Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Schools Division of Bohol
Garcia Hernandez High School
Senior High School

Name: __________________________________ Yr/Sec.: ________ Date: ______Score: ___________

PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS

2nd Semester – 3rd Quarter
S.Y 2022 - 2023
Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the questions very carefully and encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct
answer.

1.Which one means “Upright Man” with body proportions like modern humans.
a. Homo Erectus c. Homo Habilis
b. Homo Floresiences d. Homo Sapiens
2._____________ is the study of relationships among people.
a. Anthropology c. Etymology
b. Archaeology d. Sociology

3. A person or practitioner who studies Anthropology.

a. Archaeologist c. Anthropologist
b. Archaeology d. Sociologist

4. A group of people involved in persistent interpersonal relationships, or a large social grouping

sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and
dominant cultural expectations.
a. Culture b. Government c. Society d. State

5. It refers to a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy.

a. Social Change b. Social Climber c. Social Stratification d. Social Science

6. It refers to an alteration in the social order of a society.

a. Social Change b. Social Climber c. Social Stratification d. Social Science

7. The study of previous cultures of humans by analyzing various artifacts and fossils.
a. Archaeology b. Geology c. Paleontology d. Paleozoology

8. It is something that is not present in nature but is formed through a process done by man.
a. Artifacts b. Civilization c. Democracy d. Neolithic

9. It is a process wherein there are notable changes made to the culture of a society over several
generation
a. Biological evolution c. Industrial society
b. Cultural evolution d. Neolithic revolution

10. A term that is used to refer to the impact and development of farming to the lives of people.
a. biological evolution c. Industrial society
b. Cultural evolution d. Neolithic revolution

11. It is the acceptance of the cultural goals and means of attaining those goals.
a. Enculturation b. Conformity c. Deviance d. Gossip

12. The fact or state of diverging from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual
behavior.
a. Enculturation b. Conformity c. Deviance d. Gossip
13. A family unit that results from the union of two parents, both with a child or children from previous
relationships.
a. Blended family c. nuclear family
b. Extended family d. Single parent family type

14. The ___________________ consist of one parent raising one or more children on his own.
a. Blended family c. nuclear family
b. Extended family d. Single parent family type

15. ______________ which extends beyond the nuclear family to include grandparents and other
relatives.
a. Blended family b. nuclear family
c. Extended family d. Single parent family type

16.________________ is the holistic “science of man”, a science of the totality of human existence.
a. Archaeology
b. Anthropology Etymology
c. Etymology
d. Sociology

17. It is the study of relationships among people.

a. Archaeology
b. Anthropology Etymology
c. Etymology
d. Sociology

18. _____________ are conceptions or ideas people have about what is true in the environment
around them like what is life, how to value it, and how one’s belief on the value of life relate with
his or her interaction with others and the world.
a. Beliefs
b. Language
c. Norms
d. Values

19. It is generally defined as an organized group or groups of interdependent people who share
common interest.
a. Beliefs
b. Language
c. Norms
d. Values

20. What was the main idea of Politics.

a. “Theory of human behavior”
b. “Theory of social changes”
c. “Theory of practice of government”
d. “Theory of gender equality”

21. It defined in democratic principles, and it is a status granted to individuals to properly run the
government and implement the rule of the law in the society.
a. Beliefs
b. Language
c. Values
d. Power
22. It is socially constructed characteristics of being male or female.
a. Gender
b. Ethnicity
c. Nationality
d. Religion

23. What category of person who have more or less the same socioeconomic privileges?
a. Culture
b. Norms
c. Nationality
d. Socioeconomic Status
24. Which is the best answer when we talk about Paleolithic Age?
a. They learned to live in caves and discovered the use of fire
b. They known as Food-producing cultures
c. They learned to domesticate animals
d. They known as the rise of technology

25. What can you say about culture ?

a. It doesn’t change
b. It is learned through socialization
c. It is narrow
d. none of the choices

26. Which statement supports about culture shock ?

a. Creating friends in the middle of the game
b. When a person enters a nude club and he experience disbelief
c. Accepting modern means of transportation
d. Deviance such as criminals

