FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION- UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. It is defined as ‘’that complex whole a) Acheulian Industry
which encompasses beliefs, practices, b) Oldowan Industry
values, attitudes, law, norms, artifacts, c) Mousterian Industry
symbols, knowledge and everything that a d) Aurignacian Industry
person’s learns and shares as a member of 6. What is the primary focus of cultural
society. anthropology?
a) Society a) The study of ancient civilizations
b) Politics b) The examination of human
c) Culture biological traits
d) Human Variation c) The exploration of human society’s
2. It is the primary source of humans culture and its diversity
capacity to comprehend sound and d) The analysis of language
provides meaning to it, the vocal tract acts development
as the mechanism by which sounds are 7. Which of the following subfields of
produced and reproduced to transmit anthropology examines the remains of
ideas and values. ancient and historical human populations
a) Our speaking capacity to promote an understanding of how
b) Our thinking capacity humans have adapted to their
c) Our gripping capacity environment and developed.
d) Our walking/ standing capacity a) Biological anthropology
3. It is the capacity to directly oppose a b) Linguistic anthropology
thumb with the other finger. It is an c) Cultural anthropology
exclusive trait of humans. d) Archaeological anthropology
a) Our speaking capacity 8. This culture can also cause problems for
b) Our thinking capacity the people who subscribe to it. these
c) Our gripping capacity problems arise when the environment has
d) Our walking/ standing capacity changed and culture remained the same.
4. It is the stone industry characterized by a) CULTURE IS MALADAPTIVE
the use of “hard water-worn creek made b) CULTURE IS ADAPTIVE
out of volcanic rock”. This industry known c) CULTURE CHANGES
to have been used by Homo habilis. d) CULTURE IS SHARED
a) Acheulian Industry
b) Oldowan Industry
c) Mousterian Industry 9. What is the primary goal of Applied
d) Aurignacian Industry Anthropology?
a) To study the origins of human
language
5. A more complex industry developed by b) To conduct research in remote and
the Homo erectus from what they isolated locations
inherited from Homo habilis.
c) To use anthropological knowledge
to solve real-world problems
d) To document ancient civilizations
10. Which anthropological subfield
focuses on the study of language,
communication, and the role of language
in culture?
a) Archaeology
b) Linguistic anthropology
c) Physical anthropology
d) Cultural anthropology
II. Directions: IDENTIFICATION (2 points each). Identify what is being asked in the question
below.
_______1. It looks into the biological development of humans and their contemporary
variation.
_______2. It is the process of learning your own culture.
_______3. It includes all the tangible and visible parts of culture.
_______4. It attempts to solve contemporary problems through the application of theories
and approaches of the discipline.
_______5. It enabled humans to wrap the thumb and fingers on an object.
_______6. It refers to the socially constructed roles, behavior, activities, and attributes that
a given society considers appropriate for men and women.
_______7. This gender is inclined to be sexually attracted to a person of the opposite sex.
_______8. This person is sexually attracted to a person of the same sex.
_______9. Some who are totally incapable of being attracted to any sex.
_______10. Individuals who accommodate all types of gender.
_______11. It is the study of us. Our clothes, our homes, our bodies, how we talk and how
we think, our past, present, and future.
_______12. It is the study of people in the past and the items that they left behind.
_______13. It examines the language of a group of people and its relation to their culture.
_______14. It looks into the biological development of humans and their contemporary
variation.
_______15. It includes all the intangible parts of culture.
III. Directions: List down or enumerate what are being asked on each of the following
item.
1-5. What are the FIVE SUB DISCIPLINES OF ANTHROPOLOGY?
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6-7. Enumerate the two (2) types of grip.
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8-9. Enumerate the 2 kinds of CULTURE.
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10-15. Enumerate the 6 CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURES.
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16-19. What are the four BIOLOGICAL CAPACITY FOR CULTURE?
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20-25. Give at least 6 examples of MATERIAL CULTURE.
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IV.ESSAY. (20 Points)
1. How can culture affect one’s body?
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