Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region 0
Division of

Bal High School

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Grade 11 – UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND POLITICS

Name: _____________________________ Date: _______________ Score:_____________

Section: __________________ Parent’s Signature: ___________________

DIRECTIONS: Select from the given choices the one that best/correctly answers the items. Write your
answer before the number.

1. It refers to variations or modification in the pattern of social organization, of sub-groups within a

society or of the entire society itself.
A. Social Change C. Society
B. Gender D. Nationality
2. It is the socially constructed characteristics of being a male or female.
A. Social Change C. Society
B. Gender D. Nationality
3. It refers to the legal relationship that binds a person and a country.
A. Social Change C. Society
B. Gender D. Nationality
4. It is the study of human beings and their ancestors.
A. Sociology C. Philosophy
B. Anthropology D. Nationality
5. This discipline deals with social development in general and describes and analyzes social life in
all its phases and complexities.
A. Sociology C. Philosophy
B. Anthropology D. Nationality
6. It refers to an organized group of people who share common territory, language, and culuture.
A. Social Change C. Society
B. Gender D. Nationality
7. _______________ maps the various social forces that shape individual actions and social
interactions.
A. Anthropology C. Sociology
B. Political Science D. Philosophy
8. According to ______________, social differentiation is a normal feature of every known culture
in the world.
A. Anthropology C. Sociology
B. Political Science D. Philosophy
9. Nose piercings of this country are considered quite to be beautiful and sexy.
A. India C. Kenya
B. Japan D. Ethiopia
10. In this country you will see women sporting a lip plate, which starts a piercing and expanded
over time.
A. India C. Kenya
B. Japan D. Ethiopia
11. Which country considers body scars to be very sexy?
A. India C. Kenya
B. Japan D. Ethiopia
12. Kanarama Matsuri is one of the weird festival in ___________. This is a festival of steel penis
that is celebrated on the first Sunday of April every year.
A. India C. Kenya
B. Japan D. Ethiopia
13. Which of the following is NOT true about Culture?
A. Culture is composed of both material and nonmaterial component
B. Culture is shared
C. Cultures around the world are different but equal
D. A person may totally forget his or her birth culture when he or she lives in a foreign land.
14. It refers to the variation or modification in the patterns of social organization, of sub-groups
within a society, or in the society itself.
A. Social Change C. Cultural Change
B. Political change D. Biological Change
15. Refers to the learning through constant exposure and experience to culture.
A. Enculturation C. Association
B. Integration D. Socialization
16. Which of the following is not a characteristic of CULTURE?
A. Culture is social because it is the product of behavior.
B. Culture varies from society to society .
C. Culture is shared.
D. Culture is stagnant
17. Refers to the tendency of each society to place its own culture patterns at the center of things.
A. Ethnocentrism C. Xenophobia
B. Xenocentrism D. Cultural Relativism
18. Refers to the tendency of each society to place its own culture patterns at the center of things.
A. Ethnocentrism C. Xenophobia
B. Xenocentrism D. Cultural Relativism
19. It is the idea that all norms, beliefs, and values are dependent on their cultural context and be
treated as such.
A. Ethnocentrism C. Xenophobia
B. Xenocentrism D. Cultural Relativism
20. It is the fear of what is perceived as foreign or strange.
A. Ethnocentrism C. Xenophobia
B. Xenocentrism D. Cultural Relativism
21. Which of the following is/are theory that explains how human existed?
A. Theory of Evolution C. Natural Selection
B. Theory of religion D. None of the following
22. Refers to the changes, modifications, variations in the genetics and inherited traits of biological
populations from one generation to another.
A. Biological Evolution C. Cultural Evolution
B. Natural Evolution D. Social Evolution
23. Refers to the changes or development in cultures from a simple form to a more complex form of
human culture.
A. Biological Evolution C. Cultural Evolution
B. Natural Evolution D. Social Evolution
24. Which of the following is an exemption?
A. Paleothic Period C. Metal Age
B. Neolithic Period D. Neoliethic Period
25. What is the other term used in Paleolithic Period?
A. Old Stone Age C. Metal Age
B. New Stone Age D. New/old Stone Age
26. Which of the following ages/period with people who are nomadic? There were no permanent
homes.
A. Old Stone Age C. Metal Age
B. New Stone Age D. New/old Stone Age
27. Refers to the human, plant, and animal remains that have been preserved through time like
human teeth, skull, and bone fragment.
A. Artifacts C. Homonid
B. Fossils D. Ape
28. Which among the four Categories of Homonids Based on the age of artifacts and fossils is not
considered as pre-human?
A. Sahelanthropus C. Australopithecus
B. Ardipithecus D. Homo
29. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Ardipithecus?
A. Lives in jungles and forest like chimpanzees.
B. Weight of about 120 pounds
C. Height of about 4 feet
D. Upright
30. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Southern Ape?
A. Brain size of 500 cubic centimeters/ 1/3 of the size of your brain.
B. Tool user and not tool maker
C. Live in small social group
D. Wise and handy
31. Which of the following category of Homo is considered as wise upright man?
A. Homo Sapiens C. Homo Habilis
B. Homo Erectus D. Homonid
32. The oldest and most basic way of economic subsistence.
A. Hunting ang Gathering C. post Industrial
B. Pastural D. Agricultural
33. They are SEDISEDENTARY as well because they have settlements, but they do not stay in one
place.
A. Hunting ang Gathering C. post Industrial Societies
B. Pastural Societies D. Agricultural Societies
34. They usually have a SHAMAN or a priest who acts as the leader of the group.
A. Hunting ang Gathering C. post Industrial Societies
B. Pastural Societies D. Agricultural Societies
35. During this time human begun to farm and domesticate animals as their form of subsistence.
A. Hunting ang Gathering C. post Industrial Societies
B. Pastural Societies D. Agricultural Societies
36. It is the process by which people learn the requirements of their surrounding culture and acquire
the values and behaviors appropriate or necessary in that culture.
A. Socialization C. Deculturation
B. Enculturation D. Mingling
37. Are ones feeling of identity or affiliation with a group or culture.
A. Ethnic Identity C. Religious Identity
B. Cultural Identity D. National Identity
38. It is a social institution that refers to a relations formed between member of the society.
A. Family C. Kinship
B. Marriage D. Lineage
39. Refers to the line where one’s descent is traced.
A. Family C. Kinship
B. Marriage D. Lineage
40. In this form of descent pattern, persons are related if they can trace their descent trough females
to the same woman ancestor.
A. Patrilineal Descent C. Unilineal Descent
B. Matrilineal Descent D. A and B only.
41. Only males pass on their children their family identity.
A. Patrilineal Descent C. Unilineal Descent
B. Matrilineal Descent D. A and B only.

