Drill #9 Flashcards
The national weapon of Persians (500 B.C.) was the ______ and their cavalry was the main strength of their armies.
a. sword
b. spear
c. bow
d. ax
c. bow
In imperial Athens (429 B.C.) _________ was the outstanding figure in public life who believed that every citizen should have equal opportunity in the state.
a. Cyrus
b. Solon
c. Philip
d. Pericles
d. Pericles
Among the finest and most splendid public construction an Ancient Athens was the _____ temple of Athena.
a. acropolis
b. citadel
c. parthenon
d. persepolis
c. parthenon
The far-sighted Greek statesman Pericles had beauty of face and bearing such that he was often compared to the Olympian _________.
a. Adonis
b. Zeus
c. Mars
d. Mercury
b. Zeus
When Alexander died (325 B.C.) his huge empire broke into large kingdoms including the Saleucids which did NOT cover _________.
a. Africa
b. Persia
c. Mesopotamia
d. Syria
a. Africa
Where did women (200 B.C. ) enjoy full property of rights and could manage their own business affairs?
a. Italy and Sicily
b. Athens and Sparta
c. Egypt and Babylonia
d. Near East and Middle East
c. Egypt and Babylonia
Which is most crude among ways civilizations recorded thoughts and deeds after the art of writing was invented five, six thousand years ago?
a. On papyri paper
b. On leather skin
c. On wood
d. On stone or pottery
c. On wood
The earlier period of which we have no written evidence of written records (letters, contracts, accounts, etc.) that comprise people’s literature is technically known as _________.
a. prehistoric
b. primordial
c. pristine
d. predated
a. prehistoric
These people belong to the great Mongolian or yellow EXCEPT __________.
a. Japanese
b. Chinese
c. American Indians
d. Arabs
d. Arabs
The “lightning war” that Hitler introduced in World War II is called ____________.
a. The Greatest War
b. Scharnhorst
c. Lebensraum
d. Blitzkrieg
d. Blitzkrieg
The state of Israel was known in ancient time as
a. Palestine
b. India
c. Canaan
d. Galilea
c. Canaan
What was declared as the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World by the United Nations?
a. 1995-2005
b. 2005- 2015
c. 1990-2000
d. 2001-2010
d. 2001-2010
Which country first hosted the International Congress which promoted the Culture of Peace?
a. Brazil
b. America
c. Africa
d. Germany
c. Africa
Among the national god of Egypt of early dynasties was believed to have incarnated in the form of a ________.
a. crocodile
b. cat
c. jackal
d. ram
d. ram
Egyptians mummified the bodies of their dead because of their belief in the _______ of the soul.
a. spirituality
b. sanctity
c. immortality
d. personality
c. immortality
These were the advantages of the world’s first coins issued by Lydian kings EXCEPT __________.
a. stamp of rulers guaranteed their value
b. easy to bring around
c. no weight process was needed
d. made of natural alloy of gold or silver
b. easy to bring around
These were the most important languages of the ancient Indo-European languages (from India across Europe to the Atlantic Ocean around 30 B.C.) EXCEPT ________.
a. Greek
b. English
c. Latin
d. Celtic
b. English
China sees the stage of socialism that will lead to a system of _________ ownership with _____________ ownership increasing.
a. public :: corporate
b. private : public
c. public :: private
d. Public :: state
c. public :: private
Faced with a democratizing world, the pressure of political change in China has advanced political reform towards a ___________ dominated state.
a. elite
b. lower-class
c. middle- class
d. military
c. middle- class
China’s global market economy finds the Communist Party lessening control of the central government in _______ where majority of Mainland Chinese live.
a. rural areas
b. autonomous cities
c. autonomous regions
d. urban areas
a. rural areas
Among achievements of Mikhael Gobachev as Nobel Prize awardee for Peace, which is most prominent in his effort to prevent a wide scale war using weapons of mass destruction?
a. End of 9-years long Russian occupation of Afghanistan
b. 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
c. Advocate of strengthening private economy in the Soviet Union
d. Fall of Berlin Wall and Reunification of East and West Germany
b. 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Mahatma Gandhi is to ________ and Mohammed Ali is to ________.
a. India and South America
b. India and Canada
c. India and North America
d. India and Africa
c. India and North America
Benito Mussolini is to ________ and Winston Churchill is to ________.
a. Italy and England
b. France and America
c. Spain and Great Britain
d. England and the British Isles
a. Italy and England
The chancellor of Prussia who successfully united Germany and made it a republic was ________.
a. Adolf Hitler
b. Otto von Bismark
c. Lev Caprivi
d. Prinz Max Von Baden
b. Otto von Bismark
Christians engaged Muslims during the ________ in order to win back the Holy Land to Christendom.
a. Holy Wars
b. War of Roses
c. Crusade
d. Punic Wars
c. Crusade
Know as Virgin Queen who gave England’s most prosperous years in wealth and culture was ________.
a. Queen Victoria
b. Queen Elizabeth II
c. Queen Elizabeth I
d. Queen Marie Antoinette
c. Queen Elizabeth I
The fearless head of the Huns from Mongolia who became the King of Hungary was _________.
a. Genghis Khan
b. Attila
c. Kubla Khan
d. Odoacer
b. Attila
Recognized as the author of the American Declaration of Independence was _________.
