Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education-Tacloban City Division

LEYTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics
Tacloban City

SUMMATIVE TEST in
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. Sinulog Festival is Cebuano’s way of honoring Sto. Nino; Pangasinan’s Bangus festival signifies their
bountiful harvest of fishes particularly bangus; meanwhile, Bicolano’s “Bicol express” truly marks their
“Uragon” (courageous) style because of the spiciness and hotness of the said food. The mentioned
traditions represent culture as being ___________.
a. symbolic c. encompassing
b. integrated d. learned
2. The following are all considered as means of transmitting culture among members of the society. Which
one is the main vehicle of passing culture from one generation to another generation?
a. Instruction c. Language
b. Imitation d. Symbols
3. In the United States, once a person reached the age of 18, he/she can live freely outside the guidance of
parents, while here in the Philippines, we are family-oriented, meaning some are free to live with parents
until they grow old. This statement simply means that culture is __________.
a. Culture is continuous. c. Culture is social.
b. Culture is varied. d. Culture is transmitted.
4. Which of the following refers to the “way of life” of individuals in a community?
a. Society c. Manner
b. Culture d. Organization
5. __________ cannot exist apart from culture. It is an organized group of individuals who share
common/related manner of living.
a. Institution c. Organization
b. Corporation d. Society
6. Which of the following words can best describe culture and society as a complex whole?
a. interdependent c. interrelated
b. interactive d. All choices are correct.
7. Which statements are NOT TRUE about the aspects of culture in relation to society?
a. Culture is shared and learned within societies.
b.Culture is continuous and growing.
c. There are known human societies that do not exhibit culture.
d.Culture does vary from society to society.
8. People carry and transmit culture, but they are not culture. Edward B. Tylor described culture as “a
complex whole.” Which of the following choices supports Tylor’s description of culture?
a. Culture as complex whole means it encompasses traits and values of the society.
b. Culture as complex whole means it includes laws and norms in the government.
c. Culture as complex whole means it deals with everything that a person learns and shares as a
member of the society.
d. Culture as complex whole means it refers to the beliefs and traditions of modern Filipinos.
9. Which statement is WRONG about the concept of culture?
a. Culture is a way of life transmitted through social interaction.
b. Every society has its own distinctive culture.
c. Culture refers to a group’s ways of behaving and thinking.
d. Culture can evolve into anything.
10. Does culture affect our lives in terms of the way we view society and interact with other people?
 a. Yes b. no c. Uncertain d. Maybe

11. Which of the following phrases describe cultural relativism?

a. having no concept of right or wrong
b. comparing how other cultures are related to others
c. believing that western culture is superior from Asian culture.
d. measuring behavior as it is regarded in the person’s own culture

12. Why does ethnocentrism lead to dehumanizing others?

a. there is no way to determine right or wrong
b. other people may be treated as superior
c. native people usually want to be colonized by superior cultures
d. believing that their own race is superior over the others makes one morally corrupt.
13. The attitude that other societies’ customs and traditions and ideas should be judged in the context of one’s own
culture is known as ______________________.
a. Colonialism b. Cultural Relativism c. Imperialism d. Ethnocentrism

14. People around the world should learn from the ill effects of the belief that one’s culture is better than others.
Which of the following is NOT an example of it?
a. Hate crimes happen when people are killed because of their religious beliefs and practices.
b. The Holocaust happened when Adolf Hitler ordered the mass murdering of the Jews.
c. Slave trade happened when black African people were sold in Europe and the Americas to serve as slaves.
d. Global warming is now happening and people from more developed and industrialized countries are more
liable than people from underdeveloped countries.
15. What is the most important lesson we could get from studying cultural relativism?
a. It is difficult or impossible to force your own religious beliefs onto another group.
b. When studying another culture, you must first convert to its religious beliefs for better understanding.
c. Something that is not good or prohibited in your own society might be good and perfectly acceptable in
another society.
d. People tend to be more tolerant of another culture’s customs when they understand and learn the
meaning behind them.
16. Which of the following is an example of ethnocentrism?
a. A girl praises her classmate for being responsible at school.
b. A mother refuses to pay her daughter’s prom gown.
c. A father is angry with his son for not doing his homework.
d. A westernized woman is looking down on a tribal woman for not wearing any clothes.
17. Having more than one wife is not bad from a Muslim point of view. In relation, people must see this custom
within the context of Muslims’ problems and opportunities. What kind of view is illustrated here?
a. Barbarism b. Cultural relativism c. Egocentrism d. Ethnocentrism

