Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Schools Division of CEBU PROVINCE
ASTURIAS SOUTH DISTRICT
SECOND UNIFIED DISTRICT SUMMATIVE TEST (FINALS)
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY & POLITICS
NAME: __________________________________________ GRADE & SECTION: ______________________ SCORE: _________
Direction: Read each question carefully and choose the correct answer in the choices given. Write the letter of your answer on the space
provided before each number.
_______1. These refer in particular to the religious conviction of individuals that also shape their ways of living.
A. Beliefs B. Folkways C. Norms D. Traditions
_______2. They represent the standards we use to evaluate the desirability of things.
A. Folkways B. Laws C. Mores D. Values
_______3. Is culture learned?
A. Yes. Through language the cultural traits of society are passed on to younger members in the process of growing up and
through teaching
B. Yes. Since it renders meanings to what people do.
C. Yes. Societies operate differently from each other leading to cultural variations.
D. No. Culture isn’t learned but it is an acquisition of ways, norms and beliefs of an individual according to his
perspective.
________4. Which of the following is referred to as the set of ethical standards & moral obligations as dictates of reason that distinguish human
acts as right or wrong or good from bad?
A. Folkways B. Laws C. Mores D. Values
________5. It refers to valuable tools for exploring the past and using them to understand the past.
A. Artifacts B. Language C. Technology D. Values
________6. Choose a statement below which supports the fact that culture is SYMBOLIC.
A. Sinulog Feast is celebrated through fabulous dancing with the Sto. Niño image on the streets in the Mardi Gras.
B. There is unity in diversity in the culture of man around the world.
C. Language is acquired, thus it is one great tool for culture to become widespread and adapted.
D. Culture covers every feature of humanity.
_______7. Choose an analogy below which does not emphasize SYMBOL as an element of culture.
A. Christmas: Star
B. Cross: Christianity
C. Night: Dark
D. Valentine’s Day: Heart
_______8. It sees social life as a competition, and focuses on the distribution of resources, power, and inequality.
A. Conflict perspective C. Functionalist perspective
B. Cultural perspective D. Theoretical perspective
_______9. It is a social science that emphasizes society and social processes.
A. Anthropology B. Culture C. Political Science D. Sociology
______10. The following statements are true about Anthropology except one, which one is it?
A. Anthropology centers on culture.
B. Anthropology is the study of man and its various aspects.
C. Anthropology describes the ancestors through time and space in relation to its environmental, social relations & culture.
D. Anthropology centers on power and influence to govern.
______11. Which of the following is the best definition of cultural relativism?
A. A cultural group’s desire to pass on its values to the next generation
B. Refers to not judging a culture to our own standards of what is right or wrong
C. Measuring which culture are related to others
D. All of the above
______12. What is ethnocentrism?
A. judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one’s own culture.
B. judging another culture solely by the values and standards of another culture.
C. having no concept of right or wrong
D. both b and c
______13. Which of the following sentences expresses cultural relativism?
A. an employee may refer to his client as a stupid if the client needed some time to understand whatever the employee is
trying to tell him
B. addressing a conservative woman in a liberated place as weirdo
C. thinking that people who eats fried crickets are disgusting
D. none of the above
______14. Which of the following is not a claim of a cultural relativist?
A. The moral code of a society determines what is right within that society
B. Different societies have different moral code
C. It is good to judge the conduct of other societies
D. There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one society as better than another
______15. Which of the following types of societies came first?
A. Hunting and gathering societies B. Agricultural societies C. Industrial societies D. Pastoral societies
______16. It is something made or given shape by humans, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest.
A. heritage B. antique C. artifacts D. art
______17. These tools were developed by Homo Neanderthals.
A. Mousterian Tools B. Acheulian Tools C. Oldowon Tools D. Knife
______18. This type of society uses technological advances to cultivate crops especially grains like wheat, rice and corn.
A. Agricultural society B. Pastoral society C. Horticultural Society D. Industrial society 2
______19. What are the uses of Aucheulian hand axe?
A. light chopping of woods B. butchering animals C. cracking nuts and small bones D. all of the above
______20. Is there such a thing as best culture?
A. Yes. The culture I am having is the best among all the culture in the world.
B. Yes. Culture is best when it is being adapted by a large number of people.
C. No. No culture is superior to another culture.
D. No. Culture is widely shared and adapted so we could not tell what is best.
