Drill #15

Question 1

The definition of the term that is based on how it is defined in the dictionary or encyclopedia is called…
A. operational
B. conceptual

Answer 1

B. conceptual

Question 2

In which of the following will learning experience be more meaningful for the learner?
A. bringing realia in the classroom
B. conducting an educational trip
C. employing acting skills in discussing the topic
D. using many audio-visual aids in the classroom

Answer 2

B. conducting an educational trip

Question 3

It is recognized as the world’s first charter of human rights.
A. The Cyrus Cylinder
B. Corpus Juris Civilis
C. Magna Carta Libertatum
D. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Answer 3

A. The Cyrus Cylinder

Question 4

These organizations work for the promotion and protection of human rights. Which does
not belong to the group?
A. Human Rights Watch
B. Amnesty International
C. Humane Society International
D. United Nations Human Rights Council

Answer 4

C. Humane Society International

Question 5

It refers to the idea that a governmental body or state may not deny people equal protection of its
governing laws.
A. Equal Protection of the Laws
B. Freedom of Thought and Religion
C. Right to Social Security
D. Freedom of Opinion and Expression

Answer 5

A. Equal Protection of the Laws

Question 6

Which article of the 1987 Philippine Constitution spells out our rights in relation to the government and guarantees our civil rights and liberties like freedom of speech, press, and religion.
A. Article V
B. Article VII
C. Article III
D. Article IV

Answer 6

C. Article III

(Clue: Article III I’m Free!)

Question 7

An Act Expanding the Benefits and Privileges of Persons with Disability (PWDs)
A. Republic Act No. 7432
B. Republic Act No. 9262
C. Republic Act No. 10754
D. Republic Act No. 10354

Answer 7

C. Republic Act No. 10754

Question 8

Who is the longest-reigning monarch in history?
A. King Louis XIV of France
B. Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom
C. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
D. Prince Johann II of Liechtenstein

Answer 8

A. King Louis XIV of France

Question 9

(G7) is an informal grouping of seven of the world’s advanced economies. Who are its members?

FUC U JIG

Answer 9

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and United States.

Question 10

In our Philippine political system, how does a senator become Senate President?
A. When one gets the majority vote of all the members of the senate
B. Someone gets the positions through being appointment by the President
C. Elected by two-thirds of the members of Congress in joint session
D. The senatorial candidate

Answer 10

A. When one gets the majority vote of all the members of the senate

Question 11

Who developed the concept of ‘secondary deviance’?
A. Edwin Lemert
B. Emile Durkheim
C. Sigmund Freud
D. Cesare Lombroso

Answer 11

A. Edwin Lemert

Question 12

Who was the Greek philosopher who expressed that ‘Man is by nature a social animal’?
A. Plato
B. Socrates
C. Aristotle
D. Pythagoras

Answer 12

C. Aristotle

Question 13

Durkheim identified four types of suicide. When individuals kill themselves in order to benefit other people, it is called:
A. egoistic suicide
B. fatalistic suicide
C. altruistic suicide
D. anomic suicide

Answer 13

C. altruistic suicide

Question 14

The Universal declaration of human rights consists of how many articles that detail the fundamental freedom and basic rights of an individual?
A. 35
B. 30
C. 45
D. 40

Answer 14

B. 30

Question 15

According to historians, who are the first people to have used fire?
A. Paleolithic people
B. Neolithic age communities
C. Peoples of the Sumerian civilization
D. Humans in the Bronze Age

Answer 15

A. Paleolithic people

Question 16

Sumeria was the first civilization in Mesopotamia. Which is NOT TRUE about this ancient civilization?
A. Sumerians were monotheistic.
B. They built ziggurats and dedicated them to their gods.
C. Sumerians invented the earliest writing system in the world.
D. The sexagesimal system originated from them.

Answer 16

A. Sumerians were monotheistic.

Question 17

Mesopotamian civilization famous for its 282 laws based on the idea of “an eye for an eye”.
 A. Akkadia
 B. Chaldea
 C. Assyria
 D. Babylonia

Answer 17

 D. Babylonia

Question 18

Egyptian pharaoh who became famous for the discovery of his tomb in 1922 which was one of the
great archaeological finds of the 20th century.
 A. Tutankhamun
 B. Hatshepsut
 C. Thutmose III
 D. Cleopatra VII

Answer 18

 A. Tutankhamun

Question 19

Who is known in history as the first Chinese emperor?
 A. Li Shimin
 B. Liu Bang
 C. Qin Shi Huang
 D. Kublai Khan

Answer 19

 C. Qin Shi Huang

Question 20

Ancient Greek city-states are also called as
 A. Agora
 B. Polis
 C. Crete
 D. Phalanx

