UCSP 1st Periodic Exam

Name: _____________________________________________ Grade & Section: _____________Score:___________
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS

1st Periodic Examination
I. Multiple Choice. Direction: Read each item carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your
answer on the space provided before each number.
________1. Understanding, Culture, Society, and Politics (UCSP) is a multidisciplinary course that integrates and
combines the contents, methods, and theories of the following EXCEPT:
A. Anthropology B. Mathematics C. Political Science D. Sociology
________2. It refers to the culturally defined standards by which people assess desirability, goodness, and beauty
and that serve as broad guidelines for social living.
A. Folkways B. Mores C. Norms D. Values
________3. It is a method used in studying anthropology wherein researchers immerse themselves in the culture of
their subject in a long period of time.
A. Ethnocentric View B. Historical Particularism C. Linguistic Research D. Participant Observation
________4. The following are significance of studying society EXCEPT:
A. It emphasizes the cognitive thinking of our mind.
B. It acknowledges that social institutions shape and affect how we live our life.
C. It broadens our perspectives on how we value our own and others’ culture.
D. It gives us a full understanding of how social groups affect our thinking and behavior.
________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, create and showcase the arts and heritage of our people
and transmit some, if not all, of these to the next generation.
A. cultural being B. political being C. social being D. spiritual being
________6. The term culture was first used by the English anthropologist ________ in his book, Primitive Culture.
A. Edward B. Tylor B. Charles Page C. Robert MacIver D. Talcott Parsons
________7. 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. Culture B. Cultural Relativism C. Ethnocentrism D. Society
________8. 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 integrated B. culture is learned C. culture is shared D. culture is symbolic
________9. “Sabong” is a vice which Lolo Imbo has been indulged with until this year. This kind of gambling was
being brought in the Philippines during the Spanish colonization. This only proves that culture is __________.
A. integrated B. learned 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 abstract B. culture is adaptive C. culture is dynamic D. culture is symbolic
________11. Anthropology: Genetics and Evolution, etc.
Sociology: Groups and Organizations, etc.
Political Science: _________________
A. Cultural Change B. Social Inequality C. Elections D. Religion
________12. It encompasses all social aspects including our language, customs, values, norms, mores, education,
etc……
A. Society B. politics C. culture D. political science
________13. It is the system by which a state or community is controlled as to put order.
A. Political B. Constituents C. Government D. System
________13. ________________ is the holistic “science of man”, a science of the totality of human existence.
A. Anthropology B. Sociology C. Archaeology D. Etymology
________14. _______________ is the study of relationships among people.
A. Anthropology B. Sociology C. Archaeology D. Etymology
________15. _____________ are conceptions or ideas people have about what is true in the environment around
them like what is life, how to value it, and how one’s belief on the value of life relate with his or her
interaction with others and the world.
A. Beliefs B. Values C. Language D. Norms
________16. _____________ describe what is appropriate or inappropriate in a given society or what ought to be.
________17. It is a shared set of spoken and written symbols.
________18. _________ are specific rules/standards to guide appropriate behavior.
________19. Also known as customs, these are norms for everyday behavior that people follow for the sake of
tradition or convenience.
A. Mores B. Folkways C. Taboos D. Law
________20. A person or practitioner who studies Anthropology.
A. Sociologist B. Psychologist C. Anthropologist D. Archaeologist
II. TRUE OR FALSE: Read each question carefully and identify whether it is TRUE or FALSE. Write T or F for your
answers, use the space provided before each number. (20 points)
_________ 1. Society is a group of people sharing a common culture.

_________ 2. Culture is a “complex whole which encompasses beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms,
artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and everything that a person learns and shares as a member of society.”
_________ 3. Culture is a society’s (or group’s) system of shared, learned values and norms; as a whole, these values
and norms are the society’s (or group’s) design for living.
_________ 4. Culture is expressed in language and symbols.
_________ 5. Culture survives if it can accommodate to changing conditions.
_________ 6. Cultures evolve from the interaction of person with others, and a person’s belief or behavior becomes
part of the culture when it is externalized and objectified.
_________ 7. Cultures change through the action of persons whose ideas and behavior “fit” the culture.
_________ 8. Culture determines how we view the world around us
_________ 9. Culture refers to the beliefs, values, behavior and objects that, together, form a people's way of life.
_________ 10. Culture includes the traditions we inherit and pass on to the next generation
_________ 11. Culture: totality of our shared language, knowledge, material objects, and behavior
_________ 12. Cultural preferences vary across societies
_________ 13. Culture is very recent and was a long time in the making.
_________ 14. Culture is what makes us human.
_________ 15. Culture refers to the universal human capacity to classify, & communicate their experiences
symbolically.
_________ 16. Culture shapes and guides people’s perception of reality
_________ 17. The word culture, came from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate“.
_________ 18. Culture is a universal feature of human social life
_________ 19. Culture are those qualities and attributes that seem to be characteristic of all humankind.
_________ 20. Culture is viewed as a macrosystem.
III. MATCHING TYPE. Match the term/s inside the box with its correct description in below. Write the letter of
your choice on the blank provided before each item.
a. Culture f. Material Culture l. Cultural pluralism q. Religion

b. Norms g. Ethnocentrism m. Folkways r. Cultural variations
c. Sub- culture i. Non- Material Culture n. Mores s. Family
d. Values j. Culture Shock o. Language t. Community
e. Cultural Relativism k. Society p. Communication u. Lifestyle
____________________ 1. Rules defining acceptable and unacceptable behavior for a given culture
____________________ 2. Broad ideas about what is good or desirable shared by people in a group
____________________ 3. Things that stand for or represent something else
____________________ 4. Physical objects you can touch
____________________ 5. Intangible; can’t touch it
____________________ 6. A group of people who have learned to live and work together.
____________________ 7. Norms of little moral significance
____________________ 8. Norms central to functioning of social life
____________________ 9. This can be spoken and written messages.
____________________ 10. Plurality of historically conditioned cultures
____________________ 11. Relates to an abrupt transition from a familiar to an alien environment and often
requires adjustment.
____________________ 12. Is the belief that one’s own cultural practices and values are inherently correct or
superior to those of others.
____________________ 13. The practice of interpreting and judging other cultures in terms of their own internal
meaning and value systems.
____________________ 14. A group that deviates in certain areas or features with respect to values, beliefs, and
behavior from that of a dominant or parent culture
____________________ 15. It is said to be the way of life.
IV. Essay. Directions: Read and analyze each question. Write your answers on the space provided.
1. What is the significance of cultural identity in an individual? Explain your answer.
3. How do you differentiate cultural relativism and ethnocentrism? Explain your answer
Good Luck!!!!
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UNDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS

_________ 1. Society is a group of people sharing a common culture.

a. Culture f. Material Culture l. Cultural pluralism q. Religion

1. What is the significance of cultural identity in an individual? Explain your answer.

MICHAEL ANGELO G. MAYORDO

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