LILOAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Poblacion, Liloan, Cebu

SUMMATIVE TEST IN UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, & POLITICS

Name:_____________________________ Grade & Section:___________ Date:_________Score:_____

Test I. True or False: Write True if the statement is correct and False if it is not.

___________1. The three disciplines of social sciences are anthropology, sociology, and political science.
___________2. Culture is the focus of anthropology, society is for sociology, while politics is for political
science.
___________3. Discipline is the control that is gained by requiring the rules or orders be obeyed and
punishing bad behavior.
___________4. Anthropology is a social science discipline that studies humans and their society in the
past and present.
___________5. Political science is a social science discipline that deals with system of government and the
analysis of political activity and political behavior.
___________6. Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions.
___________7. “Anthropos” means human, while “logos” refers to knowledge.
___________8. Norms are classified by their relative importance of society. They are folkways, mores,
taboos, and laws.
___________9. Edward Tylor, one of the founders of modern anthropology.
___________10. Culture is a complex whole which encompasses beliefs, practices, traits, values, laws,
norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and everything that a person lerans and shares as a member of
society.
___________11. Elements of culture includes symbol, language, social norms, folkways, mores, laws,
values, technology, beliefs, tradition, fashions, and arts.
___________12. Artifacts are such valuable tools for exploring the past and using them to understand the
past.
___________13. Human values are essential in our life because they help us to grow and develop.
___________14. Some of the values that human treasures are honesty, love, happiness, and integrity.
___________15. Social change – these are variations or modifications in the patterns of social
organization of sub groups within society.
___________16. Cultural change - refers to all alterations affecting new traits or trait complexes and
changes in a cultures content and structure.
___________17. In functionalist perspective, societies are thought to function like organisms, with various
social institutions working together like organs to maintain and reproduce societies.
___________18. The conflict perspective sees social life as a competition, and focuses on the distribution
of resources, power, and inequality.
___________19. Art refers to the creative works of individuals which are known to be results and affected
by the skills, ideas, imagination, and emotions.
___________20. Values are anything held to be relatively worthy, important, desirable or valuable.
___________21. Language sets human beings apart from other species. Individuals can transmit simple
feelings and emotions, learnings from other experiences and from generation to generation.
___________22. Knowledge refers in particular on the information, skill, education, training and experience
that shape the system.
___________23. Sociology emphasizes society and social processes, while anthropology is on culture, and
politics is on power and influence to govern.
___________24. Social Norms -are of society as to how a established expectations person is supposed to
act depending on the requirements of the time, place or situation.
___________25. Tradition refers to a way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that has been used by
people in a particular society for many generations.
Test II. Multiple Choice. Directions: Read the statement carefully and encircle the letter of the
correct answer.

1. It is a discipline that deals with several aspects such as the study of state and government
A. Anthropology B. Culture C. Political Science D. Sociology
2. It describes human, human behavior and human societies around the world.
A. Anthropology B. Culture C. Political Science D. Sociology
3. It is a social science that emphasizes society and social processes
A. Anthropology B. Culture C. Political Science D. Sociology
4. It refers to the scientific study of man or human beings.
A. Anthropology B. Culture C. Political Science D. Sociology
5. It refers to a theoretical foundation of contemporary anthropology.
A. Nature of anthropology C. Nature of politics
B. Nature of culture D. Nature of sociology
6. The issues on health and medicine and other issues related to the human activities is an example of this
perspective.
A. Anthropological perspective C. Sociological perspective
B. Political science perspective D. Theoretical perspective
7. The study of democracy as a form of government and why is democracy considered as the best form of
government is _____ . 
A. Anthropological perspective C. Sociological perspective
B. Political science perspective D. Theoretical perspective
8. It attempts to explain how the social world operates.
A. Anthropological theory C. Political theory
B. Cultural theory D. Sociological theory
9. It is used to analyze and explain objects of social study, and facilitate organizing sociological knowledge.
A. Anthropological perspective C. Sociological perspective
B. Political science perspective D. Theoretical perspective
10. It sees social life as a competition, and focuses on the distribution of resources, power, and inequality.
A. Conflict perspective C. Functionalist perspective
B. Cultural perspective D. Theoretical perspective  
11. It refers to a group of people sharing a common culture within a defined territorial boundaries
A. Culture B. Government C. Politics D. Society
12. It is anything that is used to stand for something else.
A. Artifacts B. Language C. Norms D. Symbols
13. These are rules or expectations of behavior and thoughts based on shared beliefs within a specific
cultural or social group.
A. Artifacts B. Language C. Norms D. Values
14. Which of the following is referred to as a system of words and symbols used to communicate with other
people?
A. Artifacts B. Language C. Norms D. Values
15. It refers to valuable tools for exploring the past and using them to understand the past.
A. Artifacts B. Language C. Technology D. Values
16. Which is referred to as the patterns of repetitive behavior which becomes habitual and conventional
part of living?
A. Folkways B. Laws C. Mores D. Values
17. Which of the following is referred to as the set of ethical standards & moral obligations as dictates of
reason that distinguishes human acts as right or wrong or good from bad?
A. Folkways B. Laws C. Mores D. Values
18. These refer in particular to the religious conviction of individuals that also shape their ways of living.
A. Beliefs B. Folkways C. Norms D. Traditions
19. They represent the standards we use to evaluate the desirability of things.
A. Folkways B. Laws C. Mores D. Values
20. Refers to the practical application of knowledge in converting raw materials into finished products
A. Magic B. Materials C. Product D. Technology