Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XI
Division of Davao City
MARILOG HIGH SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
Datu Salumay, Marilog District Davao City
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS
FIRST GRADING FIRST SEM
Test I. VOCABULARY
Write your answer on the space provided before the number.

Culture Anthropology Cultural Anthropology Social Anthropology

Ethnocentrism Cultural Relativism Troubles Issues
Politics Democracy Evolution Natural Selection
Bipedalism Hominin Hominid

________________ 1. It is the study of human as he/she interacts in the society.

________________ 2. It is the power given to people to actively engaged in governmental activities
________________ 3. It is the evaluation of other people using one’s own belief and point of view.
________________ 4. Ancestral species of apes closely related to modern humans.
________________5. The study which means ‘knowledge about cultivated humans’.
________________ 6. It is the survival of the fittest where-in the winner gets to reproduce.
________________ 7. These problems transcends the local environment ranging from inner life.
________________8. It is the study on understanding human.
________________9. These are the problems which concerns personal life
________________10. Ancestral species of great apes.
________________12. Originated from the word colere which means to cultivate
________________13. It is the change of characteristics over generations.
________________14. It is the activities which associated with governance of the country.
________________15. It is the locomotion where the organism moves with its two legs.
Test II. Multiple Choice
Read the selections properly and choice the best answer from the given choices. Write
your answer on the space provided before the number.
___________16. What great discovery happened on September 20, 2006 at Ethiopia’s
badlands along Great Rift Valley in East Africa?
A. The discovery of the first Neanderthal fossil.
B. The discovery of Lucy’s baby.
C. The discovery of the Oldowan tools used for hunting.
D. The discovery of the first H. Erectus fossil.
____________17. The famous Lucy’s baby was discovered by an Ethiopian
paleonanthropologist named?
A. Brigitte Senut B. Mary leakey
C. Sileshi Semaw D. Zeresenay Alemseged
___________18. Why do they say that the oldest baby was Lucy’s baby wherein fact it is a
million years older than Lucy?
A. Because they were both found in the same area.
B. Because the one who discovered them is the same person.
C. Because the founder could give details on their discovery whatever they want.
D. Because the fossil of the oldest baby is smaller than Lucy’s fossils.
___________19. Due to natural selection process of evolution, the early hominin species
were able to harness bipedal locomotion. Which of the following is not an
advantage of “bipedal locomotion.”?
A. Ability to see over tall grasses and bushes.
B. Ability to live on branches and create their own clothes.
C. Reduces exposure of the body from solar radiation.
D. Ability to manufacture stone tools.
___________20. Which of the following best describes the oldowan chopper core?
A. It is a stone tool use to create knife for hunting
B. It is a piece of stone used to sharpen another stone to create a sharp object.
C. It is a piece of sharp stone used to create a long and sharp stick.
D. It is a sharpened knife used to cut meat from the hunted animals.
___________21. Which of the following best describes an oldowan flake tool?
A. A not so perfectly sharpen stone tool used by early hominin.
B. A flake tool which is made from a sharpen wood used for hunting.
C. A perfectly shaped stone tool created by the most intelligent early hominin.
D. A secret hunting tool of the early hominin which is given by God.
___________22. Which among the statements is TRUE about cranial capacity?
A. Chimpanzee has greater cranial capacity than the early hominin making
them more intelligent.
B. Early hominin has greater cranial capacity than the chimpanzee making
them therefore more intelligent.
C. Chimpanzee has lesser cranial capacity than the early hominin making
them more intelligent.
D. Early hominin has lesser cranial capacity than the chimpanzee making
them therefore more intelligent.
___________23. Which hominin had developed better hunting skills with the use of the stone
tools?
A. H. erectus B. H. Habilis
C . A. bosie D. Ardiphitecus
___________24. Paleolithic comes from what two words?
A. Old and Stone B. New and Stone
C. Renew and Receive D. New and Create
___________25. It is the technique used by the H. Erectus in creating stone tools which
converted a round piece of rock into a flatish oval.
A. Acheulian B. Martinian
C. Summerian D. Erectanian
