3rd Preliminary Examination

Contemporary Issues/ Social Studies 10

Teacher Lerian Date: ______________

Student Name: Score: _____________

Part I: Direction: Read the statements carefully and identify your correct
answer by encircling the letters of your answers.
1. Constitution is one whose percepts are embodied in one document or set of
documents.
a. Written b. Unwritten c. Enacted d. Action
2. Constitution consists of rules which have not been integrated into a single,
concrete form but are scattered in various sources.
a. Written b. Unwritten c. Enacted d. Action
3. Constitution that is formally struck off at a definite time and place following a
conscious or deliberate effort taken by a constituent body or ruler.
a. Conventional b. Cumulative c. Enacted d. Unwritten
4. Constitution that is the result of political evolution, not inaugurated at any specific
time but changing by accretion rather than any systematic method
a. Written b. Conventional c. Cumulative d. Enacted
5. Constitution that can be amended only by a formal or unusually difficult process.
a. Unwritten b. Flexible c. Rigid d. Action
6. Constitution that can be changed by ordinary legislation
a. Flexible b. Rigid c. Amendment d. Written
7. Isolated change in the constitution
a. Flexible b. Rigid c. Amendment d. Cumulative
8. Revamp of the entire instrument
a. Revision b. Amendment c. Definite d. Enacted
9. Does not confer rights nor impose duties.
a. Powers b. Preamble c. Republicanism d. Conventional
10. Adopts the generally accepted principles of international law.
a. Citizenship b. Incorporate clause
c. Reinforced d. Motivation
11. Controls the impeachment process.
a. Judicial Branch b. Executive Branch
c. Legislative Branch d. All 3 branches
12. Commands the armed forces.
a. Judicial Branch b. Executive Branch
c. Legislative Branch d. All 3 branches
13. Appointed for life with good behavior.
a. Judicial Branch b. Executive Branch
c. Legislative Branch d. All 3 branches

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14. Elected directly by the people.
a. Supreme Court b. Justices Cabinet
c. Congress d. Armed forces
15. Can veto legislation.
a. Judicial Branch b. Executive Branch
c. Legislative Branch d. All 3 branches
16. Can declare a law unconstitutional.
a. Judicial Branch b. Executive Branch
c. Legislative Branch d. All 3 branches
17. Formally declares war.
a. Judicial Branch b. Executive Branch
c. Legislative Branch d. All 3 branches
18. The___________ is a part of the Judicial branch of the government.
a. Congress b. Senate c. Cabinet d. Supreme Court
19. The senate is a part of the___________ branch of the government.
a. Legislative b. Executive c. Judicial
20. The President is a part of the_______________
a. Legislative branch. b. Executive branch. c. Judicial branch. a.
21. Which branch of the government carries out the laws?
a. Legislative b. Executive c. Judicial
22. Which branch of government evaluates laws?
a. Legislative b. Executive c. Judicial
23. Which branch of the government makes, debates, and passes the laws?
a. Legislative b. Executive c. Judicial
24. What are the two houses of Congress?
a. House of Representatives b. Senate House of Representatives
c. President Senate and the President d. Senate
25. How many Senators does each state have?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 12
26. By the 1870s, what had happened to the old European empires established in
the 16th and 17th centuries in the “new” world?
a. They had largely disappeared.
b. They had grown very powerful.
c. They had become increasingly corrupt.
d. They had consolidated into a powerful confederation.
27. For which African nation did the United States successfully negotiate an open
door policy in the 1880s?
a. Egypt b. South Africa c. Congo d. Ethiopia
28. In which of the following regions did Protestant and Catholic missionaries NOT
proliferate in the late 19th century?
a. Africa b. South America c. Asia d. The Middle East
29. The depression of 1893 to 1897 in the United States had all of the following
features, EXCEPT:
a. inflation b. massive unemployment.
c. farm foreclosures. d. labor strife.

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30. Americans such as Alfred Thayer Mahan considered their nation in a crisis of
a. over civilization b. poverty c. conscience d. confidence
31. Why did Great Britain dispute the border between Venezuela and British Guiana
in 1895?
a. It had significant sugar plantations in the area.
b. British officials feared the guerillas were hiding in the disputed territory.
c. The disputed territory was the gateway for much of the trade to the
continent.
d. Great Britain resented Venezuela's new independence and tried to start a
war.
32. Why did President William McKinley order the USS Maine to the port of Havana
in 1897?
a. to pick up the Rough Riders
b. to torpedo the Spanish fleet
c. to protect U.S. citizens and property
d. to provoke the Spanish to a first strike
33. Why was the Spanish navy such easy prey for the United States in the Spanish-
American war?
a. The Spanish struggled with logistical problems.
b. The Spanish navy was antiquated compared to the U.S. Navy.
c. Spaniards were notoriously poor sailors.
d. The Spanish navy relied on Cuban sailors, who rose in rebellion.
34. What prevented Clara Barton and the Red Cross from aiding American soldiers
in Cuba during the Spanish-American War?
a. Americans were not making enough donations.
b. The Spanish fleet sunk several supply ships.
c. It was nearly impossible to unload supplies in Cuba.
d. Cuban rebels attacked Red Cross doctors and nurses.
35. Who was the military governor the United States put in place in Cuba before it
could acquire its independence?
a. Admiral Thomas Dewey b. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
c. General John Pershing d. General Leonard Wood
36. What did William McKinley label his plan for the colonization of the Philippines in
December 1898?
a. forceful suppression b. benevolent assimilation
c. sensitive supervision d. careful control
37. The most notorious incident in the U.S. suppression of the Filipino independence
movement took place in April 1900 on the island of
a. Samar b. Mindanao c. Luzon d. Borneo
38. What triggered the fight between black and white soldiers in the Tampa, Florida,
in June 1898?
a. Some of the soldiers were afraid and did not want to embark for Cuba.
b. White soldiers accused the black soldiers of being Cuban spies.
c. Black soldiers suspected white soldiers of racism.
d. Black soldiers prevented white soldiers from shooting at a child.

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39. How did the construction of the Panama Canal under U.S. direction affect U.S.
relations with Latin America?
a. It dramatically improved their trade relations.
b. It triggered democratic movements in region.
c. It stirred Latin American animosity toward the United States.
d. It did not change U.S.-Latin American relations.
40. Why did Secretary of State Philander Knox try to have the world's major powers
buy up the Russian and Japanese railroads in Manchuria in 1910?
a. He suspected that they were transporting communist guerillas.
b. He wanted the region to operate on an open door policy.
c. He was hoping to build a multinational business that way.
d. He was trying to aid Chinese national independence.

Part II: Enumerate the following causes and effects of political issues.
Write your answers on the separate sheet provided. (3 of each asked
causes )

A. Causes and effects Migration in Political issues

B. Causes and effects of Territorial Disputes in political issues
C. Causes and effects of Political Dynasty in political issues
D. Causes and effects of Political Killings
E. Causes of Corruption
F. Causes of Inefficient Social Services