Understanding Culture, Society and Politics: Reviewer 2
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics: Reviewer 2
a. Anthropology
b. Sociology
c. Political Science
2. Its goal is to look for the similarities and
differences among the cultures of societies around
the world. In doing so, we could be able to
understand more about human nature and be
more tolerant on other people’s behavior and
actions.
a. Anthropology
b. Sociology
c. Political Science
3. If we want to know why certain social
phenomena happened, such as the television
program Eat Bulaga’s Kalyeserye gaining millions
of tweets worldwide, this field of social science
answers these occurrences.
a. Anthropology
b. Sociology
c. Political Science
4. Its main concern is to learn how to use power
over others to maintain social order and harmony
among citizens.
a. Anthropology
b. Sociology
c. Political Science
5. Preservation of cultural diversity and respect for
traditions in this period of globalization
a.Anthropology
b. Sociology
c. Geography
d. Political Science
6. Exchange of culture and ideas in the macro level
and breakdown of families in the micro level as a
result of economic migration by Filipino workers
a.Anthropology
b. Sociology
c. Geography
d. Political Science
7. Framing legislative policies abolishing or limiting
political dynasties all over the Philippines.
a.Anthropology
b. Sociology
c. Geography
d. Political Science
8. Referendum was held in selected provinces
comprising the old Bangsamoro republic for the
ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Basic Law.
This was done to promote development, peace, and
order in their locality.
a.Anthropology
b. Sociology
c. Geography
d. Political Science
9. A researcher chose to write about indigenous
people in Mindanao and he described them using
some concepts such as kinship, gender and power.
He tried to compare them to other groups of people.
Which of the following fields of science did the
statement above portray?
a. Anthropology c. Political science
b. History d. Sociology
10. It entails political ideas, ideologies, institutions,
policies, processes, laws, strategy, and war.
a. Anthropology c. Sociology
b. Philosophy d. Political science
11. Food habits like the way of cooking foods,
habits of dressing up, relationship with family
members or with in-laws, and many others are
some of the focuses of this anthropological field.
a. Biological anthropology c. Cultural & social
anthropology
b. Archaeology d. Linguistics
12. Society and culture is indeed connected with one another, all
encompassing, meaning we visualize culture and society as a
complex whole. The following descriptions below clearly explain how
culture, society, and politics are interrelated with one another,
except for one. Which description is it?
a. People interact meaningfully with one another and observe social
norms as members of the society.
b. The culture of a society encompasses the meaningful processes
and products of social interactions.
c. People interact in society as individuals and as group with duties
and privileges.
d. Members of the society are not active in the engagement in
political activities.
13. Which of the following statement is NOT a definition of
the word anthropology?
a. This is the study of ancient societies and their cultural
traditions.
b. It comes from the Greek words anthropos meaning
“humankind,” and logos meaning “study.”
c. It studies the ways in which cultural traditions of
different groups of people have changed over the years.
d. This deals with the scientific study of human
interactions, social groups and institutions, and the whole
society.
14. In social science, the study of the biological
evolution of man is important because it provides
explanations on the reason behind the biological
variations among contemporary human population.
Which field of social science is discussed in the
said statement?
a. Archeology c. Biological anthropology
b. Ethnology d. Linguistics
15. A group of people is responsible for discovering
and digging up old communities. Based on the
fossils and artifacts found during the excavation,
they try to put these pieces of evidence together to
describe the community, its people, their culture,
and traditions. Who do you think are these people?
a. Archeologists c. Ethnologists
b. Historians d. Sociologists
16. It is a systematic study of government, politics,
and political power.
a.Anthropology
b. Political Science
c. Sociology
17. Study of society, patterns of social interactions
and culture of everyday life.
a.Anthropology
b. Political Science
c. Sociology
18. Study of people, their origin, languages,
religion, social systems and other tangible and
intangible aspects of their lives.
a.Anthropology
b. Political Science
c. Sociology
19. Emile Durkeim published her book “Suicide” in
1897. Here she illustrates how social factors affect
the suicide rate of a certain community.