time. The traditional music during the 1920s
was mostly jazz, ragtime, and broad way music while the popular music during the 1970s was disco music. What aspect
of culture is being demonstrated?
A. dynamic B. flexible C. adaptive D. inclined

3. When it comes to language, we can also see how culture adapts to changing times. We have already developed new
words related to the internet like memes, netizens, vines, and others. What aspect of culture is being demonstrated?
A. dynamic B. flexible C. adaptive D. inclined

4. What is the process through which people learn to understand societal norms or expectations and societal values as
members of society?
A. Enculturation B. Socialization C. shared D. contested

5. What is the process by which an individual adopts the behaviour patterns of the culture he or she is immersed in?
A. Enculturation B. Socialization C. shared D. contested

6. Which pattern of social interaction is referred when people or groups of people work together to achieve a common
goal?
A. exchange B. cooperation C. competition D. conflict

7. Which pattern of social interaction is referred when individuals or groups battle to achieve the goal that only one can
have?
A. exchange B. cooperation C. competition D. conflict

8. You force your brother to do your chores by threatening him that you will tell your mother that he failed his exam.
Which pattern of social interaction is being described?
A. exchange B. cooperation C. competition D. conflict

9. Which does NOT belong to the group?

A. tools B. values C. pieces of furniture D. clothing

10. Which of the following elements of culture is a sign that represents one or more meanings?
A. Values B. symbols C. Norms D.

11. Which of the following elements of culture refers to standards or codes of behavior, including expectations and
obligations that are specific to particular social settings?
A. Values B. symbols C. Norms D. laws

12. Which of the following is NOT an example of norms?

A. manners B. art C. customs D. laws

13. What do you call the tendency to judge all cultures in terms of one’s own; a belief that one’s own culture is morally,
intellectually, and/or aesthetically superior to all others?
A. Ethnocentrism B. egocentrism C. Cultural relativism D. Cultural universals

14. These are elements common to all cultures or societies, though they may take different forms in different societies.
A. Ethnocentrism B. egocentrism C. Cultural relativism D. Cultural universals
15. Which of the following terms refers to the position that there are no universal cultural values or ideas, that culture can
only be understood on its own terms, not from the perspectives of other cultures?
A. Ethnocentrism B. egocentrism C. Cultural relativism D. Cultural universals

16. What is the study of people throughout the world, their evolutionary history, how they behave, adapt to different
environments, communicate, and socialize with one another?
A. Sociology B. anthropology C. Politics D. Economics

17. What discipline deals with the study of human institutions and their relationships?
A. Sociology B. anthropology C. Politics D. Economics