Answer 20

 B. Polis

Question 21

The Greek playwright who wrote the tragedy Oedipus Rex
 A. Socrates
 B. Aeschylus
 C. Sophocles
 D. Euripedes

Answer 21

 C. Sophocles

Question 22

Under his tutelage, Alexander the Great learned about much about Greek literature and philosophy.
 A. Plato
 B. Aristotle
 C. Socrates
 D. Pythagoras

Answer 22

 B. Aristotle

Question 23

With Roman triumvirates in mind, who does NOT belong to the group?
 A. Julius Caesar
 B. Pompey the Great
 C. Marcus Crassus
 D. Augustus Caesar

Answer 23

 D. Augustus Caesar

Question 24

Who became the first Holy Roman Emperor?
 A. Charlemagne
 B. Louis the Pious
 C. Lothar I
 D. Charles the Bald

Answer 24

 A. Charlemagne

Question 25

A property or fee granted to a vassal by lord in return for service in the European feudal system.  A. manor  B. guild  C. fief  D. charter

Answer 25

 C. fief

Question 26

Feudal relationships in Europe defined land ownership and protection agreements between what two groups of people?  A. kings and queens  B. lords and vassals  C. merchants and serfs  D. serfs and peasants

Answer 26

 B. lords and vassals

Question 27

With Renaissance in mind, who does NOT belong to the group?  A. Francesco Petrarch  B. Miguel de Cervantes  C. Leo Tolstoy  D. William Shakespeare

Answer 27

 C. Leo Tolstoy

Question 28

Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most famous artists of the Renaissance. Which of the following artworks does NOT belong to him?  A. Mona Lisa  B. The Virgin of the Rocks  C. Last Supper  D. The Creation of Adam

Answer 28

 D. The Creation of Adam (Michelangleo)

Question 29

Where did the Renaissance begin?  A. France  B. Germany  C. England  D. Italy

Answer 29

 D. Italy

Question 30

Johannes Gutenberg was a key developer of  A. the water wheels  B. the astrolabe  C. the movable type printing press  D. smokeless gunpowder

Answer 30

C. the movable type printing press

Question 31

95 Theses, a list of grievances against the church during the Protestant Reformation was written by  A. Jan Hus  B. John Wycliffe  C. Martin Luther  D. John Calvin

Answer 31

 C. Martin Luther

Question 32

The Society of Jesus or the Jesuits, a Roman Catholic order of religious men was founded by whom?  A. St. Francis of Assisi  B. St. Anthony of Padua  C. St. Augustine of Hippo  D. St. Ignatius of Loyola

Answer 32

 D. St. Ignatius of Loyola

Question 33

Who led the expedition which was believed to be the first circumnavigation of the world?  A. Prince Henry the Navigator  B. Christopher Columbus  C. Fernando de Magallanes  D. Vasco da Gama

Answer 33

 C. Fernando de Magallanes

Question 34

Who wrote ‘The Social Contract’ that was published in 1762?  A. Isaac Newton  B. John Locke  C. Jean-Jacques Rosseau D. Albert Einstein

Answer 34

 C. Jean-Jacques Rosseau

Question 35

Who fought for the freedom of Venezuela from Spanish control?  A. Guiseppe Garibaldi  B. François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture  C. Simon Bolivar  D. Jose de San Martin

Answer 35

 C. Simon Bolivar

Question 36

Which organization was formed as a result of the Paris Peace Conference?  A. The League of Nations  B. The United Nations  C. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization  D. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Answer 36

 A. The League of Nations

Question 37

According to claims of historians, what is the oldest laws in our country?  A. Philippine Organic Act of 1902  B. Kartilya ng Katipunan  C. Code of Kalantiyaw  D. Code of Maragtas

Answer 37

 C. Code of Kalantiyaw

Question 38

There are different theories on the peopling of the Philippines. Who was behind the development of the Core Population Theory?  A. Henry Otley Beyer  B. Felipe Landa Jocano  C. Robert Fox  D. Manuel Santiago

Answer 38

 B. Felipe Landa Jocano

Question 39

Who established the Sultanate of Sulu?  A. Tuan Mashaika  B. Karim ul-Makhdum  C. Abu Bakr  D. Sharif Kabungsuwan

Answer 39

 C. Abu Bakr

Question 40

Which of these epics came from Maranao people?  A. Darangen  B. Biag ni Lam-ang  C. Handiong  D. Hudhud

Answer 40

 A. Darangen

Question 41

Spanish colonizers implemented policies that were abusive. Which of these refers to the forced sale of local products to the government at government- dictated prices?  A. tributo  B. polo  C. cabeza  D. bandala

Answer 41

D. bandala