TRENDS AND ISSUES IN SOCIAL STUDIES/ SOCIAL 13.

13. What do we call those people who are for the 28. What correlates best with the right to human
SCIENCES “revival of the classics” in social trends? dignity?
a. reformists a. position and prestige
1. As the population grows and there will be no b. humanists b. family name
regulations, we will end up having _______ of c. existentialists c. honor and reputation
water d. rationalists d. celebrity status
a. surplus 14. Which demonstrates interconnectedness 29. The following are forms of structural violence
between social and environmental injustices? except _______.
b. scarcity a. desertification of verdant regions a. poverty
c. excess b. highly industrialized countries’ toxic b. unemployment
d. shortage wastes disposed to poorer countries c. rape
2. Students can choose their preferred college c. temperature warming and rise of sea d. racism
course. Where does this right fall into? level 30. Social inequality is evident in this situation.
a. freely participate in the cultural life of a d. extinction of rare animal species a. Management is participatory.
community 15. What is an environmental law which requires b. Communication is free flowing.
b. work and free choice of employment industries to install anti-pollution devices and c. The ruling class dominates culture.
c. freedom of opinion and expression bans the use of incinerators? d. Decision has been reached by
d. adequate standards of living a. Greenpeace Act consensus.
3. Which should not be a target for universal b. Anti-Pollution Act 31. Which is the most disadvantaged among the
access to maternal and reproductive health? c. Environmental Security Act categories?
a. For girls in some regions, education d. Clean Air Act a. indigenous girls
remains elusive. 16. The world population is growing larger every b. indigenous boys
b. There is a wide rural-urban gap, in day, while the fertile soil of the earth is getting c. girls in private schools
skilled care during birth. smaller, caused by human practices which do d. boys in public schools
c. Poverty and lack of education not include _______. 32. In many societies, technological growth
perpetuate high adolescent birth rates. a. overuse of soil during planting _______.
d. Use of contraception is lowest among b. overgrazing a. has created more problems than
the poorest women, and those with no c. cutting of trees solutions
education. d. sustainable agriculture b. has advanced all types of cultures and
4. Which could not possibly be an important 17. Which is the major cause of the death of peoples
concept in the knowledge of peace? women in childbirth, which was estimated at c. has transformed gender roles in most
a. globalization 500,000 each year as reported by the World societies
b. conflict and war Health Organization? d. did not advance women and those
c. responsible leadership a. lack of good obstetrician belonging to indigenous groups
d. non-violence b. poor nursing education 33. What describes a condition in which members
5. How can a teacher make her homeroom more c. poor reproductive health system of a society have different amounts of wealth,
gender-sensitive? d. lack of facilities power and prestige?
a. Structure the room that would cater to 18. What kind of prejudice has been overcome in a. social mobility
specific needs of boys and girls. the Philippines in the inclusion of the Muslim b. social stratification
b. Make all students, whether boys or girls, holidays that have gained national respect, c. social inequality
participate in all activities. aside from the Catholic holidays like d. social change
c. Plan the seating arrangement in a girl- Christmas, Lenten Season, etc.? 34. Inequality becomes stratification when three
boy-girl pattern. a. heterosexualism conditions exist. Which is not one of these
d. All of the above. b. religious intolerance conditions?
6. What could not be an example of derogatory c. sexism a. unequal success to scarce resources
and discriminatory portrayal of women in d. looksism b. inequality is institutionalized
media? 19. The most basic right to form a family is c. individual characteristics is important for
a. Female characters are portrayed as sex _______. stratification
objects. a. civil right d. inequality is based on rights
b. Female characters are physically and b. human right 35. What is a negative attitude towards a certain
verbally abused. c. religious right category of people such as a minority group?
c. Female characters area given the lead d. legal right a. stereotypes
roles with male characters. 20. What is the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices b. racism
d. Female characters are given Act? c. discrimination
stereotypical roles like the “dumb a. RA 1013 d. segregation
blonde.” b. RA 3019 36. What is a special form of discrimination that is
7. What is an indicator of the patronage system c. RA 2015 especially problematic for women workers?
in Philippine society that contributes to poverty? d. RA 2143 a. sexual harassment
a. Most people patronize imported goods. 21. Which social program departs from the b. denial of access for professional jobs
b. Parents have many kumpares in the traditional belief of “go and multiply”? c. educational gap
baptism of their child. a. gay rights d. higher level of unemployment
c. The pilosopo type of worker does not b. same-gender marriage 37. What is the main reason for the increasing
get promoted to his job. c. planned parenthood number of couples who prefer a dual-career
d. A less deserving applicant gets d. law against female circumcision lifestyle?
