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UCSP Mid-term Review

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False:
Ethnocentrism and Cultural relativism are both on the same spectrum in viewing culture.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
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. 
a)
True
b)
False
3.
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
4.

Aristotle considers __________ as the highest of all social organizations.

a)

Church

b)

Government

c)

Society

d)

State

5.

Our social categories such as being a male or a female, single or married, rich or poor shape the way we see and interpret the social world.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The most fundamental, intrusive, and limiting social label attached to members of society is citizenship.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Our genders mirror the way our culture reads us as member of society.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

It is generally defined as the sum of an individual's way of life.

a)

Society

b)

Culture

c)

Politics

9.

It is generally defined as an organized group or groups of interdependent people who share common territory, language, and culture, and who act together for collective survival and well-being.

a)

Society

b)

Culture

c)

Politics

10.

It refers to the theory, art, and practice of government.

a)

Society

b)

Culture

c)

Politics

d)

Sociality

11.

He invented sociology from the Greek word socius or “companion” and latin word logos or “study”.

(a)  

12.

These consist of tangible things such as technological tools, architectural structures, fashions and accessories owned and used by man

a)

material culture

b)

non-material culture

c)

basic culture

d)

commercial culture

13.

The following are examples of material culture EXCEPT ________.

a)

tools

b)

weapons

c)

dwelling units

d)

language

14.

These are guides or models of behavior which tell us what is proper and which are appropriate or inappropriate, right or wrong.

a)

beliefs

b)

knowledge

c)

language

d)

norms

15.

It embodies the code of ethics and standards of morality in the society.

a)

mores

b)

folkways

c)

beliefs

d)

knowledge

16.

The following statements describe culture EXCEPT______.

a)

a product of human interaction

b)

a biological heritage that is complex

c)

provides socially acceptable patterns for meeting biological and social needs.

d)

a distinguishing factor

17.

Which of the following is NOT considered as folkways?

a)

Taking a bath regularly

b)

Shaking of hands in greeting someone

c)

Wearing of white bridal gowns during wedding

d)

none of the above

18.

Culture provides socially acceptable patterns for meeting biological and social needs

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

Culture as cumulative refers to man’s ability to form ideas and use them in his environment and experiences

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Mores are more rigidly enforced than folkways and laws

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

Which of the following is an example of ethnocentrism?

a)

Reading books on the culture of a foreign exchange student.

b)

Asking questions during a multicultural diversity class.

c)

Believing a person's form of worship is strange.

d)

Eating the ethnic food of another culture.

22.

These are customary patterns of everyday life that specify what is socially correct and proper in everyday life.

a)

Mores

b)

Folkways

23.

This refers to the differences in social behaviors that different cultures exhibit around the world.

a)

Cultural variation

b)

Cultural relativism

24.

It is the set of ethical standards and moral obligations as dictates of reason that distinguishes human acts as right ir wrong or good from bad.

a)

Folkways

b)

Mores

25.

A person's collective principles or standards of behavior, considered as judgment of what is important in life.

a)

beliefs

b)

perspective

c)

behavior

d)

values

26.

Cultures differ depending on the needs of individuals.

a)

a. TRUE

b)

B. FALSE

27.
Culture is learned, not instinctual or inherited.
a)
true
b)
false
28.

Ethnocentrism means viewing one's own culture as superior.

a)

true

b)

false

29.

Recognized or acceptable attitude of a member of a group

(a)  

30.

Are moral rules or ways of the behavior that the member of the society are expected to follow

(a)  

31.

