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Socsci Handout - 2022
Socsci Handout - 2022
PERIODS IN HISTORY
I. Prehistoric Period - A period when there were no written records of man‘s progress.
Mesopotamia’s Contributions
• The Nile River, the longest river in the world, gives abundant water for irrigation,
and its flood makes the soil fertile.
• The ancient Egyptian writing was called hieroglyphics. It means “sacred signs”
because it was written by the priests.
1. Brahmins – priests
2. Kshatriyas – rulers and warriors
3. Vaishyas – peasants and traders
4. Shudras – laborers
• They gave the world 4 religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism.
• Invented “yoga”, a Hindu philosophy that teaches a person to experience inner
peace by controlling the body and mind.
• Architecture: Taj Mahal
• City Planning: sophisticated, laid out their cities on a precise grid system.
• LITERATURE:
1. Panchatantara (first fable)
2. The Clay Cart and Sakuntala (the first dramatic epics)
3. Mahabharata (longest epic with 100,000 couplets, 106,000 verses,
and 7x longer than the Greek Iliad and Odyssey combined)
4. The Bhagavad Gita (world’s greatest philosophical poem)
• The earliest settlement began in 2000 BC when the first Chinese dynasty (Xia)
was founded by an engineer and mathematician named Yu. There were no
written records from this period, hence actual events of this time are unknown.
• The Shang Dynasty (1532 – 1027 B.C.) became the first family of Chinese
rulers to leave written records.
• Their culture had strong bonds that made for unity. Above all, people’s lives were
governed by their duties to two important authorities – their family and their
emperor.
• Chinese philosophers: Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Mencius.
1. Confucius (551 – 479 BC) wrote the Analects which are short and witty
sayings that treat moral values and good human relations.
2. Lao Tzu (604 – 517 BC) founded a new religion, Taoism. His favorite
saying: “He who overcomes others is strong, but he who overcomes
himself is stronger.”
3. Mencius (372 – 289 BC), the greatest pupil of Confucius. He taught that,
“He who gains the hearts of the people gains the throne, and he who loses
the people’s hearts loses the throne.”
• Gunpowder, paper, printing, and the compass are sometimes called the Four
Great Inventions of Ancient China
• Introduced Sericulture (silk industry) and the use of silk clothes
• Printed the first paper money “jiaozi”; the oldest known book “Diamond Sutra”;
oldest newspaper in the world “Peking Gazette”
• Introduced the Civil Service Examination
• Great Wall of China
• Invented the Abacus, a calculator that used sliding beads to help compute math
problems quickly
Ancient Greece
SPARTA
• A military state. All able-bodied men were obliged to acquire training in arms and
fight for their city-state.
• All male babies were examined by the government and only those who were
healthy were allowed to live. Sickly babies were hurled down into the mountains
to die.
ATHENS
Greek Philosophers
Socrates
Plato
• Student of Socrates.
• His masterpiece was The Republic, which portrays an ideal state.
Aristotle
• Student of Plato.
• Tutor of Alexander the Great.
ROME
ROMAN CONTRIBUTIONS
• Jurisprudence – the study of law, the basis of legal systems of modern nations.
• Latin, the language of the Middle Ages which influenced modern languages.
• The Colosseum, the predecessor of the modern gymnasium.
• The Republican form of government, in which the citizens vote for their
representatives to governing bodies.
• Dark Ages – barbaric tribes, the Goths, the Vandals, and the Huns dominated.
Famous poets
FAMOUS PAINTERS
FAMOUS SCULPTORS
• The earliest documented European expedition to the Philippines was that led by
Ferdinand Magellan, in the service of the king of Spain. The expedition first
sighted the mountains of Samar at dawn on the 16th March 1521, making landfall
the following day at the small, uninhabited island of Homonhon at the mouth of
the Leyte Gulf.
• On Easter Sunday, 31 March 1521, at Limasawa Island, Southern Leyte,
Magellan solemnly planted a cross on the summit of a hill overlooking the sea
and claimed for the king of Spain possession of the islands he had seen, naming
them Las Islas de San Lazaru.
• The first Christian mass - officiated by Fr. Pedro de Valderrama on 31 March
1521 at Limasawa Island, Southern Leyte.
• Magellan then went to Cebu to meet Humabon, the Rajah of Cebu, and
converted him into the Catholic faith.
• An order had been issued to the nearby chiefs that each of them was to provide
food supplies for Magellan and his men and convert to Christianity.
• Most chiefs obeyed the order. However, Datu Lapu-Lapu, chief of Mactan, was
the only chieftain to show his opposition.
