LORENZO S. SARMIENTO SR.
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Grade 12
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the correct answer then write it on the space before the
number.
_____1. It is an interaction among people where they can share a common culture.
A. Culture B. society C. politics D. anthropology
____2. It encompasses all social aspects including our language, customs, values, norms, mores,
education, etc……
A. Society B. politics C. culture D. political science
_____3. It happens when the rulers of a country lose power or when the type of governance in the
country changes.
A. Political change B. social change C. cultural change D. local change
_____4. It is the transformation of social institutions overtime.
A. Political change B. social change C. cultural change D. society change
_____5. It is the transformation of culture or the way people live.
A. Political change B. social change C. cultural change D. climate change
_____6. It is the process through which the cultural traits of one society are borrowed, transmitted and
adopted by another one and considered as its own.
A. Diffusion B. invention C. discovery D. socialization
_____7. It is a process whereby we recognize or gain a better understanding of already existing
elements present in the environment.
A. Diffusion B. invention C. discovery D. socialization
_____8. It is a process whereby new cultural elements are created to solve social and cultural problems.
A. Diffusion B. invention C. discovery D. socialization
_____9. It is the use or involvement of a volunteer or free labor in community services.
A. Local public services C. volunteerism
B. Diffusion D. enculturation
_____10. It is when one parent, or both parents lives and works in another country while the children
remain in their country of origin.
A. Transnational families C. local public services
B. Youth volunteerism D. socialization
II - MATCHING TYPE
Instructions: The following scenarios presented in Column A correspondingly relates to the Four
categories of Sanctions. Match the items from Column A which best corresponds to the process in
column B. Write your answer on the space before the number.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
_____1. Recognition of honors in a learning a. Formal Positive sanctions
facility
b. Formal Negative sanctions
_____2. Cheers from the Senior high department
for the basketball team c. Informal Positive sanctions
_____3. A teacher claps her hand after the
d. Informal Negative sanctions
student’s successful report.
_____4. Medal of honor for outstanding conduct e. Social Control Theory
in the army
f. Rational Choice theory
_____5. Being fired from work for being
unprofessional g. Differential association theory
_____6. Gossip about not having a good h. Labeling theory
relationship with workmates
i. Conflict theory
_____7. Payment of fine for violating the strict
diagonal parking style for vehicles j. Structural functionalist theory
_____8. Promotion from sales attendant to being
manager
_____9. Standing ovation from the judges for the
brilliant musical play performance
_____10. Imprisonment for committing robbery
_____11. Humans often labeled as deviants often
commit deviant acts
_____12. If an individual feels less attached to
society, chances to become a deviant is higher.
_____13. Caused by a lack in stronger social
bonds within a society
_____14. Those who are considered powerless
are named as deviants
_____15. Deviance is a product of the role strain
that an individual experiences due to lack of
resources.
_____16. Opposing groups whose access to
power is unequal
_____17. Results from being labeled in the
society
_____18. Learned by an individual from those he
or she associates with
_____19. Humans weigh the impact of following
a norm
_____20. Deviant as a product of breakdown of
social norms
III TRUE OR FALSE
Instructions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is incorrect. Place your
answer on the space provided before each item. 2 pts each.
______________1. Conformity is the act of violating a social norm.
______________2. There are four categories of a norm: folkways, legends, taboos and law.
______________3. The value that Filipinos put on family is also a threat in democratic governance.
______________4. Conflict theory argues that values exist to create unity and at the same time conflict
in order to achieve harmony.
______________5. Folkways are socially approved behaviors that have no moral underpinnings.
______________6. Under the role interactionism theory, individuals construct their notion of the self
through social interactions.
______________7. Social identity is a person’s notion of who he or she is in society.
______________8. A State is a political entity that consists of four elements: territory, government,
citizens and sovereignty.
______________9. Max Weber highlighted the concept of governance or the execution of laws within a
territory.
______________10. Public Administration examines the various administrative schemes implemented
by government officials.
