PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

SUMMATIVE TEST #1

A. Multiple Choice. Read carefully each item and select the letter of your correct answer.
1. It is derived from the Greek word ‘Polis’ which means city-state.
A. Police C. Politics
B. Power D. Authority
2. Greek Philosopher who popularized the lines “Man is a political animal.”
A. Weber C. Max
B. Genldner D. Aristotle
3. Which of the following is not an element of state?
A. People C. Government
B. Territory D. School
4. One of the institutions involved in governance.
A. People C. Government
B. Territory D. School
5. Which of the following refers to an individual's right to use power by making decisions giving a
directive and demanding compliance?
A. Sovereignty C. Authority
B. Legitimacy D. Power
6. Which ideology has the absence of a government, but has the presence of laws?
A. Anarchism C. Liberalism
B. Conservatism D. Socialism
7. It is the exercise of legitimate power.
A Sovereignty C. Authority
B. Legitimacy D. Power
8. Which of the following ideologies maintain traditional values but also accept the current political
structure of societies?
A. Anarchism C. Liberalism
B. Conservatism D. Socialism

B. True or False. Read the following statement and write TRUE if the statement is correct and write FALSE if it is
wrong.
9. In order for a country to be a state, all the elements of the state must be present.
10. Authority is the exercise of legitimate power.
11. Citizen refers to the administrative machinery of the state.
12. Power is the ability to make people do what you would have them do even if they don’t want to.
13. Nationalism is a set of political beliefs emphasizing individual rights and liberties.
14. Liberalism is identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the
exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
15. Individualism focuses on the importance of the ‘self’ over society.
16. Kurdistan is an example of a stateless nation.
17. Politics involves money.

C. Identification: Read the descriptions provided below. Identify the ideology that best describes the
descriptions in the spaces provided.
18. In the Philippines, same-sex marriage is not yet approved. The Church has many things to say
against this action of the LGBTQIA community in the country.
19. For years, Somalia has been divided into many smaller feudal territories led by warlords. In such a
scenario, there is no public spending, piracy is prevalent, there is the absence of their own currency, and no
 courts may intervene in any legal dispute.
20. The center of progress is freedom. Every individual is capable of rationalization, which makes them
active participants in thinking for solutions to recurring problems. Thus, individuals are given specific
freedoms as a testament to their individuality.

D. Identification: Write the concept that best describes the descriptions in the spaces provided.
21. It is the systematic study of the state and the government.
22. It is the instrument of the state through which the will of the people is expressed, carried out, and
formulated.
23. It refers to the manner of steering or governing, or of directing and controlling, a group of people or a
state.
24. It is one’s ability to achieve a desired outcome.
25. It refers to the people’s perception that their government rules rightfully, and thus must be obeyed.

E. Fill in the blanks. Complete the PREAMBLE.

We, the (26)__________ Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and
(27)________ society, and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the
common good, conserve and develop our (28)_________, and secure to ourselves and our posterity, the blessings
of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, (29)________, freedom, love,
equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this (30)__________.

F. BONUS. Map Test. Identify the locations.