LET REVIEWER - SOCIAL STUDIES - B

Choose the letter of the correct answer

26) The Allies of World War II, called the United

Nations from the January 1, 1942 declaration, were

the countries that together opposed the Axis powers

during the Second World War. Which among the

countries belongs to the "Allies"?

a. Japan

b. France

c. Italy

d. Germany

27) The first Vice President of the Republic of the

Philippines.

a. Sergio Osmeña

b. Mariano Trias

c. Ramon Avanceña

d. Salvador Laurel

28) Who was the Spanish Governor-General who

ordered the deportation of Jose Rizal to Dapitan?

a. Gov. Gen. Eulogio Despujol

b. Gov. Gen. Carlos Maria dela Torre

c. Gov. Gen. Camilo de Polavieja

d. Gov. Gen. Fermin Jaudenes

29) Who was the hero of the Battle at Tirad Pass?

a. Macario Sakay

b. Diego Silang

c. Antonio Luna

d. Gregorio del Pilar

30) What is the Bukidnon plateau known for?

a. Strawberry plantation

b. Banana plantation

c. Orchidarium

d. Pineapple plantation

31) Corazon Aquino is to Freedom Constitution as

Ferdinand Marcos is to______

a. Subservience to America

b. Ties with Asian nations

c. New society

d. "Filipinos First" policy

32) In whose term was the celebration date of

Philippine Independence Day changed from July 4 to

June 12?

a. Diosdado Macapagal

b. Carlos P. Garcia

c. Ferdinand Marcos

d. Elpidio Quirino

33) 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

34) Which is a visible Hispanic legacy?

a. Love for fast food

b. Love for basketball

c. Prevalence of noodles

d. Prevalence of Spanish surnames among Filipinos

35) Who among the Presidents of the Philippines

was known for his love for the "little man" and

opened Malacanang Palace to all?

a. Ferdinand Marcos

b. Ramon Magsaysay

c. Carlos P. Garcia

d. Elpidio Quirino

36) Why is the Philippines described to have the

largest Diaspora network in the world?

a. OFWs dollar remittances prop the nation's

economy

b. A number of Filipinas marry foreigners

c. Its insular nature makes its people live far apart

d. About 11 % of its population is overseas

37) Who was the Katipunero through whom the

Katipunan was discovered by Fr. Mariano Gil?

a. Apolonio de la Cruz

b. Teodoro Patiño

c. Jose del Rosario

d. Daniel Tirona

38) Even though women of the Katipunan were

exempted from the pact, who participated in the

blood compact and fought fearlessly, in twelve

bloody''battles of the revolution in Bataan including

the Battle of Biak-na-Bato?

a. Agueda Esteban

b. Trinidad Tecson

c. Teresa Magbanua

d. Gregoria de Jesus

39) The first woman in Panay to fight in the

Philippine revolution, also known as the Visayan

Joan of Arc.

a. Agueda Esteban

b. Trinidad Tecson

c. Teresa Magbanua

d. Gregoria de Jesus

40) In a cooperative, what is the maximum term of

a Board of Director?

a. Three consecutive terms

b. two terms but not consecutive

c. One term only

d. two consecutive terms

41) For the organization and registration of a

cooperative, what is the required minimum number

of persons?

a. 25

b. 30

c. 15

d. 20

42) A country does not need to specialize in

everything. She needs to concentrate on that thing

which she is good at. This thought is in line with

the economic principle of_____.

a. profit and loss

b. supply and demand

c. opportunity and cost

d. comparative advantage

43) Which economic system is based on free

enterprise?

a. Mixed economies

b. Capitalism

c. Communism

d. Globalism

44) What is GNP in economics?

a. General National Product, a way to detect a

country's economic growth.

b. Gross National Product, a way to determine a

country's productivity.

c. General National Product, a way to detect a

country's productivity.

d. Gross National Product, a way to determine a

country's economic growth rate

45) "Trabaho lang, walang personalan" is a

reminder for every Filipino to counteract his ______.

a. lack of discipline

b. tendency to be lazy

c. extreme personalism

d. tendency to overwork

46) Risking his life, a Filipino boy dives into a pool

of water to save a drowning boy. Which trait does

this demonstrate?

a. Bahala na

b. Bahala na with malasakit

c. Flexibility

d. Family-orientedness

47) "No one is above the law", says Principal. She

imposes the penalty to all children deserving of

penalty but exempts the son of her kumare from the

same penalty that he equally deserves. What

Filipino trait is shown?

a. Utang-na-loob

b. Lack of discipline

c. Extreme personalism

d. Colonial mentality

48) A foreigner once remarked: "I envy Filipinos.

