Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics a.

Sociology
(Midterm Exam) b. Anthropology
c. Archaeology
I. Do not write anything on the test d. Culture
paper. Shade the letter of the 7. A branch of Social Science that deals with
correct answer. the study of human beings and their
1. The ethical insistence that other cultures ancestors through time in relation to
can only be evaluated and understood in environmental and social relations, and
terms of their own standards and values. culture
a. ethnocentrism a. Sociology
b. enculturation b. Anthropology
c. xenocentrism c. Archaeology
d. cultural relativism d. History
2. It is viewing other people’s cultures or 8. Described as a community, nation, or
ways of life in terms of one’s cultural broad groupings of people having common
assumption. traditions, institutions, and collective
a. ethnocentrism activities and interests.
b. enculturation a. culture
c. xenocentrism b. society
d. cultural relativism c. politics
3. He is a great political thinker who says that d. organizations
human being is a political animal. 9. It encompasses all social aspects
a. Plato including language, customs, values,
b. Aristotle norms, mores, beliefs, education, etc.
c. Karl Marx a. culture
d. Sun Tzu b. society
4. Branch of Science that deals with the c. politics
institutions and functioning of human d. organizations
society and with the interpersonal 10. The spreading out of cultural attributes
relationships of individuals as members of from one culture to another through
society. contact between different cultural groups
a. Earth science a. assimilation
b. Physical science b. diffusion
c. Social Science c. acculturation
d. Life science d. enculturation
5. Branch of Social Science that deals with 11. The process by which members of an
the study of society, social institutions, and ethnic minority group lose their cultural
social relationships. characteristics that distinguish them from
a. Sociology the dominant culture group.
b. Anthropology a. acculturation
c. History b. enculturation
d. Geography c. assimilation
6. A field of Anthropology that deals with the d. globalization
scientific study of human cultures through 12. The theory of William Ogburns which
the recovery and analysis of material states that material culture changes faster
remains such as tools, pottery, jewellery, than non-material culture.
stone walls, and monuments of past a. Cultural Anthropology
human life and activities b. Cultural Relativism
 c. cultural lag inferior to those which originates
d. culture-specific syndrome elsewhere.
13. It happens when the rulers of a country a. ethnocentrism
lose power or when the type of b. xenocentrism
government changes. c. cultural relativism
a. election day d. capitalism
b. cultural change 20. A child’s incorporation into his/her society
c. local change through learning of the culture.
d. political change a. enculturation
14. He equates modernization to the b. acculturation
increasing presence of fast food business c. assimilation
in common social institutions and thereby d. diffusion
coined the concept of McDonaldization of 21. This refers to any physical phenomenon-a
Society. word, objects, colour, sound, feeling,
a. Max Weber odour, movement, and the like to which
b. Karl Marx people assign meaning or values.
c. George Ritzer a. artefacts
d. Emile Durkheim b. symbols
15. The feeling that one has experienced after c. attitudes
leaving their familiar, comfortable home. d. beliefs
a. adaptation 22. This refers to any object that gives
b. enculturation information about or insight into the culture
c. culture shock of a particular society.
d. cultural diversity a. artefacts
16. A special point of view of sociology that b. symbols
sees general patterns of society in the c. attitudes
lives of particular people. d. beliefs
a. sociological perspective 23. A norm that is considered moral and
b. functionalist perspective ethical behaviour that violating them
c. microsociology typically results in strong disapproval.
d. macrosociology a. taboos
17. This sociological approach views society b. folkways
as a complex system whose parts work c. mores
together to promote solidarity and stability. d. attitudes
a. social-conflict approach 24. This sociological approach focuses on the
b. structural-functional approach use of symbols and the face-to-face or
c. microsociology close up social interactions of individuals
d. macrosociology in the society
18. A principle of right action binding upon the a. social-conflict approach
members of a particular society and b. structural-functional approach
serving to guide, control, or regulate c. symbolic-interaction approach
