METRO DUMAGUETE COLLEGE

E.J. Blanco Drive Extension, Brgy. Daro, Dumaguete City, Philippines 6200

Midterm Examination
PHILIPPINE POPULAR CULTURE

Name:_____________________________ Course and Section:_________

Date of Examination:_________________

I. Multiple Choice: Please indicate your choice of answer by encircling a,b,c,or d for
each questions.

1. Refers to the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular

nation, people, or other social group.

a. Subculture c. Culture

b. Counterculture d. Popular culture

2. It is regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people on general.

a. Subculture c. Popular

b. Counterculture d. Popular culture

3. It is widely known as the vernacular or culture of people at one point in time

predominating in a society.

a. Subculture c. Culture

b. Counterculture d. Popular culture

4. It is the culture that has emerged from the use of computer networks for
communication, entertainment and business.

a. Cyberculture c. Subculture

b. Counterculture d. Popular culture

5. Below are example of Philippine popular culture, EXCEPT:

a. Hugot c. Milk tea

b. Folk dances d. Memes

6. It is the Philippine popular teleserye or prime time tv series that is often criticized for
seemingly endless story lines.

a. Marina c. Got to believe in Magic

b. Ang Probinsyano d. Lolong

7. It is typically distinguished from traditional culture and from high culture.

a. Folk Culture c. Popular Culture

b. Common Culture d. High Culture

8. It is a simpler lifestyle, which is typically traditional, predominantly self-sufficient, and
mostly reflective of rural life. Commonly, disruptive creativity is discouraged.

a. Folk Culture c. High Culture

b. Common Culture d. Popular Culture

9. It is not produced by nature, nor is it intended for mass consumption. This belongs
to the social elite; the higher socioeconomic classes associate the performing arts,
music, theatre, and high intellectualism.

a. Folk Culture c. High Culture

b. Popular Culture d. Common Culture

10. It introduced mass production; innovations in transport, such as steam

locomotives and steamships; advances in construction technology; expanded
literacy; changes in education and public health; and the advent of effective types of
commercial printing.

a. Urbanization c. Globalization

b. Industrialization d. Acculturation

11. It refers to the transitional process of moving from “traditional” or “primitive”

communities to modern societies.

a. Urbanization c. Industrialization

b. Globalization d. Modernization

12. In pro-colonial period what do we call our system of government?

a. Engcantadia c. Balangay

b. Barangay d. Municipality

13. During the Spanish Colonization, who educated the natives and converted
indigenous population to the Catholic faith?

a. Thomasites c. Spanish friars and missionaries

b. Educators d. Native Filipino

14. It is believed to be one of the earliest printed books in the Philippines.

a. Doctrinity Christianas c. Doctrines Christine

b. Doctor Christian d. Doctrina Christiana

15. What is the Pre-Spanish Philippine writing system?

a. Baybayin c. Alibata

b. Baybay d. Abacada
II. Identification: Write your answer in the blank.

_____________________1. It is a social system existing in medieval Europe in which

people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and land in return.

_____________________2. It is the early Philippine press gave an emergence of the

media in the Philippines which impacted our culture and modernity.

_____________________3. During the American Colonization, when was the primary

public school established?

_____________________4. Who are those group of professionals sent by the US

government who were assigned to teach English language.

_____________________5. From what term is P-Pop?

_____________________6. The word netizen, is a corrupted term from what

expression?

_____________________7. It refers primarily to the entertainment industry.

_____________________8. It refers to a smaller group which develop norms, values,

belief, and special languages make them distinct from the broader.

_____________________9. It refers to sub-groups whose standards come in conflict

with and opposite the conventional standards of the dominant culture.

_____________________10. It is widely known as the vernacular or culture of people

at one point in time predominating in a society.

III. Enumeration

1. Give the three (3) branches of Government during American Colonization? (3pts)

2. Give five (5) examples of social media. (5pts)

3. Give five (5) famous p-pop artist who had defined the growth of now mainstream
genre. (5pts)

4. Give the six (6) sub-definitions of culture. (6pts)

5. Give three (3) examples of Subculture. (3pts)

6. Give three (3) examples of Counterculture. (3pts)

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