27. Which of the choices are groups composed of people who collectively identify of people who
collectively identify themselves as distinct and unique because of their cultural features, such as
language, ancestry, and traditions?
a. Anthropologist
b. Elite People
c. Ethnic Group
d. Politicians

28. Which statements support about Ethnocentrism ?.

a. It doesn’t judge another culture
b. The perception that leads to bullying and racism
c. It doesn’t promote well being
d. Both A & C

29. Women in western countries can wear bikinis in public places, while it is taboo for women in
middle of eastern countries to wear bikinis in public.This statement supports the _____.
a. Cultural Relativism
b. Cultural Variations
c. Politics
d. Power
30. What examples can you find people living Neolithic Age ?
a. settlements where shape and polished
b. Sophisticated tools were made
c. Use of simple rough stones as tools
d. Equipment were made from copper

31. How does discovery cause social change?

a. Because of the spread of culture traits from one group to another.
b. Because of earthquakes, floods and droughts
c. Population Movement
d. When people reorganized existing elements of the world they had not noticed befor

32. How would you show your understanding about socialization?

a. By expressing through symbols
b. teaches individuals their role with in the society
c. encompasses both learning and teaching
d. performing connection with the expected behavior to achieved goal

33. The industrial Society is characterized by more than just the use of mechanical means of
production. Which of the following best describes it ?
a. Increased working time
b. Employment of highly skilled labor force
c. Well-organized systems of exchanged between suppliers of raw materials and industrial
manufacturers
d. All of these

34. It refers to all alterations affecting new traits or trait complexes and changes in a culture’s content
and structure.
a. Cultural Change
b. Enculturation
c. Idealism
d. Social Change

35. It is a system which a state or community is controlled as to put order.

a. Constituents
b. Government
c. Political
d. Social change

36. This takes place when one culture spreads to another through learning.
a. Association
b. Enculturation
c. Integration
d. Socialization

37. What is the study of human beings and their ancestors?

a. Anthropologist
b. Psychology
c. Philosophy
 d. None of the above

38. They try to recover information about human cultures – often from the past- by studying materials
samples, skeletal remains and settlements.
a. Biological Anthropologist
b. Linguistic
c. Sociology
d. Political

39. In the Philippine setting, for instance, political power is divided into three ,Which one is not
included?
a. Central power and Local Power
b. Executive
c. Legislative
d. Judiciary

40. What political power is centered on local government in the provinces?

a. Central Power
b. Execuitve Power
c. Local Power
d. Middle Power
41. What political power focused on the national government based in Manila?
a. Central power
b. Out-Group
c. Local Power
d. Secondary Group
42. What science of society and social behavior, which is viewed as an aggregate of individuals?
a. Biological Anthropology
b. Sociology
c. Political Analyst
d. Linguistic

43. Aggregate happens when you see several persons who come together without interacting with
each other.Which of the following best illustrates the statement ?

A. People inside a movie house

B. People riding in a train like MRT
C. People waiting for a jeep or bus to come
D. All of these

44. Hunting and Gathering Society is the earliest form of society .What ideas justify the statement ?
a. People survived by foraging for fruits and vegetables, fishing and hunting wild animals
b. People learned to use human muscle power and hand held tools
c. People learned to produce for more goods/ and services from families
d. None of the above

45. It is the complex whole which encompasses beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms,
artifacts everything a person learns and shares as a member of the society.
a. Society
 b. Social Change
c. Culture
d. Language

46. According to John Honigmann an anthropologist, has pointed out, there are three components
that go together that make up culture except for one.
a. Ideas c. ethnicity
b. activities d. artifacts
47. Mommy and Daddy taught their one-year-old daughter Cloud how to play ABC song with the use
of their Lenovo cell phone. Now, Cloud can able to open the phone and sing the ABC song. What
characteristic of culture is shown in the situation?
a. culture is learned c. culture is shared
b. culture is integrated d. culture is symbolic

48. “Sabong” is a vice which Lolo Tasyo has been indulged with until this year. This kind of gambling
was brought in the Philippines during the Spanish colonization. How would you explain the reason
why this culture is still practicing today?
a. Because culture changes overtime as people respond to challenges
b. Because culture is limited to one aspect only
c. Because culture serves as the identity of a particular society
d. None of the above