appointed because he has a padrino. 22. What is the approximate percentage of global a. Couples are less affluent.
electricity output from renewable sources? b. declining birth rate
8. Why must every government employee a. 1 percent c. increase of women who have college
require to submit an annual statement of b. 8 percent education
assets and liabilities? c. 20 percent d. impact of feminist movement
a. to determine who is fit for the job d. 23 percent 38. In advanced or developed societies,
b. to be objective in performance 23. To help global climate change, and live a technological growth _______.
evaluation more eco-friendly life, which is the best a. is steady and even
c. to determine who deserves the practice that uses less water in washing plates? b. is exponential, where development is
promotion a. recycling water the basis for further development
d. to safeguard the people against b. washing by hand c. is slowing down because of the
corruption c. using a dishwasher limitations in the physical environment
9. Violation of human rights is a violation of the d. using a pail d. is creating major society problems
_______ of the person. 24. What is the biggest reason why the 39. Social inequality is more pronounced in
a. freedom Philippines’ political system is so flawed, with _______.
b. dignity political power vested in the hands of a few a. hunter-gatherer bands
c. intelligence families? b. horticultural societies
d. emotions a. sibling rivalry c. agrarian states
10. With the promotion of social justice, which b. indigenous group d. industrial nations
does not belong to the group? c. tribe 40. Is it justified to suspect Muslims and people of
a. profit sharing d. dynasty Mediterranean descent of possible link to
b. diffusion of wealth 25. What is one of the causes of poverty in the terrorist organizations?
c. equitable access to education Philippines, which is rooted in the human a. Yes, because people of Mediterranean
d. absolute right over property emotion? descent usually are members of terrorist
11. The landed class enjoyed huge incomes from a. corruption organizations.
share tenancy and rents from inherited b. greed b. Yes, because most terrorists are
estates, while the tenants remained poor. As a c. lack of education Muslims.
result, the wealthy landowners _______. d. power politics c. No, because not all Muslims and people
a. expelled tenants and actually worked on 26. What program promised more food for every of Mediterranean descent are terrorists.
the farmlands themselves household through planting of vegetable in d. No, because religion and ethnicity are
b. disposed their landholdings voluntarily in home gardens and pots? not bases to joining a terrorist
response to social obligations a. Angat Filipino Movement organization.
c. acquired tremendous economic, social b. Go Negosyo 41. Global citizenship makes people less
and political advantages c. Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran nationalistic. Is this statement correct?
d. abolished shared tenancy and reverted d. Green Revolution a. Yes, because to be a global citizen
the land to the peasants 27. How can Filipinos overcome weak points such means loyalty to the world.
12. What is the kind of mentality that makes as overspending? b. Yes, because global citizenship
Filipinos think that imported products are a. use scientific reasoning contradicts national citizenship.
superior to Filipino products? b. cultivate positive traits c. No, because to be a global citizen
a. spendthrift habits c. copy economic models of other nations requires understanding of global issues.
b. colonial mentality d. observe business ethics d. No, because global citizenship means
c. passivity attitude knowledge of issues about the world.
d. luxurious living
42. Victim survivors of VAW should not be blamed 57. The following are global problems, except
for being in violent relationships. Is the _______.
statement correct? a. globalization
a. Yes, because support and assistance b. poverty
should be extended to help them get out c. diversity
of abusive relationships. d. territorial conflict
b. Yes, because it will help them regain 58. The following are skills required of a law-
their self-esteem. abiding citizen except _______.
c. No, because they are responsible for a. conflict resolution
their failures in life. b. debating skills
d. No, because it is a private matter. c. political literacy
43. The following is an example of structural d. negotiation skills
violence except _______. 59. The government is currently negotiating peace
a. suicide with the following groups, except _______.
