Department of Education Region IV-A CALABARZON Division of Batangas San Juan East District Laiya

National High School Laiya Ibabao, San Juan, Batangas Name: ________________
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UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS GRADE 11- K PLUS CLASSES NO ERASURE ERASURE
AND ALTERATION. READ THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY. FAILURE TO 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 multidisciplin ary course that integrates and combines the contents, methods
methods and theories of the following EXCEPT: A. Mathematics B. Anthropology Anthropol ogy C.
Sociology D. Political Science C. Elections D. Religion 2. Anthropology: Anthropolo gy: Genetics and
Evolution, Evolution , etc. Sociology: Sociology: Groups and Organizations, etc. Political
Science:_________________ A. Cultural Change B. Social Inequality 3. A research method that uses
sample population and administers survey questionnaires to get responses and answers from r
espondents. A. Interview B. Field Work C. Ethnography Ethnograph y D. Survey Method 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 behaviour 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’
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 B. cultural being C. political
being D. spiritual being 6. The term culture was first used by the English anthropologist anthropologist
________ in his book, Primitive Culture. Culture. A. Robert MacIver B. Charles Page C. Talcott Parsons D.
Edward B. Tylor 7. Karen used to tease her newly transferred Mangyan classmate because of of his kinky
hair and tanned skin. What kind of cultural view Karen has? A. cultural relativism B. ethnocentrism
ethnocentris m C. culture D. society 8. Mommy and Daddy taught their one-year old daughter Cloud how
to play ABC song with the use of 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 B.
culture is integrated C. culture is shared D. culture is symbolic 9. “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. learned B. integrated C. shared D. symbolic 10.
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 B. culture is
abstract C. culture is dynamic D. culture is symbolic 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, neighbours, 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. interview F. political being B. culture G. Anthropology C. symbolic H. ethnography D. abstract
I. Sociology E. society J. August Comte __________21. As a _________ we are subjected to power-
relations. __________22. It is the systematic study of social behaviour and human groups. __________
23. A qualitative research method that asks questions to key informants and participants in the research
__________24. It is the study of humans’ past and present. __________25. Usually used by
anthropologists, this is oftentimes referred to a qualitative approach in doing cultural research.
__________26. Father of Sociology __________27. It is a collective behaviour 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 III. 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. FGD or Focus Group Discussion literally means going out to the field to do research.
______________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 artefacts 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 touch each other’s heads as way of greeting each other. ______________45. In a democratic
country like Philippines, sovereignty resides in the people. IV. 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 others’ 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: Juliet V. Javier UCSP Teacher Checked: Criza Jean L. Sulit Master
Teacher I Noted: Josephine D. Rosales Principal II