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QUESTIONS
50 ITEMS
SET F
1. The most important contribution of the
Phoenicians to civilization is ______
a. alphabet
b. Tyrean dye and wood
c. trading
d. ship building
2. Which country is not part of
Southeast Asia?
a. Indonesia
b. Philippines
c. Thailand
d. Japan
3. Why is it that despite the richness of
Southeast Asia when it comes to its
natural resources, the countries which
belong here has still slow economic
progress compared to the countries in
Europe and America?
a. The region has a hot climate not fit for
employment
b. People do not have innate
intelligence and ability to put up
industries
c. The region is experiencing calamities
such as typhoons, tsunamis, and
earthquakes which destroy crops and
industries.
d. People do not have the ability to
exploit natural resources and to put up
industries
4. Which is the primary resources found
in Southwest Asia, like Bahrain, Saudi
Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait?
a. Olive oil and cement
b. Barley
c. Oil and gas
d. Sheep and camel
5. Almost one half of the world’s
population is found in Asia. What is the
implication of this information to the
continent’s economic status?
a. Need for employment and food in
Asia is greater than the other continents
in the world.
b. People in Asia have more ability to
create ideas and products than the other
continents in the world.
c. The increase of population in Asia is
the key to the industrialization of the
continent.
d. Countries in Asia have high Per
Capita Income
6. What is the socio-economic factor
where man must fit into cities which is
the center of communication, trade and
culture?
a. Industrialization
b. Urbanization
c. Assimilation
d. Modernization
7. This is the period/age where man
started to hunt and domesticate animals
and reside in small communities.
a. Paleolithic Age
b. Neolithic Age
c. Mesolithic Age
d. Metal Age
8. During this period, hunting and
gathering food is the main source of
living.
a. Paleolithic Age
b. Neolithic Age
c. Mesolithic Age
d. Metal Age
9. The most beautiful burial place in the 15. Why did Shih Huang Ti build the
world which is found in Agra, India and Great Walls of China?
built by Shah Jahan for her wife, Muntaz a) to protect Chinese people from
Mahal barbarians
a. Angkor Wat b) to keep out invaders from the North
b. Pagoda c) to prevent Chinese emigration to the
c. Taj Mahal North
d. Dome of the Rock d) to prevent influx of foreign cultures to
China.
10. Which of the following rivers is NOT
found in Asia? 16. Though the continent of Asia is
a. Irrawady- Myanmar bigger than Africa, why it is that Africa is
b. Mississippi- US considered as the “Center of Evolution?
c. Lena- Russia, Mongolia, buryat, yakut a. It is where the first civilization started
d. Brahmaputra- china, india and b. Rich agricultural products are found
bangladesh here
c. It is where the fossils and artifacts of
11. The system of writing invented by the first species of man are found
the Sumerians. d. It is where Adam and Eve met
a. Sanskrit- language of hinduism
b. Heiroglyphics 17. All species must undergo certain
c. Cuneiform change in order to fit to the condition of
d. Arabic the environment he lived in. What
principle is referred to?
12. The flight of Mohammad from Mecca a. An eye for an eye
to Medina on 622A.D. is known as b. Natural selection
____________ c. Survival of the fittest
a. hegira d. Stairway to heaven
b. medina
c. urdu 18. In searching for the ‘missing link”,
d. shahada there are many remains found by the
archeologists believed to be of the first
13. This is considered as the first literary humans. Which group is believed to
piece in the world. have knowledge on how to use their
a. Beuwolf hands in making tools?
b. Ramayana a. Australopithecus
c. Epic of Gilgamesh b. Homo erectus
d. Ang Terra Cotta c. Homo Habilis
d. Homo sapiens
14. The following are contributions of
Sumerian civilization to the world
EXCEPT
a. Cranial operation
b. wheel
c. concept of alphabet
d. lunar calendar
19. The first civilization in India started 24. Asia is the biggest continent in the
in the river valleys of Indus. Which world and covers almost 1/3 of the total
group of people are the first to reside? area. What is the total land area of
a. Hindu Asia?
