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Discipline and Ideas

I. Read and analyze the sentences carefully. Choose the right answer of the following statements. Encircle
the letter of your best choice. Any form of erasures corresponds to deduction of points. 2 points each.
1. It was during 1700 in Europe they experienced “Dark Ages”. It all about facts rather than faith.
a. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false c. Both statements are false
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b. 1 statement is false; 2 statement is true d. Both statements are true
2. Reasons and science can be used to discover the laws of nature. Reasons and science can also be used to
discover laws about humans and their unique behavior.
a. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false c. Both statements are false
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b. 1 statement is false; 2 statement is true d. Both statements are true
3. Asking questions about human behaviour and studying humans using reason and scientific method, forms the
basis for the scientific study of social behaviour and gives us, the origins of social science. It means that Physical
Science plus Pre – social science is equals to philosophy.
a. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false c. Both statements are false
b. 1st statement is false; 2nd statement is true d. Both statements are true
4. Any of several fields of study, as economics, political science, or anthropology, dealing with the structure of
society and the activity of its members describes social science. A scholarly or scientific discipline that deals with
such study, generally regarded as including sociology, psychology, anthropology, tree and human anatomy,
animal taxonomy, morphology, economics, political science, and history also refers to social science.
a. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false c. Both statements are false
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b. 1 statement is false; 2 statement is true d. Both statements are true
5. Whatever we see in our surroundings makes the environment. Some examples of these are trees, rivers,
mountains and oceans.
a. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false c. Both statements are false
b. 1st statement is false; 2nd statement is true d. Both statements are true
6. Whatever we see in our surroundings makes the environment. Some examples of these are cellphones from
Apple, internet from Globe, drinking water from Sta. Cata.
a. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false c. Both statements are false
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b. 1 statement is false; 2 statement is true d. Both statements are true
7. Only those things that are environmental friendly and ecologically sound belongs to the environment. It only
includes trees, springs, organic fertilizers and fruits.
a. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false c. Both statements are false
b. 1st statement is false; 2nd statement is true d. Both statements are true
8. Environment is the place, people, things and nature that surround any living organism. It is a combination of
natural and human made resources.
a. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false c. Both statements are false
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b. 1 statement is false; 2 statement is true d. Both statements are true
9. Economics is a social science, it seeks to explain something about society. Economics is different from other
social sciences, because economists ask fundamentally different questions and they answer them using tools
that other social scientists find rather exotic.
a. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false c. Both statements are false
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b. 1 statement is false; 2 statement is true d. Both statements are true
10. Scarcity is a situation in which the amount of something is available sufficiently. Economics is the study of choice
under conditions of scarcity.
a. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false c. Both statements are false
b. 1st statement is false; 2nd statement is true d. Both statements are true
11. The study of human society and of individual relationships in and to society is called sociology. Syntax is way in
which words are put together to form phrases, clauses or sentences.
a. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false c. Both statements are false
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b. 1 statement is false; 2 statement is true d. Both statements are true
12. The study of choice under the condition of scarcity is called economics. Economics also deals with the ways in
which a society deals with money and the availability of goods.
a. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false c. Both statements are true
b. 1st statement is false; 2nd statement is true d. Both statements are false
13. Anthropos means man. Logos means life.
a. 1st statement is false; 2nd statement is true c. Both statements are true
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b. 1 statement is true; 2 statement is false d. Both statements are false
14. Culture and society are intricately related. A culture consists of the “objects” of a society, whereas a society
consists of the people who share a common culture.
a. 1st statement is false; 2nd statement is true c. Both statements are true
b. 1st statement is true; 2nd statement is false d. Both statements are false
15. Physical anthropologists focus on the evolution of human anatomy and physiology, rather than culture.
Archaeology offers a unique perspective on human history and culture.
a. 1st statement is false; 2nd statement is true c. Both statements are true
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b. 1 statement is true; 2 statement is false d. Both statements are false

II. Identify the answers of the following. 2points each. Write your answers at the back of your test paper.
1. A component of environment that includes family, religion and education.
2. Interaction of all living organisms in a given area and also with their non – living environment.
3. Plant, animals, water, earth and human life makes the ___________also known as the living world.
4. The World Environment Day is celebrated in what date of the year?
5. Is the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.
6. Is a systematic way to gather knowledge about the world and organizing that knowledge into laws and theories.
7. It explores human relationships and the affects they have on the world around us.
8. A specific description like a GPS coordinate or an address.
9. A study of choice under conditions of scarcity.
10. Consist of long lasting tools people use to produce goods and services.
11. The study of the cultural, social, and physical development of humans.
12. The study of the mind’s functions as they relate to one’s physical and social environment.
13. The study of the processes and principles of government and other political institutions.
14. The study of the speech sounds used in a language.
15. The study of the structure of language, its syntax, phonology, semantics, phonetics, morphology, and the nature
of language and its variations.

III. Essay. 5 points each.

a. Explain the relationship of reason and science.

b. Explain how Filipinos are subdivided into different cultures, traditions, dialects, art works and way of
living yet we are living in one country.

c. How the environment affects our growth and development as a person?