LET Reviewer: Social Science / Social Studies

 Choose the letter of the correct answer. Choose e if there is no correct answer.

Wild Emperor Penguins

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1. Wild Emperor penguins are only found in _______

a. Alaska
b. Antarctica
c. Arctic Region
d. Galapagos Islands

2. What does an absolute monarchy and an autocracy have in common?

a. a single legislative house
b. a written constitution
c. a single ruler
d. a national court system

3.  This is the Islamic place of worship (temple).

a. Church

b. Cathedral

c. Mosque

d. Kaaba

4.  The best description of the theme of movement is ________. 

a. the human and physical characteristics of an area.

b. how humans adapt to and modify the environment.

c. migration across the planet.

d. divides the world into manageable units for geographic study.

5. The US Congress can override a veto with what majority of both houses?

a. 100 percent of Congress

b. Simple majority

c. Three-fourths majority

d. Two-thirds majority

6. A type of economic system where the government establishes planning groups that make the decisions.

a. Command

b. Mixed

c. Market

d. Traditional

7. William Wilberforce was best known for his effort to abolish slavery. His campaign led to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 in the British Empire.

a. Only the first statement is correct.

b. Only the second statement is correct.

c. Both statements are correct.

d. Both statements are wrong.

8. Which group of people utilizes the U.S. Capitol building for making the laws of the United States?

a. The President's cabinet

b. Congress

c. The Supreme Court

d. The Governor

9. An area of the world that has similar, unifying characteristics is called a ____.

a. region

b. location

c. theme

d. territory

10. What is the capital of Morocco?

a. Tripoli

b. Tunis

c. Algiers

d. Rabat

11. The best description of the theme of location is _______.

a. the human and physical characteristics of an area.

b. how humans adapt to and modify the environment.

c. divides the world into manageable units for geographic study.

d. a definite reference to locate a place.

12. The number of books available to people increased due to the development in the 1400s of ________.

a. the modern novel

b. epic poetry

c. the printing press

d. writing paper

13. The largest rain forest located in Latin America shares its name with the river that runs through it. Which of the following is the name of the rain forest and river?

a. Nile

b. Volga

c. Amazon

d. Brazil

14. Which Songhai leader built the largest empire in medieval West Africa?

a. Muhammad Ali

b. Askia Muhammad

c. Mansa Musa

d. Sonni Ali

15. The Writs of Assistance _______.

a. allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods.

b. allowed colonial women to buy British cloth at reduced prices.

c. helped colonists pay for imported tea.

d. helped students to "study and pay later".

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LET REVIEWER: Social Science - Social Studies - Mixed

Choose the letter of the correct answer. If there is no correct answer, choose E.

1. Who introduced the technique of using a drawing of a man as a measure of intelligence?

A. Aristotle

B. Herbert

C. Goodenough

D. Binet

 

2. Which curriculum design element is taking place when Eduardo, a 4th-year student can connect to related content in another subject area?

A. Articulation

B. Balance

C. Contiguity

D. Integration

 

3. The Filipino learner envisioned by the Department of Education in the light of K-12 Curriculum is?

A. Technologically literate or logistically developed Filipino

B. Functionally literate or logistically developed Filipino

C. Scientifically advanced and value oriented Filipino

D. National oriented and internationally Competitive Filipino

 

4. Which of the following is the focus of Japanese education in the Philippines?

A. Democratic ideals and nationalism

B. Love and service to one's country

C. Religion and love for Asian brothers

D. Vocational and health education

 

5. Which of the following is NOT a standard and principle of the enhanced basic education curriculum?

A. It shall be contextualized and global.

B. It shall use constructivist and integrative pedagogical approaches.

C. It shall be learner-centered, exclusive, and developmentally appropriate.

D. It shall use the spiral progression approach.

 

6. It is a special form of legal action used to resolve a dispute over whether a specific person has the legal right to hold the public office that he or she occupies.  It is used to test a person’s legal right to hold an office, not to evaluate the person’s performance in the office.

A. Impeachment

B. Quo warranto

C. Petition

D. Resolution

 

7. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple-choice test item namely B, C, and D, no student chose D as the answer. This implies that D is ______.

A. an ineffective distracter

B. a vague distracter

C. an effective distracter

D. a plausible distracter

 

8. Where do you find Timbuktu?

A. Nepal

B. Bhutan

C. Mali

D. Niger

 

9. He was the Roman emperor during the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.

A. Julius Caesar

B. Caesar Augustus

C. Tiberius Caesar

D. Herod Antipas

 

10. Cogito, ergo sum is a Latin philosophical proposition by René Descartes usually translated into English as "I think, therefore I am". The phrase originally appeared in French as je pense, donc je suis in his Discourse on the Method, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed. This phrase probable means____.

A. We cannot doubt of our existence while we doubt

B. Only yourself exists when you think.

C. Doubts are for skeptics who do not know the truth.

D. The mind is separate from the self and vice versa.

 

11. On June 12, 1898, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the Philippine Independence in Kawit, Cavite. Who prepared, wrote, and read the Act of the Declaration of Independence?

A. Emilio Aguinaldo

B. Apolinario Mabini

C. Ambrosio R. Bautista

D. Col. L.M. Johnson

 

12. Teacher Alice considers teaching as her vocation. This implies that ____.

A. Teaching is a task entrusted to her in this world.

B. Teaching is a lifetime commitment.

C. She is willing to go through a long period of preparation.

D. She commits herself to moral, ethical, and religious values.

 

13. A progressive tax system means ____.

A. poor people will not pay income tax while rich people pay more income tax

B. the tax rate is uniform regardless of income

C. the tax rate is proportional to your income

D. the higher your income the higher your tax rate

14.  _____ united Sumer's city-states into one large empire.

A. Zoroastrianism

B. Hammurabi

C. Sargon II

D. The King of Urartu

15. What is the Japanese warrior code?

A. bushido

B. samurai

C. hari-kiri

D. shogun

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