b. Dravidians a. 30, 243,910 kilometro kwadrado
c. Aryans b. 44, 391,000 kilometro kwadrado
d. Buddhist c. 10, 355,000 kilometro kwadrado
d. 57, 098,815 kilometro kwadrado
20. King Hammurabi of Babylonian was
known in Mesopotamia and West Asia. 25. Japan joined forces with two
How is he remembered? European countries forming the AXIS
a. He spread his religion Powers against the Allied Powers. What
b. He gathered the laws were the two European countries?
c. He discovered a system of writing a. Italy and Greece
d. He married 4 muslim princesses b. Italy and Germany
c. Germany and Austria
21. The Torah is an important d. Germany and Russia
foundation of the monotheistic belief of
the Hebrew. What do you mean by 26. The aim of Taoism is to have world
Monotheism? balance. This is composed of yin and
a. Belief on one God yang. Yang symbolizes
b. Belief on the Holy Trinity ______________
c. Belief on many gods a. women
d. Belief on Monster gods b. men
c. youth
22. Alexander the Great established and d. aged
spread a civilization which is a mixture
of Asian and Greek culture. The 27. The form of writing by the Chinese.
civilization is known as ____________ a. Cuneiform
a. Hellenes b. Calligraphy
b. Hellenic c. hieroglyphics
c. Hellenistic d. scribbling
d. Lydian
28. In the Babylonian Empire, the
23. A terrace of plants and flowers was confederacy of laws is known as
built by Nebuchadnezzar of the ______________. These laws is
Chaldean Empire. This is referred to engraved in stone of more or less eight
_____________ feet in height.
a. Great Wall a. Laws of Dravidian
b. Leaning Tower b. Koran
c. Rice Terraces c. Vedic
d. Hanging Gardens d. Code of Hammurabi
29. Which of the following is NOT in 35. In Jainism, the use of force and it is
lined with the teachings of Hinduism? important to act peacefully such as not
a. They believe in continuous cycle of harming any form of life. This is called
life and death of man to make the soul as the absence of violence or
pure. At this point, one attains Nirvana. ___________
b. The lowest member of the Caste a. ahimsa
System are the Untouchables b. asteya
c. The doctrine of Hinduism is the Four c. aparigraha
Noble Truths d. Brahman
d. The main gods of Hinduism are
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva 36. An Economic principle which
considers the no. of gold and silver that
30. The religion Islam is based on the the country possesses as the basis of its
Five Pillars. These are Shahada, Salat, wealth and power.
Sawm, Hajj and _______. a. Socialism
a. Nirvana b. Merkantilism
b. Zakat c. Communism
c. Sutee d. Capitalism
d. Seljur
37. In Christianism, the belief that there
31. The religious temple of the are three persons in one God: The
Sumerians is known as _______ Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit is
a. augur called ___________.
b. gobekli a. Hegira
c. shul b. Holy Trinity
d. ziggurat c. Holy Communion
d. Ahimsa
32. The former name of Myanmar.
a. Laos 38. In Vietnam, as a protest of the
b. Burma Christian policy of President Ngo Dinh
c. Constantinople Diem against the Buddhist, one
d. Anatolia Buddhist monk burn himself to death.
The famous act of burning oneself is
33. On what dynasty is the Great Wall of known as __________.
China built? a. self-annihilation
a. Qin b. self-condemnation
b. Chan c. self-mortification
c. Han d. self-immolation
d. Sui
39. The series of campaign made by
34. The former name of Iran. European Knights to recover Jerusalem
a. Persia from the hands of the Moslems.
b. Anatolia a. Mass campaign
c. Asia Minor b. Divine Campaign
d. Formosa c. Dark Knight
d. Crusade
40. Which is NOT True of the religion
Islam.
a. In Muslim community, Abu Bakr was
the first Caliph
b. Ramadan or the Month of Fasting for
the Muslims ends with Eidul-Ftir
c. Zakat is the act of praying for the
Muslims five times a day- salat
d. Muslims believe that Jesus Christ is a
prophet and not a God.
41. The Southeast Asian Nation is one
of the regional associations in Asia. How
does the association help the member-
states?
a. Freedom and Peace is maintained
b. Giving of information about
development
c. Giving of financial aid to the members
d. Training of the leaders of the
member-countries
42. The Chinese civilization flourished in
the Yellow River basin between 1600
BC and well into the twentieth century.
