Quiz 1

Question 1

The Mohenjo-daro ruler was invented in

Answer 1

India

Question 2

Chinese astronomers observed a guest star, a supernova, the remnant of which is now called the

Answer 2

Crab Nebula

Question 3

This period was known as the Carolingian Renaissance, a time when Charles the Great tried to reestablish knowledge as a cornerstone of medieval society

Answer 3

The Middle Ages

Question 4

Charles the Great is often known as

Answer 4

Charlemagne

Question 5

A trend toward understanding and explaining human beings and human health largely in terms of genes and their interactions

Answer 5

Genetification

Question 6

He took the work of Grosseteste, Aristotle, and the Islamic alchemists, and used it to propose the idea of induction as the cornerstone of empiricism

Answer 6

Roger Bacon

Question 7

What are the four Research and Development Councils of the National Science and Technology Authority? (acronym & full name)

Answer 7

PCARRD (Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research and Development)
PCIERD (Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research Development)
PCHRD (Philippine Council for Health Research and Development)
NRCP

Question 8

Meteorological studies were promoted by Jesuits who founded the _______ in 1865

Answer 8

Manila Observatory

Question 9

With the opening of the _____ in 1869 and the consequent ease in travel and communications that it brought about, the kiberal ideas and scientific knowledge of the West also reached the Philippines

Answer 9

Suez Canal

Question 10

The government took steps to establish a secular educational system by a decree of 19 October 1898, it created the ______ as a secular, state-supported institution of higher learning

Answer 10

Unibersidad Liter aria de Filipinas

Question 11

The transformation of goods, services, ideas, nature, personal information and people into commodities or objects of trade

Answer 11

Commodification

Question 12

One of the first medical documents still extant, and perhaps the earliest document that attempts to describe and analyse the brain: it might be seen as the very beginnings of modern neuroscience

Answer 12

Edwin Smith papyrus

Question 13

A phonetic writing system, have served as the basis for the Egyptian Phoenician alphabet from which the later Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Cyrillic qlphabets were derived

Answer 13

Hieroglyphs

Question 14

He introducedthe concept of ‘anu’ which he defined as the matter which cannot be subdivided

Answer 14

Kanada

Question 15

Compass was invented in:

Answer 15

China

Question 16

In 1935, the Philippine Commonwealth was inaugurated and ushered in a period of transition to political independence

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Dark Ages refers to the period of time ushered in by the fall of the Western Roman Empire

Answer 17

True