UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS 3RD QUARTER EXAMINATION

What term refers to the shared practices, values, beliefs, norms, and artifacts of the society?

• Culture

• Residents

• Society

• Experience

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?

• History

• Anthropology

• Political Science

• Sociology

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 ___________.

• Symbolic

• Integrated

• Encompassing

• Learned

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?

• Anthropology

• Economics

• Political Science

• Sociology

Based on the 2000 Philippine census, Catholics comprises 82.9% of the population. Like other religion, Catholicism has its own ceremonial and ritualistic practices that people follow. What human cultural variation is given emphasis in the situation?

• Ethnicity

• Socioeconomic Status

• Religion

• Nationality

Mang Isko and Aling Perla used to have a family devotion (prayer) every Saturday. They demonstrate and explain to their children the reason for having deep faith to God. What aspect of culture is best suitable for this situation?

• Culture is shared

• Culture is social

• Culture is transmitted

• Culture is learned

Pinoys are fond of singing and listening to music. Before, people used to do sing-along with a jukebox, then it was changed to karaoke, and now, most people sing their favorite songs in videoke. Their ways of enjoying music have gone through changes but still lives up until today. Therefore, culture is __________.

• Culture is learned

• Culture is shared

• Culture is continuous

• Culture is transmitted

Which of the following is NOT a true statement about cultural relativism?

• It requires us to abandon the values of our own culture.

• It unites us as one and make us even more proud of our own culture.

• It makes it possible for us to explain how culture makes its people behave.

• It requires people to consider many factors before they draw conclusions on other people's cultural practices.

A child may grow up eating with bare hands because that is customary to his/her region, meanwhile, another child may grow up eating with spoon and fork because that is what his/her parent do. What aspects of culture is being shown in the situation.

• Culture is learned

• Culture is Adaptive

• Culture is symbolic

• Culture is cumulative

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?

• Capitalism

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Bureaucracy