In around 600 BC, Lao Tzu was born.
What religion did he found?
a. Taoism
b. Buddhism
c. Confucianism
d. Zoroastrianism
43. The Magna Carta was published by
the King of which country?
a. France
b. Italy
c. Austria
d. England- King John
44. The Indus Valley civilization is still
somewhat of a mystery to archeologists
because
a. the Aryans destroyed all the remains
of the civilization
b. the writing system has not been
deciphered
c. the small size of the civilization makes
it difficult to excavate
d. the isolation from the rest of the world
limited trade an diffusion
45. What ideas do Hinduism and
Buddhism have in common?
a. universal salvation
b. the caste system
c. reincarnation
d. monotheism
46. What is the largest ocean in the
world?
a. Indian ocean
b. Arctic ocean
c. Atlantic ocean
d. Pacific ocean
47. All of the following are
characteristics of classical civilizations
EXCEPT
a. central government
b. organized bureaucracy
c. social stratification
d. democratic institutions
48. The ancient people started to reside
in communities and establish a
government, created religion and
developed culture and means of living.
What was the reason why the ancient
people stopped from being nomadic or
from a wandering way of life in order to
build civilization?
a. the discovery of a system of writing
b. man discovered agriculture and
learned to domesticate animals
c. the discovery of metal
d. the discovery of astronomy

49. The Philippine currency and its

stability is projected and supervised by
___________.
a. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
b. National Economic and Development
Administration
c. Bureau of Treasury
d. Boy Scout of the Philippines (BSP)

50. The Mongols became one of the

greatest conquerors because of their
skill in ______
a. Diplomacy
b. Use of weapons
c. Work as herders
d. Horse riding
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ANSWERS
50 ITEMS
SET F
1. The most important contribution of the
Phoenicians to civilization is ______
a. alphabet **CA
b. Tyrean dye and wood
c. trading
d. ship building
2. Which country is not part of
Southeast Asia?
a. Indonesia
b. Philippines
c. Thailand
d. Japan **CA
3. Why is it that despite the richness of
Southeast Asia when it comes to its
natural resources, the countries which
belong here has still slow economic
progress compared to the countries in
Europe and America?
a. The region has a hot climate not fit for
employment
b. People do not have innate
intelligence and ability to put up
industries
c. The region is experiencing calamities
such as typhoons, tsunamis, and
earthquakes which destroy crops and
industries. **CA
d. People do not have the ability to
exploit natural resources and to put up
industries
4. Which is the primary resources found
in Southwest Asia, like Bahrain, Saudi
Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait?
a. Olive oil and cement **CA
b. Barley
c. Oil and gas
d. Sheep and camel
5. Almost one half of the world’s
population is found in Asia. What is the
implication of this information to the
continent’s economic status?
a. Need for employment and food in
Asia is greater than the other continents
in the world.
b. People in Asia have more ability to
create ideas and products than the other
continents in the world.
c. The increase of population in Asia is
the key to the industrialization of the
continent.
d. Countries in Asia have high Per
Capita Income **CA
6. What is the socio-economic factor
where man must fit into cities which is
the center of communication, trade and
culture?
a. Industrialization
b. Urbanization **CA
c. Assimilation
d. Modernization
7. This is the period/age where man
started to hunt and domesticate animals
and reside in small communities.
a. Paleolithic Age **CA
b. Neolithic Age
c. Mesolithic Age
d. Metal Age
8. During this period, hunting and
gathering food is the main source of
living.
a. Paleolithic Age
b. Neolithic Age **CA
c. Mesolithic Age
d. Metal Age
9. The most beautiful burial place in the 15. Why did Shih Huang Ti build the
world which is found in Agra, India and Great Walls of China?
built by Shah Jahan for her wife, Muntaz a) to protect Chinese people from
Mahal barbarians **CA
a. Angkor Wat b) to keep out invaders from the North
b. Pagoda c) to prevent Chinese emigration to the
c. Taj Mahal **CA North
d. Dome of the Rock d) to prevent influx of foreign cultures to
China.
