Cultural Understanding Quiz

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

A gay fashion designer, Roberta, migrated in the U.S.A since 2001. This year, he visited his former employer in the Philippines to be the guest speaker of an event. Roberta was able to introduce new fashion techniques he had learned from the States.

• Culture is varied

• Culture is transmitted

• Culture is shared

• Culture is social

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.

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 other generation?

• Instruction

• Imitation

• Language

• Symbols

Every social group manifests specific sets of characteristics, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of members in an in group?

• a sense of “we” rather than “I”

• a feeling of unity

• similar likes/dislikes

• knowing out group’s differences

Based on the kind of social relation, which of the following is an example of an ingroup?

• enemies

• a biker and a singer

• members of a dance troupe

• knowing out group’s differences

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.

• Communication

• Laboratory

• Man-made

• Technological

In various manifestation of characteristics of social group, below are examples of secondary group EXCEPT:

• A jogging group that meets every morning.

• A book club where members regularly read and discuss books.

• Office coworkers who eat lunch together every day.

• Classmates sharing the same likes and dislikes

Mrs. Isabella owned a famous restaurant in their hometown. Its bestsellers were the unique recipes of bulalo and kare-kare. According to her, their family managed to run the business despite all the challenges. In fact, she inherited the business from her great grandmother.

• Culture is learned

• Culture is social

• Culture is transmitted

• Culture is Continuous

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?

• Culture as complex whole means it encompasses traits and values of the society.

• Culture as complex whole means it includes laws and norms in the government.

• Culture as complex whole means it deals with everything that a person learns and shares as a member of the society.

• Culture as complex whole means it refers to the beliefs and traditions of modern Filipinos.