proper and acceptable behaviour. d. microsociology
a. attitudes 25. These refer to the things we do regularly
b. values or constantly as an ordinary part of our
c. beliefs lives.
d. norms a. beliefs
19. It is characterized by a strong belief that b. values
one’s own products and styles or ideas are c. mores d. practices
26. A very strong negative norm b. George Ritzer
a. norms c. Karl Marx
b. folkways d. Jean Jacques Rosseau
c. mores 33. A branch of social science that deals with
d. taboos the study of government and political
27. This sociological approach views society processes, institutions, and behaviours
as an arena for inequality that generates a. politics
conflict and change. b. Political Science
a. social-conflict approach c. Social Science
b. structural-functional approach d. Anthropology
c. microsociology 34. Garett Hardin in his article “Tragedy of the
d. macrosociology Commons,” he refer commons as the____
28. A form of social cohesion that arises when a. cultural heritage under threats
people in a society maintain similar values b. disorganized institutions of families
and beliefs and engaged in similar types of c. natural resources
work d. sustainable development
a. organic solidarity 35. An international organization whose aim is
b. mechanical solidarity to contribute to the building of peace,
c. manifest function eradication of poverty, sustainable
d. latent function development, and intercultural dialogue
29. These include but not limited to buildings through education, sciences, culture, and
and historic places, monuments and communication and information.
artefacts which are considered worthy of a. UNESCO
preservation for the future. b. United Nations Development Group
a. cultural heritage c. League of Nations International
b. tangible heritage Committee
c. intangible heritage d. International Bureau of Education
d. historical heritage 36. It is the central concept in the study of
30. The legacy that we inherited from the past social change and refers to the social
generations, maintained in the present and patterns resulting from industrialization
bestowed for the benefit of future a. globalization
generations. b. socialization
a. cultural heritage c. colonization
b. tangible heritage d. modernization
c. intangible heritage 37. It is a manifestation of a unique cultural
d. historical heritage identity, creativity, and cultural diversity to
31. An attitude of acceptance for anything that that includes but not limited to customs,
happens without any complain or showing language, and the like.
of emotion. a. cultural heritage
a. active b. tangible heritage
b. skeptic c. intangible heritage
c. cynic d. historical heritage
d. stoic 38. The following is/are threat/s to our cultural
32. A proponent who foresaw that social heritage:
conflict arising from inequality would force a. natural disasters and armed conflicts
social changes to improve the lives of the b. globalization
working class. c. uniformity and negligence
a. Emile Durkheim d. all of the above
39. It refers to the way we think and feel about humanly acceptable, can address the
something or someone dangers of ethnocentrism and
a. attitudes xenocentrism.
b. values a. true b. false
c. norms 9. Culture can be separated from colonial
d. beliefs influence and the power dynamics that
40. A French philosopher often called as the shapes it such as gender and racism.
Father of Sociology who first coined the a. true b. false
term ‘sociology’ to refer to the scientific 10. Society as an objective reality is relatively
study of society. independent of how people conceive it.
a. Herbert Spencer a. true b. false
b. Karl Marx
c. Auguste Comte
d. Emile Durkheim

II. True or False: Shade A if True; B if

False
1. Culture is shared because it constantly
changes and adapts to the current state of
society.
a. true b. false
2. Culture is symbolic because the cultural
traits of society are passed on to the
younger members in the process of
growing up and through teaching.
a. true b. false
3. Culture do not function in isolation; rather,
as an integrated whole that makes society
work.
a. true b. false
4. Appreciating and accepting the
uniqueness of one’s cultural traits mean
that universal human moral traits of right or
wrong no longer apply.
a. true b. false
5. Macro level of analysis focuses on the
social structures that shape society as a
whole.
a. true b. false
6. Because of cultural adversity, culture is
always subjected to debate and analysis.
a. true b. false
7. The concept of cultural relativism is more
analytical and methodical rather than
being a moral principle
a. true b. false
8. A relativist approach consciously balanced
by a Universalist understanding of what is