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GENERAL INFORMATION:
 Midas was a legendary king of Phrygia
Greek Roman
Description
Name Name (in modern-day Turkey). In return for a
Goddess of love and beauty, wife of Hephaestus, was good deed, he was granted one wish by
Aphrodite Venus said to have been born fully-grown from the sea-
foam.
the god Dionysus, and asked for the
power to turn everything he touched
God of the arts, of light and healing (Roman sun
Apollo Apollo into gold.
god) twin brother of Artemis, son of Zeus.
 Trojan war is one of the greatest war in
Ares Mars Hated god of war, son of Zeus and Hera.
classical mythology. The Trojan War,
Goddess of the hunt, twin sister of Apollo, connected fought between Greeks and the
Artemis Diana
with childbirth and the healing arts.
defenders of
Warrior goddess of wisdom, patron goddess of the the city of Troy in Anatolia sometime
Athena Minerva useful arts, daughter of Zeus who sprang fully-grown
from her father's head. in the late Bronze Age.
 Beginning of Mycenaean Period (1600
Titan sky god, supreme ruler of the titans and father
Cronus Saturn to many Olympians, his reign was referred to as 'the BC–1100 BC)- The Mycenaean
golden age'.
civilization marks the declining phase of
Goddess of the harvest, particularly of grain, sister of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece. It
Demeter Ceres
Zeus, mother of Persephone.
showcases the beginnings of an
Bacchu God of wine and vegetation, patron god of the advanced culture in Greece,
Dionysus
s drama.
exemplified by its architecture,
Mother goddess of the earth, daughter of Chaos, writings, art, and public organization.
Gaia Terra
mother of Uranus.
 One of the most influential buildings in
God of the underworld, ruler of the dead, brother of Greek history, the Parthenon, stands
Hades Pluto
Zeus, husband of Persephone.
on top of the citadel of the Acropolis. It
Hephaest Lame god of the forge, talented blacksmith to the
us
Vulcan
gods, son of Zeus and Hera, husband of Aphrodite.
was dedicated to the goddess of
wisdom and patron of the Athenians,
Goddess of marriage and childbirth, queen of the
Hera Juno Olympians, jealous wife and sister of Zeus, mother of
Athena.
Hephaestus, Ares and Hebe.

Quick-witted, clever messenger of the gods, patron

Mercur Authors and their Novels
Hermes god of travelers, thieves and merchants, escort of
y
souls to Hades, son of Zeus.
 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
Peace-loving goddess of the hearth, guardian of the  Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
Hestia Vesta
home, sister of Zeus.  War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.
Daughter of Zeus and Demeter who was kidnapped  Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
Persepho Proserp by Hades and forced to become his wife; she spends  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
ne ine half the year in the underworld with her husband and by Mark Twain.
returns every spring to live with her mother.
 Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
Poseidon
Neptun
God of the sea and earthquakes, brother of Zeus.  The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald.
e
 In Search of Lost Time by Marcel
Rhea Ops Wife of Cronus. Proust.
 One Hundred Years of Solitude by
Uranus Uranus Father of the Titans.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Zeus Jupiter
Sky god known as 'the thunderer,' supreme ruler of  Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
the Olympians.
It is the oldest stone church in the Philippines? What was the most downloaded song on iTunes in the
a. Manila Cathedral year 2012?
b. San Agustin Church a. Starships by Nicki Minaj
c. Quipayo Church b. Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen
d. Majayjay Church c. Payphone by Maroon 5
d. What makes you beautiful by One Direction
Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago narrowly lost a When a human is infected by the Human Papillomavirus
Presidential election against which candidate? (HPV), _____ may occur.
a. Joseph Estrada a. HIV/ AIDS
b. Gloria Arroyo b. Sore eyes
c. Corazon Aquino c. Warts
d. Fidel Ramos d. Small Pox
The North and South Korea is Separated at which Taiwan’s official name is______.
Parallel? a. Republic of China
a. 39th Parallel b. Chinese Taipei
b. 43rd Parallel c. Republic of Taiwan
c. 38th Parallel d. Koumintang
d. 29th Parallel

Which is not part of United Kingdom? The ottoman empire had beginnings where?
a. Scotland a. Anatolia
b. Wales b. Syria
c. Ireland c. Persia
d. England d. Constantinople
During the Seven Years’ war, which country occupied The first nation to launch a satellite and a man to the
Manila and most of Luzon? space was______.
a. The Netherlands a. The United States of America
b. Spain b. The UK
c. France c. Japan
d. Great Britain d. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic

