Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Division of South Cotabato
Polomolok North District
BONIFACIO R. TAGABAN SR. INTEGRATED SCHOOL
School Year 2019-2020

DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS

Name:_____________________________________ Grade&Section:__________________________ Date:_______________

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the answer sheet provided by shading the letter corresponds
to your answer.
C. Scribed
1. All cultures undergo _________ , where cultural traits do not D. Achieved
remain exactly the same over periods of time. 9. What is the term that refers to the skills and knowledge used
A. Ethics by people to make tools and do work?
B. Cultural change A. Taxonomy
C. Cultural traits B. Technology
D. Religion C. Culture
2. Which of the following is an element of culture? D. Domestication
A. Landforms 10. These are people who were nomadic, lived in clans
B. Latitude sometimes 10 to 20 people and made, controlled and
C. Geography used fire.
D. Sports A. Village dwellers
3. Culture is a central concept in anthropology, encompassing B. Hunter-gatherers
the range of phenomena that are transmitted through social C. Temple priests
learning in human societies. Which of the following statements D. Philosopher-kings
best describes culture? 11. Which of the following statements is true of culture?
A. A people’s way of life, including beliefs, customs, A. Languages are cultures.
food, dwellings, and clothing. B. Culture is a powerful human tool for survival.
B. A vast, treeless plain in the Artic regions with very C. Archaeologists dig up culture in their excavations.
cold winters, cold summers, and little rain or snow. D. All of the above
C. Useful material found in nature, including water, 12. These are the rules and expectations by which a society
vegetation, animals, and minerals. guides the behavior of its members.
D. Movement by people from one place to another with A. Norms
intentions of settling in new location. B. Values
4. The strongest unifying force in a culture is C. Status
A. Economic activity D. Gender
B. Food 13. Karen used to tease her newly transferred B’laan
C. Language classmate of his kinky hair and tanned skin. What kind of
D. Religion cultural view Karen has?
5. Taken together, the whole body of cultural universals is A. Ethnocentrism
known as the human condition. Evolutionary psychologists B. Cultural relativism
hold that behaviours or traits that occur universally in all C. Culture
cultures are good candidates for evolution adaptations. D. Society
Cultural universals include: 14. Mommy and daddy taught their one-year old daughter
A. Music Raine how to play ABC song with the use of their Lenovo
B. Literature cellphone. Now, Raine can able to open the phone and
C. Movies sing the ABC song. What characteristics of culture is
D. All of the above shown in the situation?
6. What is a Cultural region? A. Culture is learned.
A. A group of people who move around together. B. Culture is integrated.
B. A group who share a similar language and customs. C. Culture is shared.
C. A group of people who have the same leader. D. Culture is symbolic.
D. A group who come from the same family. 15. Why does citizenship matters in every nation?
7. This status is a social position a person receives at birth or A. It serves as identification on an individual based on
takes on involuntarily later in life. a formal legal status
A. Ascribed B. Citizens are political actors
B. Subscribed C. Shared membership of political community
C. Scribed D. None of the above
D. Achieved 16. The following are significance to study society except:
8. Achieved status refers to a social position a person takes on A. Gives meaning to the importance of the self in
voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort. relation to others.
A. Ascribed B. Gives the full understanding of how the social groups
B. Subscribed affect our thinking and behaviour.
 C. Acknowledge that our social constitution affects how
we live our life.
D. Broadens our perspective on how we value our own
and others culture.
17. As a __________ we carry our ancestor’s tradition and
belief, speak the language of our parents, practice faith and
the distinct way of life of our 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
18. What is the most significant determinant of the evolution of
human and human-like creatures?
A. Legs
B. Facial structure
C. Brain cavity
D. Pelvis
19. Which of the following marked the beginning of civilization?
A. the development of cities
B. the discovery of fire
C. the building of temples
D. the creation of farming
20. How do historians help us learn about the past?
A. They determine the age of rocks.
B. They collect, evaluate, and interpret written evidence.
C. They dig up artifacts.
D. They use radioactivity to determine the age of artifacts
21. How did geography affect the life of early hunter-gatherer
societies?
A. Hunter-gatherer clans settled in river valleys.
B. Hunter-gatherer clans plowed the land for farming.
C. Hunter-gatherer clans had a steady supply of food at
all times.
D. Hunter-gatherer clans migrated as food sources were
depleted.
22. The primary reason that civilization first developed in river
valleys was that
A. large grasslands made it easy to feed domesticated
animals in the valley
B. the soil was fertile for farming and irrigation was
relatively easy
C. farmers could count on an even amount of rain each
year
D. the land was free of pests and disease
23. Scientists cannot yet agree how life on Earth started. The
best reason for this is that,
A. Some scientists will not change their minds in the
light of new evidence.
