Department of Education

RODRIGUEZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Cadlan, Pili, Camarines Sur
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS
S/Y 2019-2020

Name: ___________________________________________ Year&Section:______________Date:_________

READ THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS MEANS WRONG.
I. Multiple Choice Directions: Read carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. UCSP is a multidisciplinary course that integrates and combines the contents, methods and theories of
the following EXCEPT:
a. Mathematics d. Political Science
b. Anthropology e. Elections
c. Sociology f. Religion
2. Anthropology: Genetics and Evolution, etc. Sociology: Groups and Organizations, etc.
Political Science: _________________
a. Cultural Change c. Social forces and social fact
b. Social Inequality and Power d. Power and Order
3. Among those social backgrounds of a person, which means a category of people who identify with each
other based on similarities such as common ancestry, language, history, society, culture or nation?
a. Ethnicity c. Religion
b. Socioeconomic class d. Nationality
4. The following are significance of studying society except:
a. Gives meaning to the importance of the self in relation to others
b. Gives us a full understanding of how social groups affect our thinking and behavior
c. Acknowledges that social constitutions shape and affect how we live our life
d. Broadens our perspectives on how we value our own and others’ culture
5. As a ____________ we carry our ancestors’ tradition and beliefs, speak the language of our parents,
practice faith and the distinct way of life of our community, community, create and showcase the arts
and heritage of our people and transmit some, if not all, of these to the next generation.
a. social being c. political being
b. cultural being d. non-living thing
6. Karen used to tease her newly transferred Mangyan classmate because of his kinky hair and tanned
skin. What kind of cultural view Karen has?
a. cultural relativism c. culture
b. ethnocentrism d. society
7. Mommy and Daddy taught their one-year old daughter Cloud how to play ABC song with the use of
their Lenovo cell phone. Now, Cloud can able to open the phone and sing the ABC song. What
characteristic of culture is shown in the situation?
a. culture is learned c. culture is shared
b. culture is integrated d. culture is symbolic
8. “Sabong” is a vice which LoloTasyo has been indulged with until this year. This kind of gambling was
been brought in the Philippines during the Spanish colonization. This only proves that culture is?
a. culture is learned c. culture is shared
b. culture is integrated d. culture is symbolic
9. Sandra, a 16-year-old Filipina girl had been nominated to be an exchange-student in Australia during
winter season. In her preparation of things, she excluded her shorts and sleeveless and start pulling out
her jackets and boots on her cabinet, while her Australian exchange student began to take in her shirts
and shorts on her personal baggage bag. What does this show?
a. culture is adaptive c. culture is dynamic
b. culture is abstract d. culture is symbolic
10. Which of the Filipino culture represents the spirit of a communal unity or effort that achieve a particular
objective?
a. Hospitable c. Courtship
b. Death d. Bayanihan

II. Identify whether the following statement concludes human as: SOCIAL being, CULTURAL being or
POLITICAL being. Write your answer on the blank before the number.
______________11. Our rights and privileges are limited because we are governed by rules and laws of our
society.
 ______________12. We carry our ancestors’ traditions and beliefs.
______________13. We always belong to the group and interact with people.
______________14. We are always in company with others like our parents and siblings.
______________15. Our power is inherent in the rights guaranteed and protected by our State.
______________16. We relate with our childhood friends, neighbors and classmates.
______________17. We speak the language of our parents, practice faith and the distinct way of life of our
community.
______________18. We become citizens, we elect our leaders, we pay taxes, we receive welfare and support
from the government because our Constitution and our laws tell it so.
______________19. We create or showcase the arts and heritage of our people and transmit some, if not all,
of these to the next generation.
______________20. We will be having our co-workers or colleagues in office, professional peers here and
abroad.
III. Directions: Identify what is being described or asked in each statement. Choose your answer from the box
below. Write only the letter of your answer on the space provided before each number.

A. Ember B. symbolic C. Sociology

D. political being E. Homo Erectus F. society

G. culture H. abstract I. August Comte

J. Anthropology k. Bipedalism
__________21. Gives the suggestion that one species could, over time, evolve into another.
__________22. It is the systematic study of social behavior and human groups.
__________23. They have the ability to walk on two legs.
__________24. It is the study of humans’ past and present.
__________25. Meaning “erect ape man”.
__________26. Father of Sociology
__________27. It is a collective behavior of men arising from a shared belief and value system
based on ideologies, way of life, norms and even identities.
__________28. It is viewed a group of people with a shared culture interacting within groups and
institutions.
__________29. Culture is ______ because there is no tangible manifestation that can take the
form of the culture itself.
__________30. Culture is ______ for all cultures in the world are driven by symbols that stand for
something

IV. True or False Directions: Read each statement. Identify whether it is expressing correct idea or not. If it is,
write TRUE, if not, underline the word or phrase which makes the statement incorrect and write the correct
answer on the space provided before each number.
______________31. The society that we inhabit in is directly or indirectly shaped and influenced by
people, technology, popular culture, government policies, domestic and world
economy, powerful institutions, nation-states and international organizations.
______________32. Human beings have the same biological features but each one of us is different.
______________33. Being humane means learning by doing to live positively and to treat others with
respect, genuine love and compassion
______________34. One of the characteristics of Homo habilis is capability to climb and move trees.
______________35. Studying culture educates us on the importance of exercising our rights and
maximizing our political participation.
______________36. UCSP simply wants you to become human and humane at the same time.
______________37. Banaue Rice Terraces is one of the cultural heritages found in the Philippines.
______________38. Culture and society are co-existent. That one cannot able to exist without the other.
______________39. The manifestations of culture are cities, villages, religious group and professional
organizations.
______________40. According to UNESCO, cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and
intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations,
maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations.
______________41. Ethnocentrism promotes the idea that no culture is superior over any other. It
accepts and understands why people act the way they do.
______________42. Culture is integrated when cultural parts and aspects are interconnected in that when
taken together, a way of life is manifested.
______________43. The manifestations of society are language, arts, festival, clothing, cuisine, literature,
 music, traditions and the like.
______________44. The Maasai tribe from Tanzania and Kenya by taking the right hand of the elder with
their right hand and touch the back the elder’s hand lightly on their forehead as way
of giving respect.
______________45. In a democratic country like Philippines, sovereignty resides in the people.

V. Identify whether the following statement gives the significance of studying: CULTURE, SOCIETY or
POLITICS.
____________46. Gives meaning to the importance of the self in relation to others(kapwa)
____________47. Broadens our perspectives on how we value our own and other cultures
____________48. Educates us on the importance of exercising our rights and maximizing our political
participation to sustain, maintain or change society
____________49. Provides a bigger context on how government works and how rules, regulations and
laws maintain social order, cohesion and unity
____________50. Describes how and why we belong to a bigger global society

Prepared by:

ANGELITA B. QUIÑANO
Subject Teacher