United Church of Christ in the Philippines
Nasugbu Christian Faith Academy, Inc.
San Roque St., Nasugbu, Batangas
Preliminary Examination in CORE 5
(Understanding Culture, Society & Politics)
Name: __________________________________________ Date: ____________
Grade/Section: ___________________________________ Score: ___________
I. TRUE OR FALSE. Write F if the statement is true and T if it is false.
____1. Concepts are linguistic tools used by social scientist to explore the social world.
____2. Values may often manifest in beliefs.
____3. Beliefs are firmly held opinions or conviction.
____4. Our social categories such as being male or female, single or married, or rich or
poor shape the way we see and interpret the social world.
____5. Values may change overtime but they can be durable and withstand forces that
can cause them to change.
____6. Social change may be a product of technological change.
____7. Values shape our behaviour more than our attitude.
____8. A concept may beget smaller concepts.
____9. Social categories are natural categories.
____10. Society is one of the conceptual tools in the analysis of social behaviour.
II. DEFINITION. Define the following.
1. Sociology-
2. Anthropology-
3. Political Science-
4. Beliefs-
5. Cultural change-
6. Political Change
7. Cultural Diversity-
8. Social Inequality-
9. Sociological Imagination-
10. Social Diversity-
III.MATCHING TYPE. Match Column A to Column B. Write only the letter of the correct
answer.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
____1. Rational purport of a word or conception A. Social fact
____2. Ways of living B. Concept
____3. Categories that we possess in the society C. Sociological Imagination
____4. Social forces D. Aristotle
____5. Social lens E. Perspectives
____6. A person’s specific economic and political F. Sociology
location
____7. Another name for social phenomenon G. Anthropology
____8. Equal but different ways of how people live H. Sociality
in the world
____9. Connecting personal life with history I. Culture
____10. Individuals as political animal J. Ethnography
K. Social Map
IV. IDENTIFICATION. Identify the behaviour or phenomenon that exist in the following
situations.
Situation Behavior/Phenomenon
1. Muslims are strongly prohibited from eating pork and
showing off their skin but Muslim men are allowed to
marry two or more wives.
2. As a businessman, Mang Sonny is used to giving
“padulas” to his main suppliers in order to expedite his
business transactions with them.
3. Boy is openly gay. He lives with his partner James.
They are both successful celebrities and businessmen.
4. If grades were to be the basis of Rusty’s standing in
his statistics class, he would surely fail the course.
However, he was given a passing grade by his teacher,
who happened to be a childhood friend of his mother.
5. Justin graduated a year ago. Despite being blessed
with several job offers, he chose to remain jobless and
hang around with his barkada.
6. Micheal almost missed the chance to finish senior
high school because he had been absent most of the
time playing ROS.
7. Kapitan Rico is the incumbent mayor of the city. His
daughter is currently running for the congressional seat
of the district, a position occupied by his brother for two
consecutive terms.
8. As a youth, Kristin finds the summer vacation a busy
season to help the young kids who weren’t able to go to
school.
9. Grace, a college student, is living alone in Manila.
Both of her parents are working abroad. She visits them
every vacation.
10. Taking selfies is Alyssa’s hobby, it became a habit
when her parents gave her a phone on her birthday.
V. Fill in the circles with the appropriate words below.
Food laws & regulations fossils
Religion language clothing style
Government August Comte traditions
Millennials constitutions norms
Culture marriage contract country’s officials
SOCIOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
VI. ESSAY.
A. Write an essay that explains your role as a student in the society from your reference
culture and your beliefs in the country’s political society. (5pts.)
**GOOD LUCK & GOD BLESS**
Prepared by: Checked by:
Ms. Rancy C. Destreza Mrs. Teresa C. Caballes
Subject Teacher Principal
