Name: _____________________________________________ Score: ____________

Grade & Section ___________________________________ Date: _____________

_____1. What are the building blocks of society?

A. Individuals B. natural resources C. agencies D. social institutions

_____2. What structure of the society consists of individuals who interact and relate in a shared
cultural and symbolic environment?
A. social deviance B. social system3 C. social interaction D. social institution

_____3. What is the process by which people acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and culture
embedded in their own society?
A. Acculturation B. enculturation C. assimilation D. economics

_____4. Which situation demonstrates a reciprocal interaction between an individual and society?
Select your answer.
A. completing the whole school year without any absences or tardiness
B. seeing the country’s health care system and deciding to practice medicine in the
Philippines despite numerous international offers
C. sleeping and waking up early to finish all errands being asked from you by your family
D. surfing the internet to read about the country’s current events

_____5. Which of the following is an example of enculturation?

A. A Filipino hesitates to speak English even when talking to foreigners.
B. A Chinese man prefers to engage in business with Filipino nationals because of the
latter’s rich culture.
C. A French national learned to speak Tagalog after vacationing in the Philippines for six
months.
D. A 3-year old Filipino kid living in Manila is taught to use “po” and “opo.”

_____6. Kyle is an educator who wants to know about the economic challenges encountered by
the national government in 2013. Which social institution should he approach about his concern?
A. Government B. education C. economy D. religion

_____7. Josh is a single parent who tries to balance his responsibilities as a service crew and as an
engineering student. What social roles does Josh play? (select two answers)
A. Employee B. father C. engineer D. student

_____8. Which of the following statements is true?

1. Individuals have the option to be social beings or not.
2. Society can exist without social institutions.
A. Both statements 1 and 2 are true.2 C. Statement 1 is false. Statement 2 is true.
B. Statement 1 is true. Statement 2 is false. D. Both statements 1 and 2 are false.

_____9. Which statement describes the basic tenet of a social system?

1. It is an organized structure.
2. It is smaller than all the social institutions combined.
A. neither statement 1 nor 2 C. both statements 1 and 2
B. statement 1 D. statement 2

_____10. Which concept about human relations and society is correct?

1. All human relations can influence change in society.
2. All human relations are only dependent upon societal change.
A. neither statement 1 nor 2 C. statement 2
B. statement 1 D. both statements 1 and 2