• On 27 April 1521, Magellan invaded Mactan Island with 60 armed men and
1,000 Cebuano warriors. Lapu-Lapu had an army of 1,500 on land. Magellan
waded ashore with his soldiers and attacked the Mactan defenders.
• Magellan seriously underestimated Lapu-Lapu and his men, and grossly
outnumbered, Magellan and 14 of his soldiers were killed. (April 27, 1521)
• After Magellan's death, Elcano took command of the expedition and continued
the journey across the Indian Ocean, round the Cape of Good Hope, north along
the Atlantic Ocean, and back to Spain in 1522. Elcano and a small group of 18
men were actually the only members of the expedition to make the full
circumnavigation.
Religious Influence
• Christian religion was introduced replacing the paganist anito worship. Friars
were responsible for spreading the religion such as Franciscans, Jesuits (1851),
Dominicans (1857) and Recollects (1606).
• Education was controlled by friars. Religious orders found the first school and
colleges. University of Sto. Tomas was the first university founded in 1611.
• Campaign for reforms started with the formation by the middle class
Propaganda Movement. Foremost among them where Graciano Lopez Jaena,
Mariano Ponce, Marcelo H. Del Pilar, and Jose Rizal.
• The movement failed to attain the reforms they demanded. José Rizal, the most
celebrated intellectual and radical ilustrado of the era, wrote the novels Noli Me
Tángere (published in Berlin,1887), and El filibusterismo (published in
Ghent,1891), which greatly inspired the movement for independence.
• Andres Bonifacio founded the Katipunan (Kataastaasang, Kagalang-galangang
Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan) in July 7, 1892 on a radial platform: to
secure independence and freedom of the Philippines by force.
• The society remained secret until Teodoro Patiño exposed the society to Fr.
Mariano Gil on August 19, 1896. On August 23, 1896, the Katipuneros tore up
their cedulas shouting – “Long Lived the Philippines” thus making the so-called
“Cry of Pugad Lawin”.
Pen names of Propaganda Movement and KKK Leaders
• The Katipunan in Cavite split into two groups, Magdiwang, led by Mariano
Álvarez (a relative of Bonifacio's by marriage), and Magdalo, led by Emilio
Aguinaldo.
• March 22, 1897 - The Tejeros Convention. The Magdalo faction under
Aguinaldo and Magdiwang under Mariano Alvarez agreed to convene in Tejeros
(now part of Gen. Trias) to settle their differences and to establish a new
government that would replace the Katipunan.
• May 10, 1897 – Andres Bonifacio and his brother Procopio were executed after
being found guilty of treason and sedition by a military court.
• November 1, 1897 – The Biak-na-Bato Constitution was signed. It was
prepared by Felix Ferrer and Isabelo Artacho, who copied, almost word for word
the Cuban constitution. It has effectively established the Biak-na-Bato Republic
under Emilio Aguinaldo as the President.
• December 15, 1897 - Pact of Biak-na-Bato, a ceasefire between the Spanish
colonial Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera and the revolutionary
leader Emilio Aguinaldo was signed. The terms of the pact called for Aguinaldo
and his militia to surrender. Other revolutionary leaders were given amnesty and
a monetary indemnity by the Spanish government in return for which the rebel
government agreed to go into exile in Hong Kong.
April 25, 1898 – The USS Maine, having been sent to Cuba because of U.S. concerns
for the safety of its citizens during an ongoing Cuban revolution, exploded and sank in
Havana harbor. This event precipitated the Spanish–American War.
May 1, 1898 - George Dewey led a U.S. naval squadron into Manila Bay in the
Philippines and destroyed the anchored Spanish fleet in a leisurely morning
engagement that cost only seven American seamen wounded. Manila itself was
occupied by U.S. troops by August.
The U.S. invited Aguinaldo to return to the Philippines in the hope he would rally
Filipinos against the Spanish colonial government. Aguinaldo claimed that an American
naval officer told him that “The United States is a great and rich nation and needs
no colonies.” E. Spencer Pratt, U.S. Consul, assured him “That the United States
would at least recognize the independence of the Philippines under the protection
of the United States Navy.” Aguinaldo arrived on May 19, 1898, via transport provided
by Dewey.
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE
• June 12, 1898 - Between 4 and 5 in the afternoon, Aguinaldo, in the presence of
a huge crowd, proclaimed the independence of the Philippines in Kawit, Cavite,
establishing the First Philippine Republic. The Philippine National Flag made in
Hongkong by Marcela Agoncillo was officially hoisted for the first time and
Marcha Nacional Filipina composed by Julian Felipe was played by the San
Francisco de Malabon Band.