B. There are just too many different theories to choose
from.
C. There are different theories about how life on Earth
started for which we have little evidence.
D. They were already tired seeking for answers to the
never ending questions about how life forms.
24. Why is language one of the most important aspects of
culture?
A. When groups migrate, a shared language helps
prevent conflict.
B. Language allows people to communicate and
provides a sense of identity.
C. Unlike other aspects of culture, language does not
change.
D. Languages can be classified into language families.
25. According to Darwin's theory of evolution, how do new
species evolve?
A. by artificial selection
B. by unnatural selection
C. by natural selection
D. all of the above
26. Why do people form communities?
A. They want to live and work where they feel safe.
B. They want to live apart from each other.
C. They want chaos.
D. They want to tell stories and tell tales.
27. What will happen if citizens oppose the norms, values, and
roles, even the status of the society?
A. People must be encourage to conformity and
discourage deviance or norm breaking.
B. The country will be in a state of war because people
will go out and do what they want.
C. There will be no room for mistakes.
D. Everyone will be happy and will be living in peace
and harmony.
28. What do you think is the reason why we have rights?
A. To allow us do what we want to do.
B. To help us realize what we are deserving for liberties
and protection.
C. To free us from punishment and other free us from
punishment whenever we commit mistakes.
D. To help us defend ourselves even if we violate the
rules.
29. What are the solutions to human rights violation?
A. Let the people do what they ought to do.
B. Help in promoting protection to human dignity, human
rights, and the common good.
C. Help the criminal in promoting protection for
themselves and allow them to continue what they
do.
D. Participate in rallies to voice out your perspectives
and opinions in life.
30. If people know what is right and wrong, what will most
likely to happen?
A. People might avoid doing things wrong things
instead, do the right things.
B. People might continue doing things that makes them
happy and satisfied.
C. People might avoid only those things that are
punishable by law.
D. People might change.
31. What will happen if people fail to socialize?
A. People will be happy living alone because no one will
disturb them.
B. People will be learning things that they have not
learned before through socialization.
C. Learning will be stagnant because a lot can be
learned from socialization.
D. Learning will be fun because you are discovering it
alone.
32. Mila transferred to a new school in her mom’s hometown at
Lake Sebu, South Cotabato . She is used to speak
tagalog because her father is tagalog. She is rich and
dresses well in school. Most of her classmates were
B’laan. They were poor and don’t even have school
uniform but Mila iniates talking with them and make them
as her friends. She even shares to them things that her
classmates wants to have. What cultural view Mila shows?
A. Ethnocentrism
B. Cultural relativism
C. Culture
D. Society
33. An anthropologist who studies the sea faring communities
of Sama Dilaut in the Sulu Archipelago would find ways of
comparing and contrasting them to the broader Bajao
seafaring cultures across Southeast Asia or elsewhere in
the world. By doing these comparative studies,
anthropology as an academic discipline provides:
 A. a more grounded, insightful, and deeper understanding while ‘logos’ refers to ‘knowledge’. Anthropology
of our common humanity. means______?
B. insights and deeper understanding of what their beliefs A. The knowledge about humans’ in which subject of
are. anthropological study is humanity.
C. knowledge on survival and protection. B. The knowledge about fossil remains and artefacts.
D. action related with each other within a given system of C. The knowledge about literary pieces and artworks of a
their respective societies. long time ago.
34. Wright Mills argues that a great number of our social D. The knowledge about the behaviour of human and
experiences can overwhelm us into inaction. He then animals in the society.
offers a solution: a way of seeing society that can help us 41. Which of the following statements supports the theory of
understand everyday events and make better choices as evolution by natural selection?
individuals and as a group. He calls this the “sociological A. Charles Darwin collected data and evidence from the
imagination,” which is a way of looking at people in terms Galapagos Islands.
of the intersection of their own lives with the larger social B. The fossil record shows changes to organisms in rocks
and historical context. Mills views ________. of different ages.
A. Society not people’s personal failings is the main cause C. The dinosaurs became extinct when an asteroid
of social problems. collided with the Earth.
B. People’s personal failings not society is the main D. None of the above.
cause of social problems. 42. How can you establish relationship among people in the
C. People’s individual interests is the main reason of community?
social problems. A. by becoming a social person- understand and
D. People’s lack of self-discipline is the main reason of respect each other’s culture, traditions, beliefs, and
social problems. etc.
35. Socialization is the lifelong social experience by which B. by helping spread gossips among the people in the
people develop their human potential and learn culture. community.
