DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula

UCSP
1ST SUMMATIVE TEST

NAME:__________________________________________________ DATE:
SECTION:_______________________________________________

INSTRUCTION: Write the answer before the number.

1.What is Anthropology?
a. It is a systematic study of government, politics, and political power.
b. Study of society, patterns of social interactions and culture of everyday life.
c. Study of society and politics in regards of the patterns of social interactions and culture.
d. Study of people, their origin, languages, religion, social systems and other tangible and
intangible aspects of their lives.
2. What is Society?
a. It is a systematic study of government, politics, and political power.
b. Study of society, patterns of social interactions and culture of everyday life.
c. Study of society and politics in regards of the patterns of social interactions and culture.
d. Study of people, their origin, languages, religion, social systems and other tangible and
intangible aspects of their lives.
3. What is Politics?
a. It is a systematic study of government, politics, and political power.
b. Study of society, patterns of social interactions and culture of everyday life.
c. Study of society and politics in regards of the patterns of social interactions and culture.
d. Study of people, their origin, languages, religion, social systems and other tangible and
intangible aspects of their lives.
4. Which of the following discipline in social sciences is the focus on the goal to obtain possible theories
and principles about society and study the nature of humanity?
a. Anthropology
b. Humanities
c. Political Science
d. Sociology
5. Which social sciences discipline could explain and solve the problem of Political dynasty as a prevalent
problem in our country as only few related people had given the chance to rule?
a. Anthropology
b. Humanities
c. Political Science
d. Sociology
6. What discipline in social sciences is the focus on the discipline citizenship education. It requires us to
understand and appreciate the duties and obligations of being a member of a society we are a part?
a. Anthropology b. Humanities c. Political Science d. Sociology
7.
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 b. Political science c. Anthropology d. Sociology
8. Dan was conducting a 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 b. Ethnographer c. Historians d. Sociologists
9. Which one is the best description of the complexity of culture and society?
a. Society can exist without culture.
 b. Culture can exist without society.
c. Society can operate without culture command.
d. People carry and transmit culture as members of society
10. Culture is a way of life of people. According to Edward B. Tylor, culture is regarded as “a complex
whole.” The word “complex” is synonymous to the word ________________.
a. simple b. complicated c. plain d. easy
11. Which of the following is not an example of culture?
a. Fiesta b. Machines c. Courtship d. Emotions
12. Which statement is wrong about the concept of culture?
a. Culture is a way of life only transmitted through social interaction.
b. Every society has its own distinctive culture.
c. Culture refers to group’s ways of behaving and thinking.
d. Culture can evolve into anything.
13. How do we learn our culture?
a. through social interaction
b. biologically inherited
c. by reading books
d. All choices are correct.
14. 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.
Which statement simply means that culture is __________.
a. Culture is continuous. b. Culture is social. c. Culture is varied. d. Culture is transmitted.
15.
Gentriseños are known for celebrating the Valenciana festival. In times of barangay fiestas, people
actively participate in the so-called “karakul.” Carmela has observed this specific way of life of the
Gentriseños since childhood. At present, this custom is still embedded in her heart. This story tells us
that culture is acquired by being bornt into a particular society.
What aspect of culture does it describe?
a. symbolic b. encompassing c. intergrated d. learned
16. Which of the following refers to the “way of life” of individuals in a community?
a. Society b. Manner c. Culture d. Organization
17. 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.
18. Which of these is an example of ethnocentrism?
a. A girl bullies her classmate for being clumsy.
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.
19. 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
20.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
21.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
22.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 b. Ethnocentrism c. Structuralism d. Structural formalism
23.
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
24. How were the first modern humans (Homo sapiens) different from any other hominid species?
a. They had large brains
b. They lived outside of Africa
c. They used symbolic thought
d. They used and controlled fire
25. The agents of socialization perform role in the development of one’s personality. However, each of
them influences the development of individual in varying degrees. What is the first agent of socialization
that influences the development of a person intensively?
a. Church b. Family c. Friends d. School
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. Which group is identified with each other based on common interests if people are group according to
certain manner?
a. Social Group
b. In-group
c. Reference Group
d. Out- Group
29. Every social group manifests specific sets of characteristics, which of the following is NOT a
characteristic of members in an ingroup?
a. a sense of “we” rather than “I”
b. a feeling of unity
c. similar likes/dislikes
d. knowing out-group’s differences
30. 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