• December 10, 1898 - The Spanish-American War ended with the signing of the
Treaty of Paris. It established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico
and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the
Philippine Islands from Spain for $20 million.
The American military government was established following the defeat of Spain in the
Spanish–American War. During the transition period, executive authority in all civil
affairs in the Philippine government was exercised by the military governor.
• Wesley Merritt (Aug 14 – 30, 1898)
• Elwell S. Otis (Aug 30, 1898 – May 5, 1900)
• Arthur MacArthur, Jr. (May 5, 1900 – Jul 4, 1901)
• Adna Chaffee (Jul 4, 1901 – Jul 4, 1902)
• Filipinos initially saw their relationship with the United States as that of two
nations joined in a common struggle against Spain.
• However, the United States later distanced itself from the interests of the Filipino
insurgents.
• Emilio Aguinaldo was unhappy that the United States would not commit to
paper a statement of support for Philippine independence.
• Relations deteriorated and tensions heightened as it became clear that the
Americans were in the islands to stay.
• The Philippine Organic Act was the basic law for the Insular Government, so
called because civil administration was under the authority of the U.S. Bureau of
Insular Affairs. This government saw its mission as one of tutelage, preparing
the Philippines for eventual independence.
Commonwealth
• On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, the US naval base in Hawaii.
• Japan launched a surprise attack on the Clark Air Base in Pampanga on the
morning of December 8, 1941, just ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
This is the date of the World War II outbreak in the Philippines.
• On January 2, 1942, Gen. MacArthur declared the capital city, Manila, an open
city to prevent its destruction.
• Japan successfully occupied the Philippines after the fall of Bataan on April 9,
1942 and Corregidor on May 6.
• 80,000 prisoners of war captured by the Japanese at Bataan were forced to
undertake the infamous Bataan Death March to a prison camp 112 kilometers to
the north. About 10,000 Filipinos and 1,200 Americans died before reaching their
destination.
• Japanese occupation of the Philippines was opposed by large-scale underground
guerilla activity. One element of resistance in the Central Luzon area was
furnished by the Hukbalahap, led by Luis Taruc.
• Japan finally surrendered after Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki
(August 9, 1945) were destroyed by atomic bombs.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political science is the systematic study of the State and Government. The word
political is derived from the Greek word “polis” meaning a city, the word “science” comes
from the Latin word ‘scire’ meaning to know.
1. Police Power - it is the power of the state to regulate individuals’ rights and
property for the general welfare.
2. Eminent Domain or Power of Expropriation – it is the power of the state to
take possession of a private property for a public purpose and after payment of
just compensation.
3. Power of Taxation - the power of the state to enforce proportionate contributions
from the people for support of all government programs and services.
FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
CLASSIFICATIONS OF GOVERNMENT
Constitution - body of rules and maxims in accordance with which the power of
sovereignty is habitually exercised.
Functions:
We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a
just and humane society, and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and
aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and
secure to ourselves and our posterity, the blessings of independence and democracy
under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace,
do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.
CLASSES OF RIGHTS
• Natural Rights – possessed by every citizen without being granted by the State
for they are given to man by God as a human being.
Ex: right to life, right to live, right to love
• Constitutional Rights - rights which are conferred and protected by the
Constitution. Since they are part of the fundamental law, they cannot be modified
or taken away by the law-making body.
Ex: Privilege of Writ of Habeas Corpus
• Statutory Rights – rights that are provided by laws promulgated by a law-
making body and may be abolished by the same.
Ex: the right to receive a minimum wage, the right to adopt a child
WRIT OF AMPARO
• The writ of amparo is a remedy available to any person whose right to life,
liberty and security is violated or threatened with violation by an unlawful
act or omission of a public official or employee, or of a private individual or
entity.
• Amparo serves a dual protective purpose: it protects the citizen and his basic
guarantees, and protects the constitution itself by ensuring that its principles are
not violated by statutes or actions of the state that undermine the basic rights
enshrined therein.
• Thus, in the same way that habeas corpus guarantees physical freedom,
amparo protects other basic rights.
WRIT OF KALIKASAN
• A legal remedy under Philippine law which provides for the protection of one’s
right to “a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and
harmony of nature,” as provided for in Section 16, Article II of the Philippine
Constitution.
• It protects one’s right for a healthy environment rather than constitutional
rights. The writ of Kalikasan may be sought to deal with environmental
damage of such magnitude that it threatens life, health, or property of
inhabitants in two or more cities or provinces.
LEGISLATIVE
Prominent Senators
Presidents
• Manuel L. Quezon – 2nd President.
