NEW LET SOCIAL STUDIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEWER

1. Which of the following author coined the term “banana republic” to describe a politically unstable country. such as Honduras, with an economy dependent upon the exportation of a limited-resource product, such as bananas or minerals?

A. O. Henry

B. William Shakespeare

C. Ernest Hemingway

D. Edgar Allan Poe

 

(Image from Times of Israel)

2. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has set the territorial sea boundaries of coastal countries to ______ miles offshore.

 

A. 350

B. 200

C. 15

D. 12

 

3. The two countries bordering Mt. Everest have agreed that its height should be increased by ________.

 

A. 0.79 meters

B. 0.86 meters

C. 1.35 meters

D. 2.09 meters

 

4. Over 68 percent of the fresh water on Earth is found in ______.

 

A. ground water

B. surface water of lakes, rivers, and swamps

C. icecaps and glaciers

D. between oceans and seas

 

5. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) named the new coronavirus originated in China in 2019 as _______.

 

A. covid-19

B. nCov

C. novel coronavirus 2

D. SARS-CoV-2

 

6. Which of these countries does not claim Spratly Islands in whole or in part?

 

A. Taiwan

B. Philippines

C. Thailand

D. Vietnam

 

7. Named after the wife of President Manuel Quezon, Aurora province is a part of ________.

 

A. Northern Luzon

B. Central Luzon

C. Southern Tagalog

D. Cagayan Valley

 

8. Which of the following islands is next to Australia in terms of size?

 

A. New Guinea

B. Madagascar

C. Borneo

D. Greenland

 

9. On which two countries bordered Mt. Everest?

 

A. Nepal and China

B. India and Nepal

C. China and India

D. Mongolia and Nepal

 

10. Which country or territory is NOT part of the United Kingdom?

 

A. Scotland

B. Wales

C. Northern Ireland

D. Ireland

 

11. In physical geography, it is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes.

 

A. savannah

B. steppe

C. dessert

D. prairie

 

12. Which US presidents has become the first to be impeached twice?

 

A. Andrew Johnson

B. Richard Nixon

C. Donald Trump

D. Bill Clinton

 

13. The Dinagyang Festival is a famous and religious and cultural festival celebrated every 4^th of January. In which province it is held?

 

A. Aklan

B. Antique

C. Panay

D. Iloilo

 

14. This province belongs to the Ilocos Region.

 

A. Pangasinan

B. Benguet

C. Kalinga

D. Apayao

 

15. Abaca is a species of banana native to the Philippines. It is woven into rope known as __________.

 

A. abaca notch

B. Philippine twine

C. Manila hemp

D. ship’s rope

ANSWERS HERE:

1A  2D  3B  4C  5D  6C  7B  8D  9A  10D  11B  12C  13D  14A  15C