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Thomas Paine
a. Thomas Jefferson
Among English kings ______ broke off with the Roman Catholic Church in 1534 and established himself as the head of the Church of England.
a. King Richard the Great
b. Kin James I
c. King Charles I
d. King Henry VIII
d. King Henry VIII
Among great navigators of the world, _________ first completed the circumnavigation of the earth.
a. Sebastian el Canol
b. Vasco de Gama
c. Christopher Columbus
d. Amerigo Vespucci
a. Sebastian el Canol
Which of the following, did NOT belong to the original states of the United State of America?
a. North America
b. Connecticut
c. California
d. New Hampshire
c. California
Who was the son of Philip of Macedonia who led his powerful army for successful conquest across Persia up to the western border of India?
a. Alexander the Great
b. Charles Martel
c. Ivan the Great
d. Cyrus the Great
a. Alexander the Great
What new name was proposed for the islands during the Marcos regime to eliminate the colonial connotation of the country’s present name?
a. Maharlika
b. Egyptian
c. Babylonian
d. Assyrian
a. Maharlika
Hammurabi the greatest of early kings who published a great code of law belonged to the ______ empire.
a. Persian
b. Egyptian
c. Babylonian
d. Assyrian
c. Babylonian
The Chaldean King _____________ made Babylon to be the most splendid city in the ancient world.
a. Ptolemaios
b. Hammurabi
c. Cyrus
d. Nebuchadnezzar
d. Nebuchadnezzar
Where was the starting point of eastern civilization?
a. Mesopotamia
b. Egypt
c. India
d. China
a. Mesopotamia
Who was one of the earliest Greek statesman whose laws gave all classes of citizens some voice in government?
a. Alexander
b. Solon
c. Pericles
d. Philip
b. Solon
(Clue: Voice > Singing Barbers > Hair Solon)
Who is known in history as the “greatest king” who conquered for Persia (550 B.C.) the Median Empire, Lydia, Babylonia and subject state?
a. Cyrus
b. Darius
c. Xerxes
d. Philip
a. Cyrus
Criticism on the past administration in Malaysia was its being _________ such as in suppressing the press.
a. laissez faire
b. autocratic
c. fascistic
d. authoritarian
d. authoritarian
Singapore is a de-facto ________ state with lack of separation of powers between the executive branch and the courts.
a. alliance
b. one-party
c. multi-party
d. coalition
b. one-party
Who was the dictator of Singapore?
Lee Kuan Yew
Singapore is recognized by Transparency International as the __________ punishment which is one of the highest in the world.
a. modestly
b. most
c. least
d. extremely
c. least
Singapore’s rigid anti-crime policies is characterized by ________ punishment which is one of the highest in the world.
a. caning
b. capital
c. corporal
d. heavy fines
b. capital
Singapore proves that democracy is not a ________ solution for states.
a. effective
b. panacea
c. one-size-fits-all
d. flawless
c. one-size-fits-all
The government of Indonesia is much alike that the Philippines except for _________ presidential elections during Suharto’s regime.
a. parliamentary
b. direct
c. popular
d. indirect
d. indirect
Until it recovered after the Asian financial crisis, the Indonesian Yudhoyano administration was beset by several issues EXCEPT __________.
a. corruption
b. social unrest
c. extreme poverty
d. terrorism
c. extreme poverty
Prior to the sixties, massive manhunt against rebels in Indonesia cause the killing of 500 thousand to one million people suspected of communism comprised by several groups EXCEPT _________.
a. Christians
b. leftists
c. communists
d. ethnic Chinese
a. Christians
Until the revolution in 1932, Thailand was an absolute __________.
a. republic
b. dictatorship
c. commonwealth
d. monarchy
d. monarchy
Several coups changed Thailand’s government into a __________.
a. constitutional democracy
b. people’s republic
c. military dictatorship
d. absolute monarchy
c. military dictatorship
Through what highest organ of the state does China remain representative of its people under its accepted national leadership?