They can sleep anywhere." What Filipino trait is

being praised?

a. Faith in God

b. Joy and humor

c. Adaptability

d. Creativity

49) If you want to see the impact of the major

religions of the world in people's way of life, in

which continent must you travel?

a. Asia

b. North America

c. Australia

d. Europe

50) Which was the first hominid with marked

expansion of the brain?

a. Homo sapiens

b. Homo erectus

c. Homo habilis

d. Neanderthal man

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ANSWERS

LET REVIEWER: PHILOSOPHIES OF EDUCATION

Choose the letter of the correct answer

1. "Life is what you make it" exemplifies best what ______:
A. Existentialism✅✅✅
B. Humanism
C. Progressivism
D. Essentialism
Answer: A

2. After listening to the homily of the Priest about fidelity, Catherine has a moment of reflection. Her understanding of the value of fidelity has become deeper as she related this to her past experience. This typifies what kind of philosophy ?
A. Constructivism✅✅✅
B. Reconstructivism
C. Humanism
D. Existentialism
Answer : A

3. After studying the Principle of Identity, Teacher Beng asks her students to determine which among the given set of problems conforms to the said identity. This shows that Teacher Beng upholds this kind of philosophy?
A. Perennialism
B. Progressivism ✅✅✅
C. Essentialism
D. Naturalism
Answer : B

4. Joy listens to the advice given by her sister to end the relationship that she has with Min Hoo . However, her sister learned that the advice she has given was not followed and Joy decided to continue the relationship. This action of Joy is a manifestation of what kind of philosophy?
A. Essentialism
B. Existentialism✅✅✅
C. Perennialism
D. Humanism
Answer : B

5. After finishing the degree in Education, Teacher Mary realizes that learning never stops. In fact, she accumulates more knowledge after leaving the portal of her alma mater. This typifies what kind of philosophy?
A. Constructivism
B. Perennialism
C. Progressivism✅✅✅
D. Humanism
Answer: C

6. Mary Joy is an advocate of the principle "making the most of your life". Live life to the fullest. She is indeed an advocate of what kind of philosophy ?
A. Humanism ✅✅✅
B. Idealism
C. Realism
D. Existentialism
Answer : A

7. Teacher Mae Joy is a very dedicated teacher in the nursery. Her foremost concern is for the students to learn how to adapt themselves in the environment. This shows that Teacher Mae Joy upholds this kind of philosophy?
A. Naturalism✅✅✅
B. Pragmatism
C. Progressivism 
D. Rationalism
Answer : A

8. Teacher Sun Woo serves as an inspiration to his students because of his efficiency and effectiveness as a teacher. The mind se of his students towards him is an instance of what kind of philosophy?
A. Realism
B. Idealism ✅✅✅
C. Realism
D. Empiricism
Answer : B

9. Lee Min Hoo learns well through active interplay with others. His learning increases when engaged I activities that has meaning in him. Which philosophy can describe this ?
A. Progressivism ✅✅✅
B. Idealism
C. Realism
D. Empiricism
Answer : A

10. "Learning is the process of retrieving prior learning" , this is a statement from ;
A. Constructivist ✅✅✅
B. Reconstructivist
C. Progressivist
D. Idealist
Answer : A

11. "The curriculum is a total learning experience for an individual". This point of view is considered to be of :
A. Traditionalist
B. Progressivist ✅✅✅
C. Materialist
D. Cognitivist
Answer : B

12. The principal shares the thought with his teachers that the subject matter should help students understand and appreciate themselves as unique individuals who accept complete responsibility of their thoughts, feelings, and actions. From which point of view is this thought based ?
A. Essentialism
B. Rationalism
C. Progressivism
D. Existentialism ✅✅✅
Answer : D

13. During the faculty recollection, Mr. Duterte asked his teachers to share their thoughts about their students as their primary customer. What followed were the gist of what were shared :
Teacher Vhong : The learner is a product of his environment. Sometimes he has no choice. He is determined by his environment.
Teacher Vice : The learner can choose what he becomes despite his environment.
Teacher Anne : The learner is a social being who learns well through an active interplay with others.
Teacher Karylle : The learner is a rational being. School should develop his rational and moral powers.
Whose philosophical concept is that Teacher Vhong ?
A. Existentialist
B. Progressivist
C. Behaviorist ✅✅✅
D. Rationalist
Answer : C