What is the main idea of this statement? C. by isolating yourself to avoid misunderstanding
A. Humans don’t need social experiences to learn their between the people in the community.
culture and to survive. D. by telling other people that your cultures, traditions,
B. Humans need social experience to learn their culture and beliefs are better than them.
and to survive. 43. A group of people involved in persistent intrapersonal
C. Humans put limit in acquiring social experiences relationships, or a large social grouping sharing the same
because not all experiences are essential. geographical or social territory, typically, subject to the
D. Humans need a few of social experiences to learn their same political authority and dominant cultural
culture and survive. expectations.
36. These are culturally defined standards that people use to A. State
decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful and that B. Society
serve as broad guidelines for social living. C. Government
A. Norms D. Culture
B. Values 44. An organized political community living under a single
C. Status system of government.
D. Gender A. State
37. Why culture is learned? B. Society
A. because culture is acquired by being born into a C. Government
particular society in the process of enculturation D. Culture
B. in the sense that it renders meanings to what people do 45. __________ is a study of relationship among people.
C. because it is within exclusive domains of social A. Sociology
relations, societies operate differently from each other B. Biology
leading to cultural variations C. Anthropology
D. because of the systems of meanings and many other D. Archeology
facets of culture such as kindred, religion, economic 46. It is a system by which society ranks categories of people
activities, inheritance, and political process. in a hierarchy according to power, wealth, and prestige.
38. How does culture is symbolic? A. Social Interaction
A. Culture is symbolic in the sense that it .is acquired by B. Social Stratification
being born C. Social Justice
B. Culture is symbolic in the sense that it makes society D. Social Science
work. 47. It is a state in which resources, usually material, but
C. Culture is symbolic in the sense that it renders sometimes cultural, are lacking.
meanings to what people do. A. Wealth
D. Culture is symbolic in the sense that it is within B. Poverty
exclusive domains of social relations C. Attitude
39. What aspects of culture is within exclusive domains of D. Perspective
social relations, societies operate differently from each 48. In gender stratification, there is an unequal distribution
other leading to cultural variations? among men and women of __________?
A. Shared A. Power, Leadership, and authority
B. Learned B. Love, Passion, and Justice
C. Symbolic C. Wealth, Power, and Privilege
D. All-encompassing D. Family, Education, and Benefits
40. The etymology or origin of the term anthropology can be 49. This pertains to ownership or control of resources.
traced back to two Greek words, ‘anthropos’ and ‘logos’. A. Property
When translated into English, ‘anthropos’ means ‘human’ B. Attitude
 C. Wealth 59. The following statements are true about politics in kinship
D. Poverty EXCEPT one. Which among these statements?
50. Also known as customs, these are norms of everyday A. Political dynasty is a very popular term to use if the
behavior that people follow for the sake of tradition or family is in power.
convenience. B. A political family or political dynasty is a family in which
A. Law several members are involved in politics, particularly
B. Mores electoral politics.
C. Taboos C. Members may be related by blood marriage; often
D. Folkways several generations or multiple siblings may be involved.
51. Societies are characterized by patterns of relationships D. None of the Above
between individuals who share a distinctive culture and 60. The following are the groups which refer themselves as
institutions. Society is_____. belonging to a particular unilineal group because they
A. political entity believe they share common descent in either the
B. limited by geographical boundaries patrilineal or the matrilineal line EXCEPT one.
C. the same as culture or nation A. Lineages
D. an organized interaction by people sharing land and B. Clans
culture C. Parties
52. Term for "the ability to walk on two feet" is... D. Moieties
A. Erect
B. Bipedalism
C. Specialization
D. Innovation
53. What was the significance of the Lucy find of 1974? God Bless You!
A. Lucy was the first hominid to be found preserved in ice.
B. Lucy’s skeleton was the most nearly incomplete of any
erect-walking pre-human found up to the time of her
discovery.
C. Lucy's shinbone provided evidence of upright walking.
D. Lucy's skull provided evidence that early male and
female hominids differed significantly in size.
54. It is the web of social relationship that form an important
part of the lives of most humans in most societies,
although its exact meanings, even within this discipline
area often debated.
A. Family
B. Kinship
C. Household
D. Marriage
55. These are people who are biologically related to one
another, such as brothers and sisters or parents and their
children.
A. Consanguineal Kin
B. Affinal Kin
C. Patrillineal
D. Matrillineal
56. It is a form of marriage in which one man marries one
woman. It is the most common and acceptable form of
marriage.
A. Monogamy
B. Polygamy
C. Polygyny
D. Polyandry
57. A ritual kinship is a privileged social relationship
established by ritual, such as that if god parents or
fraternal orders. What is the most famous ritual kinship?
A. Champorazado
B. Extranonanza
C. Compadrazgo
D. Compradas
58. It means the marriage of two or more women with two or
more men. Here the husbands are common husbands and
wives are common wives. What kind of marriage is this?
A. Special Marriage
B. Group Marriage
C. Marriage by Blood
D. Clan Marriage