Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship
Topic: Types of Community
A. Identification: Write the concept or term described in each statement.
1. It is referred to as the people or nations of the world, considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as
being economically, socially, and politically interdependent.
2. It is known as the physical or virtual space such as a social center, online social media, or other gathering place where people gather
and interact.
3. This is formed when two or more people come together to accomplish a specific task which is mainly socially geared. The main idea
behind the establishment of this community is the satisfaction of both personal and psychological needs.
4. It is formed when people come together to accomplish specific goals and objectives. It has particular structures and roles where
responsibilities of members of the group are defined.
5. This type of community is composed of members who engage in joint activities and discussion, help each other, and share
information from each other, they care about each other’s standing.
6. This type of community consists a set of personal relations, social networks, common interest and emotional sources of motivation.
They are built among people who share common organizational affiliation or cluster of affiliations.
7. A community that is usually large in terms of land area and population, characterized with advancement in science and technology,
with favorable physical environment and varied diverse cultures, and the people are engaged in varied occupations.
8. This community is inhabited with people who usually produce their own food for subsistence either through crop and livestock
production, fishing, farming or small cottage industries.
9. This type of community is typically used to imply the existence of a common point of view towards such matters as specific issues of
human rights, global warming and climate change, peace and order, socio-economic conditions of the people as well as disputed
issue such as territorial conflict.
10. It is considered as the third sector, a civic sector or social sector.
11. These are community spaces such as buildings which are used for a range of disparate activities, which can be linked
only by being not-for-profit.
12. A large building or series of connected buildings containing a variety of retail stores and typically also restaurants.
13. This is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for community gatherings.
14. It is a tavern or bar.
15. A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the
protection of wildlife or natural habitats.
B. True or False: If the statement is true, write True. If the statement is False, write the word False and state its correct
concept.
1. In urban communities, there is greater personal interaction among its people.
2. Social heterogeneity is prevalent in rural communities.
3. All of us is part of the social space community.
4. If a formal community is formed when people come together to accomplish specific goals and objectives, then,
Kidapawan City NHS is a formal community since it has its goals and objectives for its stakeholders.
Essay: Explain your response in 2-3 sentences only.
1. Make a comparison between urban and rural communities in terms of social relationship, physical environment,
quality of life and livelihood activities.
2. Compare formal community from informal community.
