Friday, March 5, 2021

LET REVIEWER : SOCIAL STUDIES /SOCIAL SCIENCE - Mixed B

Instruction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. If there is no correct answer, write E.

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1. This continent is the largest and it covers almost 33% of the earth’s surface. It is considered the most diverse continent and home for the earliest civilization and major religions of the world.

a. Africa 

b. Asia 

c. North America

d. Europe


2. What country is considered the largest producer of diamonds, although few of its diamonds are of gem quality?

a. Botswana

b. Canada

c. Russia

d. Australia


3.  Most of the people in Latin America during the colonial period came from what known place in the world?

a. Amazon Rainforest

b. Andes Mountain

c. Iberian Peninsula

d. Scandinavian


4. It is common knowledge that all bodies of water are interconnected with one another but this ocean covers 1/3 of the world from the Arctic to Antarctica

a. the Arctic Ocean

b. Indian Ocean

c. North Atlantic Ocean

d. Pacific Ocean


5. The opening of the Suez Canal connects the trading route between these two bodies of water.

a. the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

b. the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

c. Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico

d. Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal


6. Manila has good medical facilities, but there is a great need for medical people especially in the rural areas. The main factor for this situation is:

a. Great exodus of medical practitioners like Nurses, Medical Technician and Medical Doctors going abroad

b. Low quality of graduates that cannot pass both local and international standards for medical practices

c. Political unrest and security of rural hospital across the nation due to terrorism and local conflicts

d. Small number of medical graduates like medical doctors and nurses to support the needs of the country


7. One of the major issues between the US and Mexico which led the US government to take action against the growing population of Mexico.

a. Assist rapid economic growth of Mexico to eliminate poverty

b. Control the great demand of farmers for the south flowing Colorado River for the dry region

c. Control the increase of illegal crossing of Mexicans to the US border in search of employment

d. Manifest a virtual veto power of the US towards Mexico’s economic policy


8. The three leading financial centers of the world included the following key cities of:

a. Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Seoul

b. London, New York, Tokyo

c. Beijing, Sydney, Washington DC

d. Berlin, Mexico City, Singapore


9. Based on the early historical accounts of Europe, these two nations had strong ties with the European culture and the Asian nations.

a. Australia and New Zealand

b. India and Sri Lanka

c. Turkey and Russia

d. Iran and Iraq


10. This is a known supercontinent that broke up million and million of years ago.

a. Atlantis

b. Gondwanaland

c. Laurasia

d. Pangaea


11. It refers to the community of persons more or less numerous, permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, having a government of their own to which the great body of inhabitants render obedience, and enjoying freedom from external control.

a. Sovereignty

b. State

c. Nation

d. Territory


12.  What are the forms of government in which political power is exercised by a few privileged class.

a.  Oligarchy and Aristocracy

b. Theocracy and Fascismarchy

c. Theocracy and Fascism

d. Democracy and Tyranny


13. What is the first city to be established in 1565 in the Philippines?

a. Manila

b. Davao

c. Cebu

d. Iloilo


14. What was the interim civil government established during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines?

a. The Japanese Imperial Government

b. The Philippine Second Republic

c. The Puppet Government of Japan

d. The Philippine Executive Commission


15. There is no Constitution that is entirely written or unwritten.

a. The statement is true and correct.

b. The statement is partially correct.

c. The statement is partially incorrect.

d. There is no basis to conclude.


16. This Republic Act created the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

(TESDA):

a. R.A. 7784

b. R.A. 7796

c. R.A. 7784

d. R.A. 1425

d. R.A. 8049


17. The poem is one of the two only poems that Rizal wrote in his vernacular. He, however, denied authorship of such.

a. Remembrance to my Hometown

b. Our Mother Tongue

c. To Education

d. Intimate Alliance between Religion and Education


18. The principle of checks and balances is intended to maintain balance among executive, legislative, and judicial departments of the government. Which one is a check on the executive department by the judiciary?

a. Determining the salaries of the President and the Vice President.

b. Declaring a legislative measure unconstitutional.

c. Declaring an act of the President unconstitutional.

d. Impeaching the President


19. In which order did the following occupy the Philippines?

a. Spaniards, Americans, Japanese, British

b. Spaniards, Americans, British, Japanese

c. British, Spaniards. Americans, Japanese

d. Spaniards, British, Americans, Japanese


20. Which economic system is based on free enterprise?

a. Mixed economies

b. Capitalism

c. Communism

d. Globalism


21. Who led the first Europeans who arrived in the Philippine history?

a. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

b. Makhdum Karim

c. Ruy Lopez de Villabos

d. Ferdinand Magellan


22. The government under President Corazon C. Aquino was initially

A. De facto

B. De jure

C. Both A & B

D. Revolutionary


23. As an insular country, to which principle does the Philippines adhere when it comes to the territorial boundary?

a. Two hundred nautical miles of the country’s coast

b. Archipelagic doctrine

c. Three hundred fifty nautical miles from shore

d. Three-mile territorial limit


24. In what instance is the Filipino double-standard morality shown?

a. A couple brings their sick child to the doctor then later to the espiritista

b. Young parents bring up their children in a manner different from how they were brought up.

c. A married man who flirts with someone else other than his wife seems acceptable but a married woman who flirts with another man is condemned.

d. Illiterate parents are eager to send their children to school even if they themselves did not go to school.


25. If the seven continents were arranged from largest to smallest, in which order does Australia fall?

a. 4th

b. 5th

c. 6th

d. 7th

ANSWERS

1a  2d  3c  4d  5d  6a  7c  8b  9c  10d  11b  12a  13c  14d  15a  16b  17d  18c  19d  20b  21d  22a  23b  24c  25d

If your answer is different from mine, please leave a comment.


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