• Jose P. Laurel – 3rd President.
• Sergio Osmeña – 4th President.
• Manuel Roxas – 5th President.
• Elpidio Quirino – 6th President.
• Carlos P. Garcia – 8th President.
• Ferdinand E. Marcos – 10th President.
• Joseph Ejercito Estrada – 13th President.
• Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo – 14th President.
• Benigno S. Aquino III – 15th President.
• Geronima Josefa Tomelden Pecson – 1st woman senator.
House of Representatives
• Currently composed of 292 representatives, with no more than 20% elected via
party-list system, with the rest elected from legislative districts.
• Term of Office – three (3) years.
• Term limit – 3 consecutive terms, (9) years
• Natural-born citizen, at least 25 years old (on the day of the election)
Veto - a Latin term for “I forbid” or “deny”. It is the power vested in the President to
disapprove acts passed by the Congress.
• Each house has its own inherent power, with the Senate given the power to
vote on treaties, while the House of Representatives can only introduce
money bills.
• The constitution provides Congress with impeachment powers, with the House
of Representatives having the power to impeach, and the Senate having the
power to try the impeached official.
Impeachment
Impeachment has been defined as a method of national inquest into the conduct of
public men. It aims to protect form official delinquencies or malfeasance.
EXECUTIVE
Executive power is vested to the President; in practice however, the president delegates
his power to a cabinet. The cabinet is mostly composed of the heads of the executive
departments, which provide services to the people, and other cabinet-level officials.
The president, who is both the head of state and head of government, is directly elected
to a single six-year term. In case of death, resignation or incapacitation, the Vice
President acts as the president until the expiration of the term.
President
• Natural-born citizen, at least 40 years old (on the day of the election)
• Registered voter
• Can read and write
• Resident of the Philippines for at least 10 years
• Term – 1 term only of 6 years
• Lawyers (9) – Manuel L. Quezon, Jose P. Laurel, Sergio Osmeña, Manuel
Roxas, Elpidio Quirino, Carlos P. Garcia, Diosdado Macapagal, Ferdinand E.
Marcos, Rodrigo R. Duterte
• Soldiers (2) – Emilio Aguinaldo, Fidel V. Ramos
• Economists (2) – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” C.
Aquino III
• Actor - Joseph Ejercito Estrada
• Mechanic – Ramon Magsaysay
• Housewife – Corazon C. Aquino
Bar Topnotchers
• Laurel: 2nd in the Philippine Bar (1915)
• Osmeña: 2nd in the Philippine Bar (1903)
• Roxas: 1st Place in the Philippine Bar (1913)
• Garcia: 7th in the Philippine Bar (1923)
• Macapagal: 1st in the Philippine Bar (1935)
• Marcos, 1st in the Philippine Bar (1939)
Vice-President
• Natural-born citizen, at least 40 years old (on the day of the election)
• Registered voter
• Can read and write
• Resident of the Philippines for at least 10 years
• May be appointed as a Member of the Cabinet
• Term – 1 term only of 6 years
JUDICIARY
The judiciary is composed of the Supreme Court and other lower courts. The Supreme
Court is the court of last resort, and decides on constitutionality of laws via judicial
review. It is composed of a Chief Justice and 14 Associate Justices.
The Court of Appeals is the second highest appellate court, the Court of Tax Appeals
rules on tax matters, and the Sandiganbayan (People's Advocate) is a special court
for alleged government irregularities. The Regional Trial Courts (RTC) are the main
trial courts. The Regional Trial Courts are based on judicial regions, which almost
correspond to the administrative regions.
1. Executive branch has the power to check the legislative branch by vetoing
laws that Congress wants to pass.
2. Legislative branch may check the executive branch by passing laws over the
veto by two-thirds vote in each house.
3. Judicial branch may check both the legislative and executive by declaring laws
unconstitutional.
• Executive over the judicial branch. The president appoints all supreme court
justices.
• Legislative over the executive branch. The legislative branch must approve
appointments that the president makes; the Senate must approve treaties that
the president makes; and the legislative branch may investigate the executive
branch.
• Legislative over the judicial branch. The legislative branch must approve the
president’s choice of judges to the judicial branch; may propose constitutional
amendments to overturn judicial decisions.
• Legislative over the executive and judicial branches. The Congress has
impeachment powers with the House of Representatives having the power to
impeach, and the Senate having the power to try the impeached official.
• Judicial over the executive branch. Supreme Court justices cannot be fired by
the president.
ECONOMICS
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
• Land – the “gifts of nature”, or natural resources not created by human effort.