18. Which of the following is NOT a true statement about cultural relativism?
a. It requires us to abandon the values of our own culture.
b. It unites us as one and make us even more proud of our own culture.
c. It makes it possible for us to explain how culture makes its people behave.
d. It requires people to consider many factors before they draw conclusions on other people’s cultural
practices.
19. You are an overseas Filipino worker who went to Japan for the first time. During the first few days of your stay,
you are disoriented and frustrated due to your exposure to a very strange culture. What does this situation
signify?
a. Culture shock b. Cultural diversity c. Cultural relativism d. Fear of culture
20. The Kwakintl Indians of North America lack electricity supply, and they seem to have a less fulfilling life. The
Bushmen of the Kalchari are non-literate and they appear less intelligent. Relatively, you view your own culture
as superior to them. What do the statements above explain?
 a. Cultural relativism c. Structuralism
b. Ethnocentrism d. Structural formalism
21. During the earliest stage cultural evolution of nomadic people, they hunt and gather foods to stay alive
and they learn to make a sedentary lifestyle in the Neolithic period. Which statement tells the accomplishment of
human in the Neolithic period?
a. Live in a cave
b. Used unpolished stone tools
c. Used metals to upgrade tools
d. Domesticate plants and animals
22. The Age of Metal produced a new historical development from the cradle civilization of Egypt,
Mesopotamia, Persia including the India, and China which later on spread throughout Asia. Which type of metal
were the earliest known by human?
a. Iron b. Bronze c. Copper d. Aluminum
23. There are three notable stages in the human cultural evolution. Which statement tells the correct timeline of these
evolutions?
a. Age of Metal, Neolithic Period, Paleolithic Period
b. Neolithic Period, Paleolithic Period, Age of Metal
c. Paleolithic Period, Age of Metal, Neolithic Period
d. Paleolithic Period, Neolithic Period, Age of Metal
24. From being nomads during the early stage, human began to developed a sedentary type of society of which they
built-up villages and towns. In which era has these evolutions happens?
a. Age of Bronze b. Age of Copper c. Neolithic Period d. Paleolithic Period
25. In the history of human civilization in which people started to develop their society, where did the world’s first
Civilization develop?
a. Crete b. Egypt c. Mesopotamia d. China
26. From the different kind of government in various societies, what is a form of government where the citizens of
the nation have the power to vote?
a. Capitalism b. Aristocracy c. Democracy d. Bureaucracy
27. In the history of war, the nations started to claim their power and supremacy over the nations. Which treaty ends
the World War II and breaks several multi-rational empires?
a. Treaty of Versailles
b. Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine
c. Faisal-Weizmann agreement
d. Treaty of Saint-Germain en Laye
28. Which geographic feature was common to the development of civilizations in ancient Egypt, China, India, and
Mesopotamia?
a. deserts b. mountains c. rain forests d. river valleys
29. In the context of ancient civilization, which factor led to the development of civilizations in ancient
Mesopotamia?
a. political harmony
b. favorable geography
c. religious differences
d. universal education
30. This theory, emphasizes the relationship between economic power and political power. They view the state as the
organizing committee of the ruling class.
a. Pluralism b. Anarchism c. Marxism d. Bureaucracy
31. In your everyday life in school or in your neighborhood, your Barkada is an example of:
a. In-group b. Networking group c. Secondary Group d. Out-Group
32. Typically, a small social group whose members share close, personal and enduring relationships.
a. Out-Group b. Primary group c. Secondary group d. Networking group
33. Among different kinds of social groups in our society, this can be small or large, mostly impersonal and usually
short-term.
a. Out-group b. Social Group c. Primary Group d. Secondary Group
34. Every social group manifests specific sets of characteristics, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of
members in an in group?
a. a sense of “we” rather than “I”
b. a feeling of unity
 c. similar likes/dislikes
d. all of the above
35. Based on the kind of social relation, which of the following is an example of an in-group?
a. enemies
b. a biker and a singer
c. members of a dance troupe
d. knowing out-group’s differences
36. Nowadays technology-based social group has been already part of everyone’s daily life. As such, social
networking sites is considered as are powerful __________tools
a. Communication b. Laboratory c. Man-made d. Technological
37. These are sets of informal and formal social ties that link people to each other.
a. In-groups b. Networks c. Out-groups d. Reference groups
38. In the society, we observed that people are group in certain particular manner. Which of the following is an
example of a secondary group?
a. Bikers b. Project Groups c. Clan d. Childhood Friends
39. People are group according to certain manner. Which group is identified with each other based on common
interests?
a. Social Group b. In-group c. Reference Group d. Out- Group
40. Many of the social groups have shared various similarities in some particular way, which of the following is the
true purpose of having a reference group?
a. To evaluate the behavior and culture of the people
b. To serve as guide of our behavior
c. To identify Cultural and behavioral Norms
d. All of the above
41. Its goal is to obtain possible theories and principles about society and study the nature of humanity. Which of
the following discipline in social sciences is the focus of this goal?
a. Anthropology b. Humanities c. Political Science d. Sociology

42. Political dynasty is a prevalent problem in our country as only few related people had given the chance to rule.
Several important government positions are held by people who belong to one family. Which social sciences
discipline could explain and solve the problem?
a. Anthropology b. Economics c. Political Science d. Sociology

