Anthropology and Sociology Quiz

Food habits like the way of cooking foods, habits of dressing up, relationship with family members or with in-laws, and many others are some of the focuses of this anthropological field.

• Archaeology

• Biological anthropology

• Linguistics

• Cultural & social anthropology

Society and culture is indeed connected with one another, all encompassing, meaning we visualize culture and society as a complex whole. The following descriptions below clearly explain how culture, society, and politics are interrelated with one another, except for one. Which description is it?

• Members of the society are not active in the engagement in political activities.

• People interact meaningfully with one another and observe social norms as members of the society.

• The culture of a society encompasses the meaningful processes and products of social interactions

• People interact in society as individuals and as group with duties and privileges.

Which of the following statements is the best definition of sociology?

• This is the study of ancient societies and their cultural traditions.

• It comes from the Greek words anthropos meaning "humankind," and logos meaning "study."

• This deals with the scientific study of human interactions, social groups and institutions, and the whole societies.

• It studies the ways in which cultural traditions of different groups of people have changed over the years.

A researcher chose to write about indigenous people in Mindanao and he described them using some concepts such as kinship, gender and power. He tried to compare them to other groups of people. Which of the following fields of science did the statement above portray?

• History

• Anthropology

• Political science

• Sociology

A group of people is responsible for discovering and digging up old communities. Based on the fossils and artifacts found during the excavation, they try to put these pieces of evidence together to describe the community, its people, their culture, and traditions. Who do you think are these people?

• Archeologists

• Historians

• Ethnologists

• Sociologists