42. A man has multiple female partners or mates.

A. Monogamy C. Polyandry
B. Polygamy D. Polygyny
43. A woman has multiple male partners and mates.
A. Monogamy C. Polyandry
B. Polygamy D. Polygyny
44. Refers to the practice of having more than one partners or mates.
A. Monogamy C. Polyandry
B. Polygamy D. Polygyny
45. It refers to the marriage or sexual partnering custom or practice where individual has only one
male or female partner or mate.
A. Monogamy C. Endogamy
B. Polygamy D. Exogamy
46. Refers to a marriage custom where an individual is required by society’s norm and rules to marry
outside of their own group, community, or social classes.
A. Monogamy C. Endogamy
B. Polygamy D. Exogamy
47. It is considered as the basic unit of the society.
A. Church C. Family
B. School D. Purok
48. It is a type of family where the parents have a child or children from previous marital
relationships but all the members stay and congregate to form a new family unit.
A. Nuclear Family C. Blended Family
B. Extended Family D. Modern Blended Family
49. It is a type of family that is made up of group of people who are united by social ties. It is usually
made up of two adults and their socially recognized children.
A. Nuclear Family C. Blended Family
B. Extended Family D. Modern Blended Family
50. Families do not marry and would usually stay and live in one house without sanctity of marriage.
A. Nuclear Family C. Blended Family
B. Extended Family D. Modern Blended Family

Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in

God, you can live your dreams. GOOD LUCK!
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