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Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 33mins
What does marriage represent in most cultures?
The loss of two individuals.
The formal creation of a new family.
The informal unity of two people for at least a little while.
A negative future for the community.
People around the world create social groups based on two broad criteria: kinship identity and non-kinship factors. Which of the following things generally happen as the scale of a society increases in size to hundreds of thousands of people?
The non-kinship factors usually become more important than kinship identity.
Non-kinship factors and kinship identity continue to be equally important.
Kinship identity usually becomes more important than non-kinship factors.
None of the choices
Which of these is generally true of a patrilineal system?
Lineage is traced through the mother's side of the family.
Society members often do not use personal names.
The families of the mother and father are both equally important sources of lineage.
Families tend to be closer to the father's side than the mother's, since she is seen as leaving her family to join his.
Which of these is the most common form of polygamy?
Cenogamy
Endogamy
Polyandry
Polygyny
In a tribe located in Tibet, Nepal, two or more brothers are married to the same wife, in order to preserve the ownership of the land among them. What form of marriage is practiced by them?
Cenogamy
Monogamy
Polyandry
Polygyny
The Oneida Community was a utopian commune founded by John Humphrey Noyes in 1848 in Oneida, New York. Noyes taught that he and his followers had undergone sanctification; that is, it was impossible for them to sin, and that for the sanctified, marriage (along with private property) was abolished as an expression of jealousy and exclusiveness. The Oneida commune practiced sexual communalism and shared parental responsibilities until sometime in the period 1879-1881. What form of union do they practice?
Cenogamy
Monogamy
Polyandry
Polygyny
What is a matrilineal descent system?
A way to trace lineage through the mother's family.
A way to trace lineage through the father's family.
A way to trace family based on any genetic relation.
A way to trace lineage through both sides of the family.
The Quatros Marias family, consists of Maria, her husband Mario, and their two children Marionne and Marianne are living together in a big mansion. How do we call this type of family?
Nuclear
Matrifocal
Extended
Blended
Which of the following statements describes formal education?
A. A child becomes a recipient of a systematic process of
learning.
B. Teaching and learning is carried on a regular basis.
C. A child can learn anything almost everywhere.
D. Both A and B
Which of the following is the glaring reason of the problems our country is experiencing especially in the higher education?
the wide disparity between the rich and the poor
the huge number of universities doing nothing in the Philippines
the huge income and resources disparity between private universities against poor state colleges and universities
the huge disparity of public schools compared to other ASEAN countries
What sector in the economy directly produces goods from the natural environment?
Primary Sector
Secondary Sector
Tertiary Sector
Informal Sector
Which one of the following economic systems is characterized by state ownership of land and capital, but individuals remaining in control of their labor?
Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
Traditionalism
Which sector of the economy removes or harvests products directly from the earth in order to extract raw materials or food?
Primary Sector
Secondary Sector
Tertiary Sector
Informal Sector
This sector of the economy transforms raw materials to manufactured goods.
Primary sector
Secondary Sector
Tertiary Sector
Informal Sector
This sector in the economy involves services rather than goods.
Primary Sector
Secondary Sector
Tertiary Sector
Informal Sector
This sector of the economy operates outside the formal economic structures.
Primary Sector
Secondary Sector
Tertiary Sector
Informal Sector
An economic system wherein natural resources and the mans of production are privately-owned.
Capitalism
Socialism
Communism
An economic system wherein all members are equal in all aspects of life.
Capitalism
Socialism
Communism
A type of authority where power is derived form rules and regulations that are enacted legally
Rational-Legal Authority
Traditional Authority
Charismatic Authority
A type of authority where power is legitimized by a person's extraordinary qualities that convince others to follow him or her despite great adversities.
Rational-Legal Authority
Traditional Authority
Charismatic Authority
A political system where power rest largely on the people in the society.
Monarchy
Democracy
Authoritarianism
Totalitarianism
A political system where the general populace is prohibited from participating in the governance of the society.
Monarchy
Democracy
Authoritarianism
Totalitarianism
The system or way people in a society provide and keep order.
economy
education
government
language
The system or way people in a society share knowledge and learning.
language
education
religion
society
The system or way people in a society care for and raise children.
family
society
education
feeding them
What social institution is being shown in the picture?
Hospital
Church
School
What social institution is being shown in the picture?
Barangay Hall
Church
School
Kinship traced through the mother’s family is called
matrilocality
matriarchy
matrilineal descent
bilateral descent.
