LESSON 1

Question 1

People have lived in communities since the__ , sharing a common social life, and striving for common good.

Answer 1

beginning of time

Question 2

The community is generally regarded as the___ human group.

Answer 2

second most important

Question 3

It has been established that the community represents an extension of the1. ___, which is viewed as the group of 2.___.

Answer 3

1. family
2. first importance

Question 4

Like other organizations, the community has a social structure with an array of __ interrelated with each other.

Answer 4

statuses and roles

Question 5

Each role is suited to the performance of a specialized function. The various roles are __.

Answer 5

interrelated and interdependent

Question 6

The members 1.___ , share 2.___.

Answer 6

1. interact and exchange ideas
2. common services and common interests

Question 7

They carry on their respective roles in pursuit of their common goals which develop the feeling of solidarity or the community spirit ___.

Answer 7

(Leano, et.al., 2012)

Question 8

WHAT IS 1. __?
An aggregation of 2.__ settled in a fairly compact and contiguous geographical area, with significant element of “3.__,” as shown by 4.__, __, __, and __.

Answer 8

1. COMMUNITY
2. families and individuals
   3.” common life”
3. manners, customs, tradition, modes of speech

Question 9

It also refers to people and the pattern of social relationships among them when these relationships may be characterized by common system of values, normatively defined relations, interdependence, a recognition of belongingness, a system of stratification, and locality.

Answer 9

COMMUNITY

Question 10

But the meaning of community is 1.__. And, unfortunately, insufficient understanding of what a community is and its role in the lives of people in diverse societies has led to the downfall of many well-intended “community” efforts 2.(__)

Answer 10

1. complex
2. Putnam, 2000

Question 11

First and foremost, community is not a 1.__ ; nor is it an exchange of information over the Internet. Community is both a 2.__ among people. People form and maintain communities to meet common needs.

Answer 11

1. place, a building, or an organization
2. feeling and a set of relationships

Question 12

Members of a community have a sense of 1.__. They have an 2.__ that they can, as part of that community, influence their environments and each other.

Answer 12

1. trust, belonging, safety, and caring for each other.
2. individual and collective sense

Question 13

Since meeting common needs is the driving force behind the formation of communities, most people identify and participate in several of them, often based on _________________________.

Answer 13

neighborhood,
nation,
faith,
politics,
race or ethnicity,
age,
gender,
hobby,
sexual orientation

Question 14

Communities form institutions—what we usually think of as large organizations and systems such as ,,,,_—to more effectively fulfill their needs.

Answer 14

schools,
government,
faith,
law enforcement,
the nonprofit sector

Question 15

Equally important, however, are communities’ informal institutions , such as the social or cultural networks of 1. __ (for example, council of elders, barbershops, rotating credit and savings associations, gardening clubs). 2.__, in particular, rely heavily on these informal institutions to help them make decisions, save money, solve family or intra-community problems, , and link to more-formal institutions.

Answer 15

1.helpers and leaders
2. Lower-income and immigrant communities

Question 16

ELEMENTS OF COMMUNITY
According to ___

Answer 16

Hillery (Poplin, 1972)
1. People
2. Territory
3. Interaction
4. Common Values

Question 17

The very basic component of society is
__. Without this component, society will not exist.

Answer 17

People

Question 18

when people live together in clusters, they eventually declare themselves as belonging to that particular _. _ therefore, pertains to a definite area occupied by the people.

Answer 18

Territory

Question 19

Refers to the day to day encounter with the other members of the community.

Answer 19

Interaction

Question 20

In every society, there exist a common standard of proper behavior. Common “norms” and “_” shared by each member promote closer ties to members.

Answer 20

Common Values

Question 21

TYPES OF COMMUNITY

Answer 21

A. Rural Community
B. Urban Community
C. Sub-Urban (Rurban) Community

Question 22

A. __ Community
This is associated with “1.__” where people earn their livelihood through agriculture, fishing, and home-based or cottage industries . The barrio is composed of simple folks, and is characterized by primary group relations and gemeinschaft interactions. It is comprised of personal social ties and in-person interactions that are defined by traditional social rules and result in an overall cooperative social organization. The values and beliefs common to a Gemeinschaft are organized around appreciation for personal ties, and because of this, social interactions are personal in nature .

Answer 22

A. Rural Community
1. barrio

Question 23

Characteristics of Rural Community

Answer 23

1. It is relatively small;
2. People are homogenous biologically, socially, and culturally;
3. It has a high degree of self-sufficiency, group identity, and group unity;
4. People have mutual relationships with one another; and
5. There is the presence of a dominant activity.

Question 24

B. __ Community
This is used to mean a quality of life that is typically found in 1.__ , in which significant number of population are not engaged in the gathering or production of food. (Hawley, 1971). But in reality, “_” is both a process and a place, as the __process cannot occur without the 2.__

Answer 24

B. Urban Community
1. cities
2. Resources, population, and economic base.

Question 25

Basic Characteristics of Urban:

Answer 25

1. Population densities are high 2. Urban community is characterized by a secondary type of relationship (Gesellschaft), which is impersonal, formal, and objective; 3. They are widely divergent group of people; 4. They is anonymity on the part of the urban dwellers.

Question 26

This has feature of both rural and urban community. There is a creation of agricultural settlements along the country roads near towns and cities. The _ community seeks to provide them the means for survival through agricultural activities, in the neighborhood of the urban labor markets so as to allow them to supplement their income, while becoming owners of a plot of land.

Answer 26

C. Sub-Urban (Rurban) Community