10. Which of the following rivers is NOT
found in Asia? 16. Though the continent of Asia is
a. Irrawady- Myanmar bigger than Africa, why it is that Africa is
b. Mississippi- US **CA considered as the “Center of Evolution?
c. Lena- Russia, Mongolia, buryat, yakut a. It is where the first civilization started
d. Brahmaputra- china, india and b. Rich agricultural products are found
bangladesh here
c. It is where the fossils and artifacts of
11. The system of writing invented by the first species of man are found **CA
the Sumerians. d. It is where Adam and Eve met
a. Sanskrit- language of hinduism
b. Heiroglyphics 17. All species must undergo certain
c. Cuneiform **CA change in order to fit to the condition of
d. Arabic the environment he lived in. What
principle is referred to?
12. The flight of Mohammad from Mecca a. An eye for an eye
to Medina on 622A.D. is known as b. Natural selection **CA
____________ c. Survival of the fittest
a. hegira **CA d. Stairway to heaven
b. medina
c. urdu 18. In searching for the ‘missing link”,
d. shahada there are many remains found by the
archeologists believed to be of the first
13. This is considered as the first literary humans. Which group is believed to
piece in the world. have knowledge on how to use their
a. Beuwolf hands in making tools?
b. Ramayana a. Australopithecus
c. Epic of Gilgamesh **CA b. Homo erectus
d. Ang Terra Cotta c. Homo Habilis **CA
d. Homo sapiens
14. The following are contributions of
Sumerian civilization to the world
EXCEPT
a. Cranial operation
b. wheel
c. concept of alphabet
d. lunar calendar **CA
19. The first civilization in India started
in the river valleys of Indus. Which
group of people are the first to reside?
a. Hindu
b. Dravidians
c. Aryans **CA
d. Buddhist
20. King Hammurabi of Babylonian was
known in Mesopotamia and West Asia.
How is he remembered?
a. He spread his religion
b. He gathered the laws **CA
c. He discovered a system of writing
d. He married 4 muslim princesses
21. The Torah is an important
foundation of the monotheistic belief of
the Hebrew. What do you mean by
Monotheism?
a. Belief on one God **CA
b. Belief on the Holy Trinity
c. Belief on many gods
d. Belief on Monster gods
22. Alexander the Great established and
spread a civilization which is a mixture
of Asian and Greek culture. The
civilization is known as ____________
a. Hellenes
b. Hellenic
c. Hellenistic **CA
d. Lydian
23. A terrace of plants and flowers was
built by Nebuchadnezzar of the
Chaldean Empire. This is referred to
_____________
a. Great Wall
b. Leaning Tower
c. Rice Terraces
d. Hanging Gardens **CA
24. Asia is the biggest continent in the
world and covers almost 1/3 of the total
area. What is the total land area of
Asia?
a. 30, 243,910 kilometro kwadrado
b. 44, 391,000 kilometro kwadrado **CA
c. 10, 355,000 kilometro kwadrado
d. 57, 098,815 kilometro kwadrado
25. Japan joined forces with two
European countries forming the AXIS
Powers against the Allied Powers. What
were the two European countries?
a. Italy and Greece
b. Italy and Germany **CA
c. Germany and Austria
d. Germany and Russia
26. The aim of Taoism is to have world
balance. This is composed of yin and
yang. Yang symbolizes
______________
a. women
b. men **CA
c. youth
d. aged
27. The form of writing by the Chinese.
a. Cuneiform
b. Calligraphy **CA
c. hieroglyphics
d. scribbling
28. In the Babylonian Empire, the
confederacy of laws is known as
______________. These laws is
engraved in stone of more or less eight
feet in height.
a. Laws of Dravidian
b. Koran
c. Vedic
d. Code of Hammurabi **CA
29. Which of the following is NOT in 35. In Jainism, the use of force and it is
lined with the teachings of Hinduism? important to act peacefully such as not
a. They believe in continuous cycle of harming any form of life. This is called
life and death of man to make the soul as the absence of violence or
pure. At this point, one attains Nirvana. ___________
b. The lowest member of the Caste a. ahimsa **CA
System are the Untouchables b. asteya
c. The doctrine of Hinduism is the Four c. aparigraha
Noble Truths **CA d. Brahman
d. The main gods of Hinduism are
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva 36. An Economic principle which
considers the no. of gold and silver that
30. The religion Islam is based on the the country possesses as the basis of its
Five Pillars. These are Shahada, Salat, wealth and power.