Each year World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is How may Catholic Popes have there been?
celebrated on a. 266
A. May 8 b. 265
B. May 18 c. 286
C. June 8 d. 256
D. June 18
MATHEMATICS

Evaluate ⃒𝑥 + 4𝑦 − 3𝑧⃒⃒ if x=2, y=-3, z=4 The number 8 187 000 written in Scientific notation
a. 2 becomes____________.
b. -2
c. 22
d. -22
Ana wants to build a kite, shown in the figure below with What is the point of intersection of the following lines:
an area of 30 cm2, what could be the lengths of the A: y=4x+8
diagonals that support the kite? B: y=7x+5
a. 15 and 10
b. 15 and 15 a. (4,16)
c. 6 and 10 b. (5,10)
d. 6 and 5 c. (1,12)
d. (1,24)
Which of the following values of x will make the You got an average of 72 over 100 in three tests. If an
sequence average of 75 is passing and you only have one more test,
3x, 4x+2, 7x-1 a geometric sequence what score must you get to obtain a passing mark?
a. 4 a. 92
b. 18 b. 82
c. 9 c. 84
d. 20 d. 78
Given the series 1, 5, 13, 29, … The midpoint between the points (5,-6) and (-7,-2) is _____.
What is the 6th term? a. (6,4)
a. 125 b. (-1,-4)
b. 61 c. (-6,-4)
c. 53 d. (1,-4)
d. 106
1 3 1 2 1 The sum of 5 consecutive odd integers is 115. What is the
(2 − 7) + ( 2 + 5 + 8)=_____.
largest number?
a. 307/280 a. 29
b. 310/207 b. 27
c. 16/51 c. 23
d. 289/333 d. 25

SCIENCE
The phases of the moon starting with the New Moon are:
7 Main Stages of a Star
 A Giant Gas Cloud. A star begins life as a large cloud of
 New Moon
gas.
 Waxing Crescent
 First Quarter  A Protostar Is a Baby Star.
 Waxing Gibbous  The T-Tauri Phase.
 Full  Main Sequence Stars.
 Waning Gibbous
 Expansion into Red Giant.
 Third Quarter
 Waning Crescent
 Fusion of Heavier Elements.
 Dark Moon  Supernovae and Planetary Nebulae.

Layers of the atmosphere Mount Everest? 1. The condition of an atmosphere at any given time and
 Troposphere Sky rockets? place?
 Stratosphere Ozone Layer? 2. The condition of the atmosphere at a particular location
 Mesosphere Meteors? over a long period of time?
 Thermosphere Ozone Layer?
a. Climate
 Exosphere Hot air balloon?
Absorbs deadly UV rays?
b. Weather
c. High elevation
d. Tropical climate
A mineral with a hardness of 5 can scratch an object
with a hardness of______________. Which factors are involved in Gay-Lussac’s Law?
a. Pressure and Temperature
a. 7
b. Pressure and Volume
b. 5.5 c. Temperature and Volume
c. 6 d. Volume and Moles
d. 4
Boyle's Law

Boyle’s Law describes the inverse proportional

relationship between pressure and volume at a
constant temperature and a fixed amount of gas.

Charles's Law

Charles's Law describes the directly proportional

relationship between the volume and temperature (in The roller coaster has the most kinetic energy at
Kelvin) of a fixed amount of gas, when the pressure is position________.
held constant.
a. W
or express from two volume/temperature points: b. X
c. Y
Avogadro's Law
d. Z
Volume of a gas is directly proportional to the
amount of gas at a constant temperature and pressure.
Choose the misspelled word: Analogy Double word Approach

1.graft: corruption:: __________.

1. Subtle, quizes, reign, psychology
a.question: answer
2. apparent, Wednesday, tries, confered b.peace: order
3. foremost, young, disastrous, occassion c.white: black
4. dilemma, embarass, exaggerate, guarantee d.male: female
5. conscientious, religous, humorous,
minuscule 2. red: color:: _____________.
a. chair: table
b. round: shape
SYNONYMS c. ballpen: paper
1.RENAISSANCE of the new town d. book: reader
a. rebirth
b. catastrophe 3. Madame: Mesdames:: _______
c. holiday a. boys: girls
b. monsieur: messieurs
d. decline
c. male:female
d. Senor: Senora
2. His brother looked GAUNT.
a. dangerous 4. beads: string:: _________.
b. heavyset a. mountain: maps
c. thin b. mountain: range
c. sea: rivers
d. sad
d. mountain: plain
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