a. National People’s Congress
b. Communist Party cadre
c. Communist politburo
d. Secretary General of the Communist Party
a. National People’s Congress
In China the _________ government builds the consensus among party leaders, influential party members and the people.
a. local
b. district
c. central
d. provincial
c. central
No one is above the law. Ours is a government of laws and not of men. Which principle is referred to ?
a. Right of the minority
b. Rule of law
c. Sovereignty of the people
d. Democracy
b. Rule of law
China’s National People’s Congress build is the highest organization of the state government which meets every __________.
a. week b. month c. year d. day
c. year
When Joseph concealed the fact during marriage that he was a homosexual, he committed the crime of __________.
a. concubinage
b. adultery
c. fraud
d. no crime
c. fraud
When the court granted Pete and Jerry separation from bed and board this frees them from _______.
a. sleeping in one bed and one house
b. conjugal relations and same domicile
c. care of children
d. share in financing
b. conjugal relations and same domicile
How is marriage considered if a spouse discovers that the person he/she married has psychological incapacity?
a. Void from the beginning
b. Void after the discovery
c. Valid until annulled
d. Valid and licit
a. Void from the beginning
These are cases when marriage is NOT allowed under the Family Code of the Philippines, EXCEPT _________.
a. grandparent with grandchild
b. collateral blood relations to 5th degree
c. step-parent with step-child
d. parent-in-law and children-in-law
b. collateral blood relations to 5th degree
What is the human rights violation in mind by the 1995 UN Committee on Economic and International Rights when it reprimanded entrenched conservative religious influences?
a. Freedom of religious conscience
b. Freedom of speech
c. Freedom to travel
d. Right to planned parenthood
d. Right to planned parenthood
The political parties in Malaysia are viewed as being not modern because they are comprised by _________ individuals and groups.
a. conservative
b. elitist
c. interest
d. religious
c. interest
The Hispanic Governor General ruled like a monarch in the Philippines and Marianas, Carolines and Palaus then part of the Hispanic Philippines for many reason EXCEPT ________.
a. act as president of the royal audiencia
b. directly appoint parish priests and settle religious controversies
c. appoint and receive ambassadors from other countries
d. exercise Cumplase veto power over Hispanic law in the Philippines
b. directly appoint parish priests and settle religious controversies
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Histen Loong’s salary which is six times higher than that of the U.S. president in justified by the need for a __________ state.
a. corruption-free
b. religious
c. autocratic
d. Confucian
a. corruption-free
What can be done to temper the effects of massive employment of foreign Filipino labor overseas that endanger family integration?
a. Limit overseas deployment
b. Provide loans to OFW families
c. Safeguard balikbayan boxes
d. Assist OFWs in overseas work
d. Assist OFWs in overseas work
What is feasible move to stop the conflict that endangers lives in the Southern Philippines?
a. Peace talks
b. Federal autonomy to regions
c. Enlist Muslim fighters in the AFP
d. Reconciliation among religions
b. Federal autonomy to regions
Over population resulting from high fertility and low mortality most likely will result in __________.
a. women having more involvement in social structures outside the family
b. the population becoming younger
c. shortages in the labor force
d. more successful poverty reduction programs
a. women having more involvement in social structures outside the family
One of the Definitive trends today is women’s political empowerment. Which are indicators of political women empowerment? Choose THREE.
I. General legislations have been enacted such as Anti-Sexual Harassment Act.
II. The proportion of women elected to various positions is on an upswing.
III. The women outnumber the men in the teaching profession.
IV. International summits or conferences include women and gender issues among the priority development agenda.
I, II, III
U.S. President Barack Obama remarked that “immigration is in America’s DNA.” What did he mean?
a. He welcomes ethnic diversity
b. He supports a literal immigration system
c. He pledges new immigration policies d. He confirms that America is a melting pot
a. He welcomes ethnic diversity
What hinder foreign and local investments?
a. Peace and order
b. Natural disasters and political conflict
c. Poverty incidence
d. Inequality of social and economic development
b. Natural disasters and political conflict
What was the basis of John Dewey’s commitment to naturalism?
a. James’ naturalistic psychology
b. Darwin’s theory of evolution
c. Hegelian idealism
d. Peirce philosophical theory
b. Darwin’s theory of evolution
What influence made Filipinos today use utensils and not eat with their hands?
a. Hygienic need
b. Chinese tradition
c. American influence
d. Fast food culture
c. American influence
Which can explain why the Ten Commandments are always observed?
a. Ten Commandments are a myth.
b. Mores are observed as they satisfy needs.
c. Observance is for the religious only.
d. Mores are difficult to follow.
b. Mores are observed as they satisfy needs.