Culture is shared, although each person is endowed with a critical mind to understand things.

a)

True

b)

False

32.
Who, among the following coined the term sociology?
a)
Auguste Comte
b)
Edward Burnett Tylor
c)
Emile Durkheim
d)
Karl Marx
33.
The concept of ‘anomie’ came from ______________________
a)
Max Weber
b)
Emile Durkheim
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Auguste Comte
34.
Conflict theory:
a)
began with Malinowski when conducting fieldwork
b)
sees society as system of highly interrelated parts that work together harmoniously
c)
focuses heavily on inequality
d)
focuses on the interaction among people
35.
Each part of society works together for the benefit of the whole much like a living organism. This refers to __________________
a)
  Conflict theory
b)
Symbolic interactionism
c)
Functionalism
d)
None of the above
36.
Conflict theory is grounded in the work of
a)
Harold Garfinkel
b)
Karl Marx
c)
George Herbert Mead
d)
None of the above
37.

I am responsible for the phrase “Survival of the Fittest”

a)

Herbert Spencer

b)

Auguste Comte

c)

WEB Du Bois

d)

Karl Marx

38.

I believed that Social Darwinism, and evolutionary social change, led to progress, and people should not interfere with the concept of survival of the fittest

a)

Herbert Spencer

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Harriet Martineau

d)

Emile Durkheim

39.

I claimed that society is governed by laws and principles that could be understood using the scientific method (scientific observation)

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Harriet Martineau

d)

Emile Durkheim

40.

I believed society has always been divided into two groups - oppressed and oppressor

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Auguste Comte

c)

Emile Durkheim

d)

WEB Du Bois

41.
Coined the term “positivism”
a)
Auguste Comte
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Emile Durkheim
d)
Harriet Martineau
42.
"Father of Communism"
a)
Herbert Spencer
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Max Weber
d)
W.E.B. Du Bois
43.
Introduced the concepts of "mechanical solidarity" and "organic solidarity"
a)
Emile Durkheim
b)
Harriet Martineau
c)
Karl Marx
d)
W.E.B Du Bois
44.
Predicted that the proletariat would one day overthrow the bourgeoisie and control society for the benefit of all.
a)
Karl Marx
b)
Emile Durkheim
c)
Max Weber
d)
Auguste Comte
45.
Saw society like a human body, with various parts serving different functions.
a)
Auguste Comte
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Herbert Spencer
d)
Emile Durkheim
46.

He is the proponent of Theory of Cultural Relativism:

(a)  

47.

The perspective that beliefs and practices of any society can only be judged by the values and standards prevalent in that society.

(a)  

48.

The tendency for a person to evaluate other cultures based on a notion of the superiority of one's own culture is called _____.

a)

Chronocentrism

b)

Ethnocentrism

c)

Chauvinism

d)

Nationalism

49.

Is a belief that someone else's culture is superior to their own

a)

Culture Relativism

b)

Xenocentrism

c)

Ethnocentrism

d)

Cultural Centrism

50.

It is the systematic study of the biological, cultural, and social aspects of man.

a)

A. Anthropology

b)

B. Social Science

c)

C. Sociology

d)

D. Political Science

51.

He is considered as the "Father of Modern American Anthropology."

a)

Bronislaw Malinowski

b)

Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown

c)

Franz Boas

d)

Auguste Comte

52.

It is a method of social science research that requires the anthropologists to have the ability to participate and blend with the way of life of a given group of people.

a)

ethnography

b)

immersion

c)

community engagement

d)

participant observation

53.

A doctrine which the society is considered as having a unique form of culture that cannot be subsumed under an overall definition of general culture.

a)

a. Social Darwinism

b)

b. Colonialism

c)

c. Participant Observation

d)

d. Historical Particularism

54.

Culture does not exist in isolation. It is a product of society. It develops through social interaction. Therefore culture is

a)

Social

b)

Has a variety

c)

Shared

d)

Learned

55.

Cultural ways are learned by people from others. Many of these ways are handed down from elders, parents, teachers, and others (most likely individuals of older generation), while other cultural behaviors are handed up to elders.Therefore culture is......

a)

Learned

b)

Has a variety

c)

Shared

d)

Transmitted

56.

Culture is not something that an individual alone can possess. For example, people of a society share all customs, traditions, beliefs, ideas, values, morals, etc. Therefore culture is.......

a)

Shared

b)

Learned

c)

Has a variety

d)

Social