14. Teacher Vice response comes from the mouth of ?
A. Essentialist
B. Perennialist
C. Existentialist ✅✅✅
D. Behaviorist
Answer : C

15. If you agree with Teacher Anne, you are more of _______
A. Progressivist ✅✅✅
B. Perennialist
C. Essentialist
D. Rationalist
Answer : A

16. If you identify with Teacher Karylle, you adhere to this philosophy 
A. Behaviorist 
B. Perennnialism✅✅✅
C. Existentialist 
D. Progressivist
Answer : B

17. Student Park Shin Hye, after receiving the conceptual knowledge on multiplication of trinomials from his Algebra Teacher , immediately answers the exercises in the book. This demonstrates what kind of philosophy ?
A. Existentialism
B. Idealism
C. Constructivism
D. Progressivism✅✅✅
Answer : D

18. Teacher Lee Jung Suk views his students as a unique , free choosing and responsible individuals. He encourages them to develop their own individualities. What philosophy does Teacher Lee Jung Suk adhere to ?
A. Naturalism
B. Humanism
C. Existentialism✅✅✅
D. Contructivism
Answer : C

19. In the Social Science class of Mr. Kim So Hyun, students identify the various social and economic problems that require urgent solutions. They not only discuss the ways to address it but also agreed to participate in solving them. What kind of philosophy does this class uphold ?
A. Essentialism
B. Reconstructivism✅✅✅
C. Naturalism
D. Behaviorism
Answer : B

20. Teacher Park Bo Gum, unlike other teachers in his school, practices the non-traditional method of discussing the lessons using not only the book prescribed by the school as the main source of information and knowledge. Instead , he went out of his way to devise other means that will help his students to understand their lessons. To what philosophy does Teacher Park Bo Gum submit to ?
A. Behaviorism
B. Contructivism
C. Progressivism✅✅✅
D. Humanism
Answer : C

21. Teacher Soong Jong Ki class is engage in problem solving activity which in a way is a reflection of the personal and social experiences. The purpose of this activity is for the students to acquire the skills that can help them in solving their own real-life problems. What philosophy can best described this ?
A. Existentialism 
B. Progressivism✅✅✅
C. Idealism
D. Realism
Answer : B

22. In his class, Teacher Goong Yu always presents principles and values so as to encourage his students to examine them and decide for themselves whether to accept it or not . What kind of philosophy does Teacher Goong Yu practice ?
A. Idealism
B. Existentialism✅✅✅
C. Humanism
D. Essentialism
Answer : B

23. Teacher Kim Woo Bin is an inspiration to almost all of his students. His efficiency and effectiveness in the profession is truly outstanding. Which of the following describes this attitude of the students toward him ?
A. Existentialism
B. Naturalism
C. Progressivism
D. Idealism✅✅✅
Answer : D

24. If a teacher states that "specialization is knowing more and more about less and less, hence it is better to be a generalist". What kind of philosophy does they uphold?
A. Progressivism
B. Essentialism✅✅✅
C. Naturalism
D. Perennialism
Answer : B

25. In social trends, his do you call those who are for the revival of the classics ?
A. Progressivist
B. Essentialist
C. Humanist✅✅✅
D. Behaviorist
Answer : C

26. A teacher puts emphasis on making her students master the rules of multiplying fractions, and not so much on the strategies and execution. This is an illustration of _______?
A. Existentialism 
B. Progressivism
C. Essentialism✅✅✅
D. Naturalism
Answer : C

27. Students are the product of their environment. To which philosophy does this statement belong ?
A. Naturalism
B. Essentialism
C. Behaviorism✅✅✅
D. Existentialism 
Answer : C

28. What philosophy posses that a social teacher is a revered person, central to the educative process and therefore must be excellent mentally and morally in personally conduct and conviction ?
A. Idealism✅✅✅
B. Progressivism
C. Realism
D. Essentialism 
Answer : A

29. This philosophy emphasizes the teaching of controversial issues to prepare students for a progressive structuring of the social order.
A. Progressivism 
B. Social Experimentation
C. Behaviorism
D. Reconstructionism✅✅✅
Answer : D

30. The philosophy contends that truth is universal an unchanging and therefore a good education is also universal and constant.
A. Existentialism 
B. Essentialism
C. Perennialism✅✅✅
D. Progressivism 
Answer : C

