Midterm Exam Ucsp

Matin-aw National High School
Matin-aw, Maasin City
Name: _______________________________ Date: ______________

Grade Level/Section: ____________________
Midterm Exam in Understanding Society, Culture and Politics (Quarter 1)
Direction: Read each statement carefully, encircle the letter of your answer.
1. Culture is a way of life of people. According to Edward B. Tylor, culture is regarded as “a

complex whole.” The word “complex” is synonymous to the word ________________.
a. simple c. complicated
b. plain d. easy
2.Which of the following choices is not part of the so-called concepts of culture?
a. Language c. Religion
b. Institution d. Traditions
3. Which of the following is not an example of culture?

a. Fiesta c. Machines
b. Courtship d. Emotions
4. Which statement is wrong about the concept of culture?

a. Culture is a way of life transmitted through social interaction.
b. Every society has its own distinctive culture.
c. Culture refers to group’s ways of behaving and thinking.
d. Culture can evolve into anything.
5. How do we learn our culture?

a. through social interaction c. biologically inherited
b. by reading books d. All choices are correct.
6. All of the following items are parts of complexity in a society. Which one does not belong to the
group?
a. Organization c. Food
b. Beliefs d. Symbols
c.
7. Analyze all the given statements. Trace which one is the best description of the complexity of
culture and society.
a. Society can exist without culture.
b. Culture can exist without society.
c. Society can operate without culture command.
d. People carry and transmit culture as members of society.
8. 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 another
generation?
a. Instruction c. Language
b. Imitation d. Symbols
9. Culture develops through social interaction. No man can acquire culture without association
with others. What aspect of culture is best suitable for this statement?
a. Culture is shared. c. Culture is transmitted.
b. Culture is social. d. Culture is learned.
10. There were three metals distinguished in the Age of Metals. Which of the following was the first
known metal in this period?
a. Aluminum b. Bronze c. Copper d. Iron

11. The most obvious material symbols of ancient state societies is ________.
a. Stone tablets b. Monumental works
c. Pyramids d. Irrigation canals
12. In the type of political ruling, it refers to the series of rulers descending from a single-family line.
a. dynasty b. monarchy c. democracy d. oligarchy
13. It entails political ideas, ideologies, institutions, policies, processes, laws, strategy, and war.
a. Anthropology b. Sociology
c. Philosophy d. Political science
14. This is the study of society, patterns of social interactions, and culture of everyday life.
a. Anthropology b. Sociology c. Political Science
15. Which of these is an example of ethnocentrism?
a. A father is angry with his son for not doing his homework.
b. A westernized woman is looking down on a tribal woman for not wearing any clothes.
c. A mother refuses to pay her daughter’s prom gown.
d. A girl bullies her classmate for being clumsy.
16. You are an overseas Filipino worker who went to Japan for the first time. During the first few days
of your stay, you are disoriented and frustrated due to your exposure to a very strange culture. What
does this situation signify?
a. Cultural diversity b. Cultural relativism c. Culture shock d. Fear of culture
17. Having more than one wife is not bad from a Muslim point of view. In relation, people must see
this custom within the context of Muslims’ problems and opportunities. What kind of view is illustrated
here?
A. Ethnocentrism b. Cultural relativism c. Barbarism d. Egocentrism
18. In the Neolithic period, the Cro Magnon disappeared and the new people who were considered
the modern men appeared, which of the following were the accomplishments of human during this
period?
a. Live in a cave b. Used unpolished stone tools
c. Used metals to upgrade tools d. Domesticated plants and animals
19. Society and culture is indeed connected with one another, all encompassing, meaning we
visualize culture and society as a complex whole. The following descriptions below clearly explain
how culture, society, and politics are interrelated with one another, except for one. Which description
is it?
a. People interact meaningfully with one another and observe social norms as members of the
society.
b. The culture of a society encompasses the meaningful processes and products of social
interactions.
c. People interact in society as individuals and as group with duties and privileges.
d. Members of the society are not active in the engagement in political activities.
20. Which of the following statement is NOT a definition of the word anthropology?
a. This is the study of ancient societies and their cultural traditions.
b. It comes from the Greek words anthropos meaning “humankind,” and logos meaning “study.”
c. It studies the ways in which cultural traditions of different groups of people have changed over the
years.
d. This deals with the scientific study of human interactions, social groups and institutions, and the
whole society.
21. It refers to the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space in relation
to physical character, environmental, social relations, and culture
a. Anthropology b. Sociology c. Political Science d. Philosophy
22. A systematic study of government, politics, and political power
23. The study of society, social interaction patterns, social life, social change, and the social
causes and consequences of human behavior
24. Regarded as the father of Sociology
a. Sigmund Freud b. Auguste Comte c. Franz Boas c. Aristotle
25. Regarded as Father of Modern Anthropology
a. Sigmund Freud b. Auguste Comte c. Franz Boas c. Aristotle
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Matin-aw National High School

Matin-aw, Maasin City

Name: _________________ Date:

Midterm Exam in Understanding Society, Culture and Politics (Quarter 1)

1. Culture is a way of life of people. According to Edward B. Tylor, culture is regarded as “a

3. Which of the following is not an example of culture?

4. Which statement is wrong about the concept of culture?

5. How do we learn our culture?

a. Aluminum b. Bronze c. Copper d. Iron

a. Anthropology b. Sociology c. Political Science d. Philosophy

22. A systematic study of government, politics, and political power

a. Anthropology b. Sociology c. Political Science d. Philosophy

a. Anthropology b. Sociology c. Political Science d. Philosophy

24. Regarded as the father of Sociology

a. Sigmund Freud b. Auguste Comte c. Franz Boas c. Aristotle

25. Regarded as Father of Modern Anthropology

a. Sigmund Freud b. Auguste Comte c. Franz Boas c. Aristotle

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