Drill #17

Question 1

Where is the spice island located today?

Answer 1

Indonesia

Question 2

Magellan first landed in Samar/Zamal. What island did he land in?

Answer 2

Homonhon

Question 3

Who was the first Filipino to be baptized?

Answer 3

Humabon

Question 4

Which region did “Atin cu pung singsing” originate from?

Answer 4

Pampanga

Question 5

Which ancient civilization perfected the astrolabe—used to determine the altitude of stars and planets?

Answer 5

Arabs

Question 6

What work of Rizal provides an analysis on the effect of colonialism on the Filipino people, predicting future outcomes for the nation?

Answer 6

Philippines A Century Hence

Question 7

Which Filipino migrant worker is known for writing about American culture from the Filipino perspective?

Answer 7

Bienvenido Santos

Question 8

What was the primary focus of the Malolos Congress?

Answer 8

To draft the 1st PH constitution

Question 9

What renowned composer from Angono, Rizal was honored as a National Artist?

Answer 9

Lucio San Pedro

(Clue: Angono = Black = Lucian)

Question 10

Which Filipino president grew up in a poor family in Pampanga?

Answer 10

Diosdado Macapagal

Question 11

What approach is being used by the current Social Studies curriculum?

Answer 11

Expanding horizon

Question 12

Outline the Social Studies topics in the Matatag Curriculum per grade level

AP 1-3:
AP 4:
AP 5:
AP 6:
AP 7:
AP 8:
AP 9:
AP 10:
SHS:

Answer 12

AP 1-3: SIKAP (Sibika, History, Sining at Kulture)
AP 4: Philippines
AP 5: Philippines as a Nation
AP 6: Philippine Problems
AP 7: ASEAN
AP 8: Asia
AP 9: Economics/SDGs
AP 10: Contemporary and Social Issues
SHS: UCSP

Question 13

What problem in teaching Social Studies is being described below?

teacher simply giving the facts to learners and expecting them to memorize it.

Answer 13

Fundamentalist Epistomology

Question 14

What problem in teaching Social Studies is being described below?

learners naively trusting their history books

Answer 14

Referential illusion

Question 15

What problem in teaching Social Studies is being described below?

learners consult different sources of history

Answer 15

Interpretive Epistomology

Question 16

What problem in teaching Social Studies is being described below?

learners become suspicious and don’t believe in anything because all the sources of history are conflicting

Answer 16

Interpretive Paradox

Question 17

Using the MakaBansa framework, DepEd described Filipino learners as?

Answer 17

Active

Question 18

History is an entangled web of cause and effect. What does this mean?

Answer 18

A historical event may have multiple causes.

Question 19

In the Philippines, boys are given more freedom but less responsibility. Girls are given less freedom, but more responsibility. Can this be described as ambivalence or discrimination?

Answer 19

ambivalence

Question 20

What is the most shared way of the psyche in the elements that make up a society?

Answer 20

Shared identity

Question 21

What do you call the central ideas in the Matatag Curriculum?

Answer 21

Big ideas

Question 22

All of these are examples of longitudinal studies, differentiate each:

Panel study
Trend study
Cohort study

Answer 22

Panel study: same respondents

Trend study: different respondents

Cohort study: respondents who experienced one event

Question 23

What do you call the religious monarchy and state observer in the UN?

Answer 23

Holy See