Saturday, November 6, 2021

LET Social Studies/ Social Science Reviewer - Answer Key

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. If you think there is no correct answer, write e.

John Adams
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1. Which Greek epic depicts the Trojan War?

a. the Iliad
b. the Odyssey
c. the Aeneid
d. Oedipus Tyrannus

2.  What required colonists to pay for an official stamp or seal, whenever they bought paper items?

a. Sugar Act
b. Toleration Act
c. Intolerable Act
d. Stamp Act


3. Which two countries had the biggest colonies in South America?

a. Spain and Portugal
b. England and France
c. the United States and Spain
d. Portugal and France


4. Who defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre?

a. Samuel Adams
b. John Adams
c. Thomas Preston
d. George Washington


5. If the president and vice president can no longer serve, what position in the U.S. government is next in line for the presidency?

a. Secretary of Defense
b. First Lady
c. Speaker of the House    
d. Senator at large


6.   _____wanted to reunite the Roman Empire.

a. Theodora
b. Theoria
c. Tribonian
d. Justinian


7. Which of the following facts supports the claim that the benefits of the Columbian Exchange outweighed the drawbacks?

a. Farming for Native Americans became easier with the introduction of domesticated animals
b. Europeans introduced deadly diseases to the New World
c. Native Americans were forced into the Encomienda System
d. Columbus took some of the Taino Indians he met "by force"


8. Who was the first Roman emperor?

a. Tarquin the Proud
b. Augustus
c. Marcus Aurelius
d. Tiberius


9.  What is the Islamic holy book?

a. Kaaba
b. Hadith
c. Quran
d. Mecca


10. The best description of the theme of interaction is _______.

a. how humans adapt to and modify the environment.
b. the human and physical characteristics of an area.
c. migration across the planet.
d. divides the world into manageable units for geographic study.


11. What is an archipelago?

a. an ocean
b. group of islands
c. part of the tundra
d. part of the mountains


12.  Which of these religions is monotheistic?

a. Christianity
b. Judaism
c. Islam
d. All of the above


13.  President Duterte approved an executive order that would gather a task force to help improve Boracay’s current issue on _______.

a.  treatment facility in Balabag had exceeded its capacity, emitting a bad foul odor.
b. violating the Philippine Clean Water Act,77
c.  overbuilding of commercial establishments, inadequate wastewater treatment facilities,  and illegal logging.
d. water pollution


14.  During WWII, what does the term 'ghost division' generally mean?

a. a division that only existed on paper
b. a division that had been destroyed
c. a division that had not deployed yet
d. a division that had been reconstituted


15. The imaginary line which splits the earth into two halves is called the___.

a. Hemisphere 
b. Equator
c. Longitude
d. Latitude


16.  New system of provincial and town councils created by President Marcos in 
1975.

a. Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran
b. New Society
c. Sanggunianng Bayan
d. Batasang Pambansa


17.  Who was the mythical heroic princess who ruled a kingdom where Pangasinan is now located?

a. Princess Manaoag
b. Princess Imelda
c. Princess Urdaneta
d. Princess Urduja


18.  What is the name of the volcano which is located on the small island of Camiguin?

a. Mt. Hibok-Hibok
b. Mt. Halcon
c. Mt. Tibok-Tibok
d. Mt. Kanlaon


19.  He was also known as Hermano Pule.

a. Aurelio Tolentino
b. Apolinario de la Cruz
c. Juan Arellano
d. Apolinario Mabini

20.  Who was the first Filipino recording artist?

a. Imelda Papin
b. Pilita Corales
c. Atang Dela Rama
d. Maria Carpena

Good luck, teachers!