Department of Education

Region IV (MIMAROPA)
Division of Oriental Mindoro

THIRD PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Name : _____________________________________ Score: __________________

Section : ____________________________________
A. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer in the box.
1. A particular branch of learning or body of knowledge, such as physics, sociology, and history.
a. social c. discipline
b. science d. natural science
2. Art, music, and literature are examples of disciplines under the field of ___________________
a. applied professions c. social science
b. natural science d. humanities
3. Why social science is significant in the society?
a. it may help the researcher to control and predict the nature
b. it may help the people in field of science to understand the different phenomena
c. it may help people to understand and appreciate the nature as a whole
d. it may help researchers solve the complexities of human behavior
4. A branch of study concerned with the observation and classification of facts through experiments.
a. science c. social science
b. humanities d. discipline
5. A group of people who occupy a particular territory and speak a common language not generally understood by
neighboring people.
a. society c. tribe
b. community d. social
6. Society is came from the Latin word societas that was derived from the noun socius meaning ___________.
a. tribe c. sole
b. comrade d. social
7. A standard or pattern especially of social behavior, it is typical or expected from a group.
a. norm c. behavior
b. exception d. domain
8. It is a branch of learning that investigates human constructs and concerns as opposed to natural processes and
social relations.
a. humanities c. social science
b. sociology d. natural science
9. Which of the following statement is TRUE about social science?
a. social sciences is also called the “hard sciences”
b. social sciences aims to attempts to understand nature’s phenomena
c. social sciences do not use scientific method
d. social sciences can be said to be the study of human system
10. It is the systematic study of various aspects of human society.
a. natural science c. humanities
b. social science d. applied profession
11. Who is the father of Modern Economics?
a. Karl Marx c. Franz Boaz
b. Adam Smith d. Herodutus
12. _____________ is one of the oldest social sciences.
a. Psychology c. Demography
b. History d. Sociology
13. Modern linguistics started to develop in the ___________ century
a. 20th c. 18th
b. 19th d. 17th
14. He is the Father of Sociology and Anthropology.
a. Emile Durkheim c. Bronislaw Malinowski
b. Max Weber d. Herbert Spencer
 15. The _____________ was the first writer of history.
a. French c. Roman
b. German d. Greek
16. It is the study of human speech especially as the vehicle of literature and as a field of study that sheds light on
cultural history.
a. historiography c. ethnography
b. philology d. demography
17. Sociology as a formal academic field of study was founded by
a. Auguste Comte c. Emile Durkheim
b. John Dewey d. Immanuel Kant
18. He established the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig thereby effectively making psychology a formal field
of study.
a. Wilhelm Wundt c. Sigmund Freud
b. Karl Marx d. John Dewey
19. The study of the features of the earth and the location of living things on the planet.
a. Anthropology c. Geography
b. Demography d. Sociology
20. A social science that dealing with the inner working of the human mind and how these translate to certain
behavior.
a. Sociology c. History
b. Humanities d. Psychology
B. Identify what discipline of the social sciences has the following objective. Write your answer on the space provided.
____________________________21. To know the evolution of human kind
____________________________22. To develop better policies in order to minimize problems and maximize the
benefits of everyday work.
____________________________23. To produce better citizen by having a well-grounded knowledge of all
governmental agencies.
____________________________24. To understand the nature of language variation (dialects)
____________________________25. To trace the traditions of early people that were passed from generations
____________________________26. To understand how the environment has influenced the rise and movement of
great civilizations as well as human’s ways of life.
C. Explain.
27-29. How Geography contributes to the understanding of History?

30-32. Do you think studying History is necessary and important? Give two reasons for your stance.

33-35. Which of the social science disciplines do you find most interesting? Justify.