43. The goal of this discipline in social sciences is citizenship education. It requires us to understand and appreciate
the duties and obligations of being a member of a society we are a part. What discipline in social sciences is the
focus of this goal?
a. Anthropology b. Humanities c. Political Science d. Sociology

44. A researcher chose to write about indigenous people in Mindanao and he described them using some concepts
such as kinship, gender, and power. He tried to compare them to other groups of people. Which of the following
fields of science did the statement above portray?
a. History c. Political science
b. Anthropology d. Sociology
45. Dan was conducting qualitative research that involves immersing himself in a particular community or
organization to observe their behavior and interactions up close. Which of the following occupation is Dan
belong?
a. Archeologists c. Ethnographer
b. Historians d. Sociologists
46. Society and culture is indeed connected with one another, all encompassing, meaning we visualize culture and
society as a complex whole. The following descriptions below clearly explain how culture, society, and politics
are interrelated with one another, except for one. Which description is it?
a. Members of the society are not active in the engagement in political activities.
b. People interact meaningfully with one another and observe social norms as members of the society.
c. The culture of a society encompasses the meaningful processes and products of social interactions
d. People interact in society as individuals and as group with duties and privileges.
47. According to Morga in his Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (1609), In some parts of Luzon Islandthere are number
of natives who are black in colour and with kinky hair, and neither sex is very tall although they are strong and
husky. These are barbarians and of poor capacity. What can you say about this observation of de Morga? Are
they accurate and objective? Why?
a. Yes, because they don’t have an organized form of government, no formal schooling, dressed in their
primitive attire and have no concept about their self and culture.
 b. Yes, because European people are more advanced in their science and technology. They are more civilized
and educated.
c. No, because their judgement is only based on their own observation and used their own culture as basis of
comparison.
d. No, because their observations do not conform with the ethnographic method used by anthropologists to
better understand others’ culture.
48. It is a systematic study of government, politics, and political power.
a. Anthropology b. Political Science c. Sociology d. History
49. Study of society, patterns of social interactions and culture of everyday life.
a. Anthropology b. Political Science c. Sociology d. History

50. Study of people, their origin, languages, religion, social systems and other tangible and intangible aspects of their
lives.

a. Anthropology b. Political Science c. Sociology d. History

51. This is the place where a person is enculturated through immersing himself or herself in serving others with the
help of other individuals. We are all part of a ________________ that would help us understand our own cultural
and values orientation.
a. Social Media b. Agents of Socialization c. peer group d. Community

52. As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. Because of these, a child needs a group of individuals who
will shape his or her culture, beliefs, and values. What do you call this group of individuals?
a. Social Media b. Agents of Socialization c. peer group d. Community

53. The first agent of socialization is our family most especially our parents. Throughout our life we will have our set
of chosen family that will also guide us in socialization and teach us to interact with other people. Who is this chosen
family?
a. Social Media b. Agents of Socialization c. peer group d. Community

54. At this day and age of modern technology, a new agent of socialization has influenced people both young and old.
The influence of this agent is both good and bad. This is why our family and friends play an important role in
managing the influence of this agent. What agent of socialization is this?
a. Social Media b. Agents of Socialization c. peer group d. Community

55. Aside from teaching morality and reverence to our Creator, this institution also instills cultural appreciation and
cultural values that would shape the personality of a child. What is this institution?
a. Government b. Church c. Socialization d. Family
56. Every individual undergoes a social process which enables him/her to become part of one’s culture throughout
his/her lifetime. Which concept refers to this process?
a. Government b. Church c. Socialization d. Family
57. The agents of socialization performing role in the development of one’s personality. However, each of them
influences the development of individual in varying degree. What is the first agent of socialization that influences
the development of a person intensively?
a. Government b. Church c. Socialization d. Family
58. Through socialization we learn some ways of behaving. Which of the choices is normally learned during
socialization?
A. We learn discriminatory attitude.
B. We learn to isolate ourselves from people.
C. We learn that culture is the same in all societies.
D. We learn our culture’s norms and the roles expected of us.
59. Socialization is an important social activity in the development of a person. How does socialization affect the
development of an individual?
A. Socialization helps an individual become better than anyone else.
B. Socialization is an effective tool to understand cultural differences.
C. Socialization process is necessary to meet the demands of the society.
D. Undergoing constant socialization enables an individual to fully develop in physical, emotional, and
mental aspects.
60. Personal identity develops in many ways, depending on preferred choices and one’s identity can be developed
through enculturation. Which of the following highlights enculturation?
a. It is the process of learning one’s own culture.
b. It is the method of uniting one’s culture with others.
c. It is the concept of acquiring knowledge about one’s self.
d. It is the manner of patronizing one’s culture over the others.

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LNHS-SHS UCSP TEACHERS