WorksheetsUnderstanding Culture, Society, and Politics Pretest
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False:
Sociology is about how different people can be, but it also tries to find out in what sense it can be said that all humans have something in common.
Sociology is about how different people can be, but it also tries to find out in what sense it can be said that all humans have something in common.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
True or False:
Ethnocentrism refers to the evaluation other people’s culture from one’s own vantage-point and describing them in one’s own terms.
Ethnocentrism refers to the evaluation other people’s culture from one’s own vantage-point and describing them in one’s own terms.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
True or False:
Ethnocentrism and Cultural relativism are both on the same spectrum in viewing culture.
Ethnocentrism and Cultural relativism are both on the same spectrum in viewing culture.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
True or False:
Anthropology is the comparative study of cultural and social life. Its most important method is participant observation, which consists in lengthy fieldwork in a particular social setting.
Anthropology is the comparative study of cultural and social life. Its most important method is participant observation, which consists in lengthy fieldwork in a particular social setting.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
True or False:
According to St. Augustine of Hippo, state was a necessary evil and that man needs state to guide him to perfection.
According to St. Augustine of Hippo, state was a necessary evil and that man needs state to guide him to perfection.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
True or False:
Stoics believe that individuals and communities can exist without any authority ruling over them
Stoics believe that individuals and communities can exist without any authority ruling over them
a)
True
b)
False
7.
True or False:
Skeptics believe that affairs of the state were not their business and not worth their attention.
Skeptics believe that affairs of the state were not their business and not worth their attention.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
True or False
Neo Evolutionism believes that all social institutions thus appear as functional; if they are not functional, they vanish.
Neo Evolutionism believes that all social institutions thus appear as functional; if they are not functional, they vanish.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
True or False:
Internet transcends dualisms such as local/global and small scale/large scale
Internet transcends dualisms such as local/global and small scale/large scale
a)
True
b)
False
10.
True or False:
Traditions are learned behaviors as well as the beliefs, attitudes, values, and ideals that are characteristic of a particular society
Traditions are learned behaviors as well as the beliefs, attitudes, values, and ideals that are characteristic of a particular society
a)
True
b)
False
11.
This body of knowledge tries to account for the social and cultural variation in the world, it also deals with conceptualizing and understanding similarities between social systems and human relationships.
a)
Anthropology
b)
History
c)
Politics
d)
Sociology
12.
School of thought in Cultural Anthropology that believes that all cultures undergo the same development stages in the same order.
a)
Cultural Evolutionism
b)
Diffusionism
c)
Functionalism
d)
Materialism
13.
A consistent pattern of thoughts, feelings and actions displayed by individuals.
a)
Conformity
b)
Deviance
c)
Personality
d)
Socialization
14.
This refers to the perspective that sees cultures as qualitatively different and have their own unique inner logic, and that it is therefore scientifically absurd to rank them on a scale.
a)
Cultural diversity
b)
Cultural equality
c)
Cultural equity
d)
Cultural relativism
15.
Aristotle and Rousseau consider __________ as the highest of all social organization.
a)
Church
b)
Government
c)
Society
d)
State
16.
He believed that "every citizen was part of the state, but not all could rule."
a)
Aristotle
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Plato
d)
St. Augustine
17.
Which among the following is not one of the three basic attitudes towards politics?
a)
Apathy
b)
Active participation
c)
Indifference
d)
Rejection
18.
He is the scholar who defined politics as any activity involving human beings associated together in relationship of power and authority where conflict occurs.
a)
Bernard Crick
b)
David Easton
c)
Michael Oakeshott
d)
Robert Dahl
19.
Which among the following is not a school of thought in Anthropology?
a)
Communism
b)
Diffusionism
c)
Functionalism
d)
Neo Evolutionism
20.
It includes all norm violations, from the trivial to the tragic - from sleeping in class or wearing weird clothes to drowning one’s child and blaming it on a carjacker.
a)
Crime
b)
Deviance
c)
Laws
d)
Subculture
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