b. poverty a. MILF
c. ecocide b. NPA
d. gender inequality c. Abu Sayyaf
44. Global education is about the following except d. Alex Boncayao Brigade
_______. 60. The following are rights enjoyed by children,
a. global action except _______.
b. political literacy a. family reunification
c. current events b. speedy, fair and public trial
d. global issues c. freedom of expression
45. The following is necessary for peace to be d. right to information
attained except _______.
a. capitalism
b. democracy
c. human rights
d. human security
46. The over 860 million illiterate people in the
world come from _______.
a. Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar
b. China, India, Pakistan, Brunei
c. Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan
d. Pakistan, China, Thailand, Vietnam
47. The global rate of ice melt has more than
doubled since when?
a. 1988
b. 1989
c. 1990
d. 1991
48. Global income is more than $31 trillion a year,
but 1.2 billion people of the world’s population
earn less than _______.
a. $4 a day
b. $3 a day
c. $2 a day
d. $1 a day
49. All are specific rights of children, except
_______.
a. right to go to school
b. right to play
c. right to health care
d. right to work
50. Who launched a campaign in support of
children that had suffered as a result of war?
a. Margaret Thatcher
b. Hillary Clinton
c. Rosa King
d. Eglantyne Jebb
51. The following are priority concerns of
developed countries except _______.
a. peace and order
b. racial diversity
c. migration
d. terrorism
52. The following are priority concerns of
underdeveloped countries, except _______.
a. governance
b. terrorism
c. aging
d. democratization
53. Terrorism is an issue of _______.
a. US imperialism
b. peace and order
c. poverty
d. socio-economic-political
underdevelopment
54. What is necessary to promote sustainable
development?
a. avoid all forms of technology
b. promote social equity
c. practice an equitable and affordable use
of natural resources
d. promote social equity and sustainable
use of resources
55. Sacrificing the ancestral lands of indigenous
people in the name of progress and
modernization is:
a. correct, because the majority will benefit
b. correct, because to give indigenous
people chance of a better life
c. wrong, because it violates their right to
their ancestral land
d. wrong, because cultural diversity must
be protected
56. The following are issues relevant to education
except _______.
a. voluntarism
b. water
c. rural development
d. kidnapping
TRENDS AND ISSUES IN SOCIAL STUDIES/ SOCIAL 73. What do we call those people who are for the 88. What correlates best with the right to human
SCIENCES “revival of the classics” in social trends? dignity?
e. reformists e. position and prestige
61. As the population grows and there will be no f. humanists f. family name
regulations, we will end up having _______ of g. existentialists g. honor and reputation
water h. rationalists h. celebrity status
e. surplus 74. Which demonstrates interconnectedness 89. The following are forms of structural violence
between social and environmental injustices? except _______.
f. scarcity e. desertification of verdant regions e. poverty
g. excess f. highly industrialized countries’ toxic f. unemployment
h. shortage wastes disposed to poorer countries g. rape
62. Students can choose their preferred college g. temperature warming and rise of sea h. racism
course. Where does this right fall into? level 90. Social inequality is evident in this situation.
e. freely participate in the cultural life of a h. extinction of rare animal species e. Management is participatory.
community 75. What is an environmental law which requires f. Communication is free flowing.
f. work and free choice of employment industries to install anti-pollution devices and g. The ruling class dominates culture.
g. freedom of opinion and expression bans the use of incinerators? h. Decision has been reached by
h. adequate standards of living e. Greenpeace Act consensus.
63. Which should not be a target for universal f. Anti-Pollution Act 91. Which is the most disadvantaged among the
access to maternal and reproductive health? g. Environmental Security Act categories?
e. For girls in some regions, education h. Clean Air Act e. indigenous girls
remains elusive. 76. The world population is growing larger every f. indigenous boys
f. There is a wide rural-urban gap, in day, while the fertile soil of the earth is getting g. girls in private schools
skilled care during birth. smaller, caused by human practices which do h. boys in public schools
g. Poverty and lack of education not include _______. 92. In many societies, technological growth
perpetuate high adolescent birth rates. e. overuse of soil during planting _______.
