Understanding Culture, Society & Politics

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1. Scientific study of man or human beings.

a.Antropology b. culture c. sociology d. beliefs d.political science

2. Study of human social relationships and institutions.

a.Antropology b. culture c. sociology d. beliefs d.political science

3. A social science that deals with humans and their interactions.

a.Antropology b. culture c. sociology d. beliefs d.political science

4. Consists of beliefs, behaviours, objects, and other characteristics common to the members of a particular group or
society.
a.Antropology b. culture c. sociology d. beliefs d.political science

5. A state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing.
a.Antropology b. culture c. sociology d. beliefs d.political science

6. Which of the following is characterized by communal ownership of property and division of labor?
A. Asiatic Society C. Democratic Society
B. Capitalists Society D. Pre-class Society

7. Which is considered to be the hallmark of modern society?

A. Information and communication technology C. Machines and industries
B. Irrigation systems D. All of the above

8. Which of the following types of society is characterized as by economy that is dependent on tangible goods and
the people must pursue greater education?
A. Horticultural C. Pastoral
B. Industrial D. Post-industrial

9. Technological tools, architectural, structures, fashion and accessories, and food are all examples of what
component of culture?
A. Basic Culture C. Material Culture
B. Commercial Culture D. Non-material Culture

10. Which one is considered as the perception of individuals to accepted reality?

A. Beliefs C. Knowledge
B. Folkways D. Outlook

11. What type of norms tells us thing to do?

A. Folkway C. Prescriptive
B. Law D. Proscriptive

12. What type of norms tells us thing NOT to do?

A. Folkway C. Prescriptive
B. Law

13. What form of norm is codified ethics, formally agreed, and written down and enforced by authorities?
A. Folkways C. Mores
B. Laws D. Taboos
14. Which one is an act that violates a social norm?
A. Conflict C. Rebellion
B. Deviance D. Ritualism
15. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. Prospective norms are those that define and tell things us not to do.
B. Societal norms are of different types and norms.
C. Prescriptive norms are those that define and tell us things to do.
D. Society and culture
16. What cultural term refers to the perspective that promotes an individual’s culture as the most efficient and
superior?
A. Cultural Relativism C. Culture Shock
B. Cultural Variation D. Ethnocentrism
17. Which of the following statement is NOT an aspect of culture?
A. Air C. Cuisine
B. Arts D. Music
18. What cultural concept underscores the idea that culture in every society should be understood and regarded on its
own?
A. Cultural Relativism C. Culture Shock
B. Cultural Variation D. Ethnocentris
19. What cultural term refers to an experience of a person when he moves to a
cultural environment which is different from his own?
A. Cultural Relativism C. Culture Shock
B. Cultural Variation D. Ethnocentrism

20. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about cultural relativism?
A. It is a problematic form of classification of human groups
B. It is a perspective that promotes cultures in the context of locality
C. It is a culturally relative approach to understand human groups
D. Understanding the society using cultural relativity promotes respect and equality

21. They were the first hunters with improvised tools such as axes and knives,
and were the first to produce fire.
A. Hominids C. Homo Erectus
B. Homo Habilis D. Homo Sapiens

22. First to make stone tools.

A. Hominids C. Homo Erectus
B. Homo Habilis D. Homo Sapiens

23. Described as manlike primates.

A. Hominids C. Homo Erectus
B. Homo Habilis D. Homo Sapiens
24. They were the first to produce art in cave paintings and crafting decorated tools and accessories
A. Hominids C. Homo Erectus
B. Homo Habilis D. Homo Sapiens

25. Also known as the computer age.

A. Paleolithic Period C. Metal Age
B. Neolithic Period D. Age of Modern Technology