___________26. What adaptation had helped the H. Erectus to hunt longer distance and
larger prey?
A. The adaptation of having larger body and longer legs.
B. The adaptation of creating hunting tools.
C. The adaptation of having been able to walk on two legs.
D. The adaptation of having thick hairs all over their body.
___________27. To what possible reason does other hominin species been able to spread
across the world?
A. Hunting of food B. Vacation and Leisure
C. Hunting for partner D. Searching for lower temperature
___________28. What do they call the famous H. Erectus fossil found in the Indonesian
Island?
A. Peking man B. Wedjak man
B. Java man D. Mana man
___________29. Eugene Duboi is the man who discovered the first H. erectus fossil in
Indonesia. What is Eugene’s profession?
A. Army man B. Army nurse
C. Anthropologist D. Army surgeon
___________30. Early hominins were living in an ice age era. What is the term used during the
warmth period during wurm?
A. Interglacials B. Glacials
C. Interstadials D. Stadials
___________31. It is the technique used by the Neanderthals in manufacturing tools.
A. Mounterian B. Martinian
C. Mousterian D. Neanterian
___________32. Which of the following hominin group started the wearing of clothes?
A. H. Erectus B. H. Habilis
C. Neanderthals D. H. Sapiens
Test III. Identification.
Write ETHNOCENTRIC if the scenario states ethnocentrism attitude and RELATIVIST if the
scenario states Cultural Relativism attitude.
_______________________ 33. Hitler believed that Jews, as well as people belonging to some other
communities were all inferior to his ethnicity, and did not deserve to live. He had thousands
and thousands of innocent people slaughtered in concentration camps, all because they
weren't of his 'pure' race, which was, according to him, superior among all..
_______________________ 34. We see someone dressed according to a style we don't follow, we
immediately develop a biased judgment against them. "God, what is he/she wearing? It's clear
he/she has no sense of fashion."
_______________________ 35. Althea learned in school that African black people where slaves in
America before. And she, being black, felt that her classmates in school don’t like her because
of her color.
_______________________ 36. During an international seminar on human rights participants where
group. Different races shared their ideas and selected an individual to share their discussion in
front. The seminar turned out to be very informative and entertaining.
_______________________ 37.Conrad, an Australian blogger, visited the Philippines to taste its
famous delicacies. He tasted Lechong Cebu, adobong manok, sisig, and many other delicacies.
But the most unforgettable food that he tasted was the exotic “Balut” (duck’s egg) as stated in
his blog.
_______________________ 38. An Asian man attended an American conference for the first time. He
tried to fit in but the other participants rejected his ideas because some of the them cannot
understand his accent. He is then forced to listen throughout the conference in silence.
_______________________ 39. People from around the world loves to go to Thailand, and your
experience will not be complete if you will not visit their famous Buddha temples. Upon
entering everyone, regardless of races, gives honor to Buddha by making a praying hand
gesture and bowing to the statues.
_______________________ 40. A big company from Russia was offered partnership from a
businessman from the Philippines. Thus, learning that the offer comes from a third –world
country , the Russian company denied the offer.
_______________________ 41. A school is the house of different cultures. It is where Muslims and
Christians come together to learn and play altogether. Muslim women were allowed to wear
their scarf within the school as a sign of respect to their culture and religion.
_______________________ 42. The Roldan family believed that buying foreign products is like
betraying your country so they always buy domestic products.

Test IV. Who Said What?

Identify the different thinkers who gave perspectives about politics.

Aristotle David Easton Robert Dahl Bernard Crick Michael Oakeshott

______________________43. A human being is a political animal.

______________________44. Politics is the authoritative allocation of values in a society.
______________________45. Politics refers to any activity involving human beings associated
together in relationship of power and authority where conflict occurs.
______________________46. Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without violence.
______________________47. Politics is reserved for statesmen and stateswomen.

Test V. Essay

48-50. How does Rejection, Quiet Participation, Rejection, and Indifference affect politics?

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