Sawm, Hajj and _______. a. Socialism
a. Nirvana b. Merkantilism **CA
b. Zakat **CA c. Communism
c. Sutee d. Capitalism
d. Seljur
37. In Christianism, the belief that there
31. The religious temple of the are three persons in one God: The
Sumerians is known as _______ Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit is
a. augur called ___________.
b. gobekli a. Hegira
c. shul b. Holy Trinity **CA
d. ziggurat **CA c. Holy Communion
d. Ahimsa
32. The former name of Myanmar.
a. Laos 38. In Vietnam, as a protest of the
b. Burma **CA Christian policy of President Ngo Dinh
c. Constantinople Diem against the Buddhist, one
d. Anatolia Buddhist monk burn himself to death.
The famous act of burning oneself is
33. On what dynasty is the Great Wall of known as __________.
China built? a. self-annihilation
a. Qin **CA b. self-condemnation
b. Chan c. self-mortification
c. Han d. self-immolation **CA
d. Sui
39. The series of campaign made by
34. The former name of Iran. European Knights to recover Jerusalem
a. Persia **CA from the hands of the Moslems.
b. Anatolia a. Mass campaign
c. Asia Minor b. Divine Campaign
d. Formosa c. Dark Knight
d. Crusade **CA
40. Which is NOT True of the religion
Islam.
a. In Muslim community, Abu Bakr was
the first Caliph
b. Ramadan or the Month of Fasting for
the Muslims ends with Eidul-Ftir
c. Zakat is the act of praying for the
Muslims five times a day- salat **CA
d. Muslims believe that Jesus Christ is a
prophet and not a God.
41. The Southeast Asian Nation is one
of the regional associations in Asia. How
does the association help the member-
states?
a. Freedom and Peace is maintained
**CA
b. Giving of information about
development
c. Giving of financial aid to the members
d. Training of the leaders of the
member-countries
42. The Chinese civilization flourished in
the Yellow River basin between 1600
BC and well into the twentieth century.
In around 600 BC, Lao Tzu was born.
What religion did he found?
a. Taoism **CA
b. Buddhism
c. Confucianism
d. Zoroastrianism
43. The Magna Carta was published by
the King of which country?
a. France
b. Italy
c. Austria
d. England- King John **CA
44. The Indus Valley civilization is still
somewhat of a mystery to archeologists
because
a. the Aryans destroyed all the remains
of the civilization **CA
b. the writing system has not been
deciphered
c. the small size of the civilization makes
it difficult to excavate
d. the isolation from the rest of the world
limited trade an diffusion
45. What ideas do Hinduism and
Buddhism have in common?
a. universal salvation
b. the caste system
c. reincarnation **CA
d. monotheism
46. What is the largest ocean in the
world?
a. Indian ocean
b. Arctic ocean
c. Atlantic ocean
d. Pacific ocean **CA
47. All of the following are
characteristics of classical civilizations
EXCEPT
a. central government
b. organized bureaucracy
c. social stratification
d. democratic institutions **CA
48. The ancient people started to reside
in communities and establish a
government, created religion and
developed culture and means of living.
What was the reason why the ancient
people stopped from being nomadic or
from a wandering way of life in order to
build civilization?
a. the discovery of a system of writing
b. man discovered agriculture and
learned to domesticate animals **CA
c. the discovery of metal
d. the discovery of astronomy

49. The Philippine currency and its

stability is projected and supervised by
___________.
a. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
**CA
b. National Economic and Development
Administration
c. Bureau of Treasury
d. Boy Scout of the Philippines (BSP)

50. The Mongols became one of the

greatest conquerors because of their
skill in ______
a. Diplomacy
b. Use of weapons
c. Work as herders
d. Horse riding **CA