• Capital – tools, equipment, machinery, and factories used in production.
• Labor – includes people with all their efforts, abilities, and skills.
• Entrepreneurship – risk-taking individuals in search of profits.
Types of Products
Inflation – a continuing rise in the general price level usually attributed to an increase in
the volume of money and credit relative to available goods and services.
Effects of Inflation
• Gross domestic product is the best way to measure a country’s economy. GDP
is the total value of everything produced by all the people and companies in the
country. It doesn’t matter if they are citizens or foreign-owned companies. If they
are located within the country’s boundaries, the government counts their
production as GDP.
Gross National Product (GNP)
GEOGRAPHY
Notable geographers
Asia
• Largest continent and includes within its limits an area of 44,444,100 km2
(17,159,995 mi2), or about 33% of the world‘s total land surface.
• Most populous of all the continents, with a population of 4,436,224,000 (2016), or
59.69% of the world‘s total population.
• The highest point is in Mount Everest, which towers at 29,029 ft. located in
Nepal; the lowest point is 395 m (1,296 ft.) below sea level along the shores of
the Dead Sea in Israel and Jordan.
Africa
North America
• The continent‘s land area places its third in size among the seven continents. It
covers an area of 24.71M k² or 16.5% of the Earth’s total land area.
• Total population is 579,024,000 or 7.79% of the world’s total population.
• It is extended in the northwest by the peninsula of Alaska and its Aleutian Island
chain, in the northeast by the world‘s largest island (Greenland).
• Of the more than 400 million people in North America, almost 60% are located in
the United Sates and another 20% live in Mexico.
• In North America, the overwhelming majority are Christians.
• The most dominant languages in North America are Spanish, French, and
English. There are also a large number of people who speak Danish, but they are
mostly confined to Greenland.
• Canada is the largest country in North America. It is followed by the United
States, Greenland and Mexico.
• North America’s lowest point is the Badwater Basin, located in Death Valley
National Park, California. It has a surface elevation of 282 feet below sea level.
• The famous Niagara Falls can also be seen in this continent which straddle the
international border between the Ontario, Canada and the state of New York.
• North America’s highest point is Mount McKinley (Denali), which is a mountain
peak located in Alaska. It has a summit elevation of 20,310 feet above sea level.
• The world’s largest fresh water lake is in North America. Lake Superior, located
on the border of United States and Canada, has a total surface area of 82,100 k².
South America
Antarctica
• Antarctica is the fifth-largest and southernmost continent. Its position at the South
Pole, together with its elevation and ice-and-snow cover, generates the coldest
climate on Earth.
• Total population is 4,490 (2016).
• The summer population is several thousand, but only a few hundred scientists
and support personnel stay during the winter. They live in semitransparent
bases.
• Tallest peak is Vinson Massif which towers at 4, 892m.
Europe
Australia
Oceania - Refers to a group of island countries and territories in the Pacific Ocean
(together with the continent of Australia).
Pacific Ocean
• The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's oceans, extending from the Arctic
in the north to Antarctica in the south. Covering 169.2 million k², it is larger than
all of the Earth's land area combined.
• The Pacific's greatest asset is its fish. The shoreline waters of the continents and
the more temperate islands yield herring, salmon, sardines, snapper, swordfish,
and tuna, as well as shellfish.
• Paedocypris progenetica – smallest fish in the world.
• Chromis Gunting, Chromis Hangganan, Chromis Bowesi, Sardenilla
Pacifica (Fish - New Species)
Atlantic Ocean
• The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest ocean covering 106.4 million k². It
occupies about one-fifth of the Earth's surface.
• The major species of fish caught are cod, haddock, hake, herring, and mackerel.
Eel, lobster, and whales have also been taken in great quantities.
• Indian Ocean
• The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean, covering 73.56 million k², or about
twenty percent of the water on the Earth's surface.
• Endangered marine species include the dugong, seals, turtles, and whales. Oil
and ship pollution threatens the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea.
Southern Ocean
• The Southern Ocean is the fourth-largest ocean, covering 20.32 million k². It is
typically between 4,000 and 5,000 meters deep with only limited areas of shallow
water.
• The Antarctic Circumpolar Current at 21,000 kilometers is the world's longest
ocean current, transporting 130 million cubic meters per second - 100 times the
flow of all the world's rivers.
Arctic Ocean
• The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five major oceans and the
shallowest.
• It is largely covered by sea ice throughout the year.
• Endangered marine species include walruses and whales. Phytoplankton are a
crucial part of the ocean and there are massive amounts of them in the Arctic.
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