h. Use of contraception is lowest among f. overgrazing e. has created more problems than
the poorest women, and those with no g. cutting of trees solutions
education. h. sustainable agriculture f. has advanced all types of cultures and
64. Which could not possibly be an important 77. Which is the major cause of the death of peoples
concept in the knowledge of peace? women in childbirth, which was estimated at g. has transformed gender roles in most
e. globalization 500,000 each year as reported by the World societies
f. conflict and war Health Organization? h. did not advance women and those
g. responsible leadership e. lack of good obstetrician belonging to indigenous groups
h. non-violence f. poor nursing education 93. What describes a condition in which members
65. How can a teacher make her homeroom more g. poor reproductive health system of a society have different amounts of wealth,
gender-sensitive? h. lack of facilities power and prestige?
e. Structure the room that would cater to 78. What kind of prejudice has been overcome in e. social mobility
specific needs of boys and girls. the Philippines in the inclusion of the Muslim f. social stratification
f. Make all students, whether boys or girls, holidays that have gained national respect, g. social inequality
participate in all activities. aside from the Catholic holidays like h. social change
g. Plan the seating arrangement in a girl- Christmas, Lenten Season, etc.? 94. Inequality becomes stratification when three
boy-girl pattern. e. heterosexualism conditions exist. Which is not one of these
h. All of the above. f. religious intolerance conditions?
66. What could not be an example of derogatory g. sexism e. unequal success to scarce resources
and discriminatory portrayal of women in h. looksism f. inequality is institutionalized
media? 79. The most basic right to form a family is g. individual characteristics is important for
e. Female characters are portrayed as sex _______. stratification
objects. e. civil right h. inequality is based on rights
f. Female characters are physically and f. human right 95. What is a negative attitude towards a certain
verbally abused. g. religious right category of people such as a minority group?
g. Female characters area given the lead h. legal right e. stereotypes
roles with male characters. 80. What is the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices f. racism
h. Female characters are given Act? g. discrimination
stereotypical roles like the “dumb e. RA 1013 h. segregation
blonde.” f. RA 3019 96. What is a special form of discrimination that is
67. What is an indicator of the patronage system g. RA 2015 especially problematic for women workers?
in Philippine society that contributes to poverty? h. RA 2143 e. sexual harassment
e. Most people patronize imported goods. 81. Which social program departs from the f. denial of access for professional jobs
f. Parents have many kumpares in the traditional belief of “go and multiply”? g. educational gap
baptism of their child. e. gay rights h. higher level of unemployment
g. The pilosopo type of worker does not f. same-gender marriage 97. What is the main reason for the increasing
get promoted to his job. g. planned parenthood number of couples who prefer a dual-career
h. A less deserving applicant gets h. law against female circumcision lifestyle?
appointed because he has a padrino. 82. What is the approximate percentage of global e. Couples are less affluent.
electricity output from renewable sources? f. declining birth rate
68. Why must every government employee e. 1 percent g. increase of women who have college
require to submit an annual statement of f. 8 percent education
assets and liabilities? g. 20 percent h. impact of feminist movement
e. to determine who is fit for the job h. 23 percent 98. In advanced or developed societies,
f. to be objective in performance 83. To help global climate change, and live a technological growth _______.
evaluation more eco-friendly life, which is the best e. is steady and even
g. to determine who deserves the practice that uses less water in washing plates? f. is exponential, where development is
promotion e. recycling water the basis for further development
h. to safeguard the people against f. washing by hand g. is slowing down because of the
corruption g. using a dishwasher limitations in the physical environment
69. Violation of human rights is a violation of the h. using a pail h. is creating major society problems
_______ of the person. 84. What is the biggest reason why the 99. Social inequality is more pronounced in
e. freedom Philippines’ political system is so flawed, with _______.
f. dignity political power vested in the hands of a few e. hunter-gatherer bands
g. intelligence families? f. horticultural societies
h. emotions e. sibling rivalry g. agrarian states
70. With the promotion of social justice, which f. indigenous group h. industrial nations
does not belong to the group? g. tribe 100. Is it justified to suspect Muslims and people of
e. profit sharing h. dynasty Mediterranean descent of possible link to
f. diffusion of wealth 85. What is one of the causes of poverty in the terrorist organizations?
g. equitable access to education Philippines, which is rooted in the human e. Yes, because people of Mediterranean
h. absolute right over property emotion? descent usually are members of terrorist
71. The landed class enjoyed huge incomes from e. corruption organizations.
share tenancy and rents from inherited f. greed f. Yes, because most terrorists are
estates, while the tenants remained poor. As a g. lack of education Muslims.