31. Which philosophy of education has for its curriculum a body intellectual subject matter that are conceptual on subject, essential for the realization of mental and moral development?
A. Pragmatism
B. Realism✅✅✅
C. Existentialism
D. Idealism
Answer : B

32. The educational theory, in response to progressivism, which concerns with the revival of effort in the direction of teaching the fundamental tools of learning as the most indispensable type of education .
A. Perennialism 
B. Naturalism
C. Essentialism✅✅✅
D. Behaviorism
Answer : C

33. The philosophy believes that the schools should originate policies and progress which would bring about reform of the social orders
A. Behaviorism
B. Progressivism
C. Reconstructionism✅✅✅
D. Perennialism
Answer : C

34. This philosophy contends that the intellectual faculty of man is higher that the physical faculties.
A. Perennialism
B. Idealism✅✅✅
C. Realism
D. Existentialism
Answer : B

35. The philosophy proclaims the spiritual nature and the universe. It holds that the good, the true anted the beautiful are permanently part of the structure of an unchanging universe. 
A. Realism
B. Existentialism 
C. Naturalism
D. Idealism✅✅✅
Answer : D

36. This philosophy posses the known ability of the world and everything in its as they are in themselves and their existence independent of human mind.
A. Realism✅✅✅
B. Idealism
C. Naturalism
D. Existentialism 
Answer : A

37. "The central aim of education should be develop the power of thought " ; this would likely be the aim of what educational practitioner ?
A. Reconstructivism
B. Progressivism 
C. Perennialism✅✅✅
D. Existentialism 
Answer : C

38. This educational theory is based on the philosophy grounded on experience and the interaction of the person with his environment. It posist that the education must use past experiences to direct future experiences. 
A. Progressivism✅✅✅
B. Idealism
C. Existentialism 
D. Realism
Answer : A

39. This philosophy is a way of viewing and thinking about life in the world so that priority is given into individualism and subjectivity. It believes that human beings are the creator of their own experiences. 
A. Idealism
B. Reconstructionism 
C. Realism
D. Existentialism✅✅✅
Answer : D

40. It is belief that when an idea agrees with its object, it is proof of its truth. However, it is definition of truth not criteria .
A. Idealist
B. Naturalism
C. Naive Realism✅✅✅
D. Behaviorist 
Answer : C

41. This educational philosophy encourages accumulation of knowledge and thinking and must apply criteria for moral evaluation. Suggested methods are questioning and discussion, lecture and the project, whether methods done singly or in group.
A. Behaviorism
B. Essentialism
C. Idealism ✅✅✅
D. Existentialism 
Answer : C

42. This theory views education as a recurring process based on eternal truths; thus, the schools curriculum should emphasize the recurrent themes of human life.
A. Naturalism 
B. Progressivism 
C. Perennialism ✅✅✅
D. Pragmatism
Answer : C

43. Socrates : Idealism
Dewey : ???????
A. Essentialism
B. Progressivism ✅✅✅
C. Existentialism 
D. Naturalism 
Answer : B

44. Hutchins : ?????
Watson : Behaviorism
A. Progressivism 
B. Perennialism ✅✅✅
C. Behaviorism
D. Naturalism
Answer : B

45. Essentialism : Bagley
??????????? : Jean Paul Sarte
A. Naturalism
B. Existentialism ✅✅✅
C. Behaviorism
D. Progressivism 
Answer : B

46. The establishment of the school of the future (SOF) introduces improvement and reform in education to respond to both human and social needs. What philosophy is related to it ?
A. Perennialism 
B. Idealism
C. Existentialism
D. Reconstructivism✅✅✅
Answer : D

47. The Department of Education gives greater emphasis on the development of basic skills. What is the philosophical basis for this ?
A. Pragmatism
B. Existentialism
C. Naturalism
D. Essentialism✅✅✅
Answer : D

48. Teacher Sandara views her students as unique , free- choosing and responsible individuals. All classroom activities revolve the said premise. What theory underlines this ?
A. Naturalism
B. Essentialism 
C. Behaviorism
D. Existentialism ✅✅✅
Answer : D

49. The most influential movement in the 18th century. Acts according by the nature .
A. Idealism
B. Existentialism 
C. Naturalism✅✅✅
D. Realism
Answer : C

50. Admits the existence of GOD.
A. Agnosticism
B. Atheism
C. Hedonism 
D. Deism or Theism✅✅✅
Answer : D

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