result, the wealthy landowners _______. h. power politics g. No, because not all Muslims and people
e. expelled tenants and actually worked on 86. What program promised more food for every of Mediterranean descent are terrorists.
the farmlands themselves household through planting of vegetable in h. No, because religion and ethnicity are
f. disposed their landholdings voluntarily in home gardens and pots? not bases to joining a terrorist
response to social obligations e. Angat Filipino Movement organization.
g. acquired tremendous economic, social f. Go Negosyo 101. Global citizenship makes people less
and political advantages g. Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran nationalistic. Is this statement correct?
h. abolished shared tenancy and reverted h. Green Revolution e. Yes, because to be a global citizen
the land to the peasants 87. How can Filipinos overcome weak points such means loyalty to the world.
72. What is the kind of mentality that makes as overspending? f. Yes, because global citizenship
Filipinos think that imported products are e. use scientific reasoning contradicts national citizenship.
superior to Filipino products? f. cultivate positive traits g. No, because to be a global citizen
e. spendthrift habits g. copy economic models of other nations requires understanding of global issues.
f. colonial mentality h. observe business ethics h. No, because global citizenship means
g. passivity attitude knowledge of issues about the world.
h. luxurious living
102. Victim survivors of VAW should not be blamed 117. The following are global problems, except
for being in violent relationships. Is the _______.
statement correct? e. globalization
e. Yes, because support and assistance f. poverty
should be extended to help them get out g. diversity
of abusive relationships. h. territorial conflict
f. Yes, because it will help them regain 118. The following are skills required of a law-
their self-esteem. abiding citizen except _______.
g. No, because they are responsible for e. conflict resolution
their failures in life. f. debating skills
h. No, because it is a private matter. g. political literacy
103. The following is an example of structural h. negotiation skills
violence except _______. 119. The government is currently negotiating peace
e. suicide with the following groups, except _______.
f. poverty e. MILF
g. ecocide f. NPA
h. gender inequality g. Abu Sayyaf
104. Global education is about the following except h. Alex Boncayao Brigade
_______. 120. The following are rights enjoyed by children,
e. global action except _______.
f. political literacy e. family reunification
g. current events f. speedy, fair and public trial
h. global issues g. freedom of expression
105. The following is necessary for peace to be h. right to information
attained except _______.
e. capitalism
f. democracy
g. human rights
h. human security
106. The over 860 million illiterate people in the
world come from _______.
e. Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar
f. China, India, Pakistan, Brunei
g. Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan
h. Pakistan, China, Thailand, Vietnam
107. The global rate of ice melt has more than
doubled since when?
e. 1988
f. 1989
g. 1990
h. 1991
108. Global income is more than $31 trillion a year,
but 1.2 billion people of the world’s population
earn less than _______.
e. $4 a day
f. $3 a day
g. $2 a day
h. $1 a day
109. All are specific rights of children, except
_______.
e. right to go to school
f. right to play
g. right to health care
h. right to work
110. Who launched a campaign in support of
children that had suffered as a result of war?
e. Margaret Thatcher
f. Hillary Clinton
g. Rosa King
h. Eglantyne Jebb
111. The following are priority concerns of
developed countries except _______.
e. peace and order
f. racial diversity
g. migration
h. terrorism
112. The following are priority concerns of
underdeveloped countries, except _______.
e. governance
f. terrorism
g. aging
h. democratization
113. Terrorism is an issue of _______.
e. US imperialism
f. peace and order
g. poverty
h. socio-economic-political
underdevelopment
114. What is necessary to promote sustainable
development?
e. avoid all forms of technology
f. promote social equity
g. practice an equitable and affordable use
of natural resources
h. promote social equity and sustainable
use of resources
115. Sacrificing the ancestral lands of indigenous
people in the name of progress and
modernization is:
e. correct, because the majority will benefit
f. correct, because to give indigenous
people chance of a better life
g. wrong, because it violates their right to
their ancestral land
h. wrong, because cultural diversity must
be protected
116. The following are issues relevant to education
except _______.
e. voluntarism
f. water
g. rural development
h. kidnapping