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3What do you call a profession and topic of study that deals with home and community
economics and management? HOME ECONOMICS
2. What is the basic unit of the society? FAMILY
3. Who is credited as being the first to advocate for the economics of running a household?
CATHERINE BEECHER
4. Who is the American abolitionist and author best known for her work Uncle Tom's Cabin 6, was
also a member of the Beecher family? Harriet Beecher Stowe
5. What is the average weight of the newborn baby? 2.5 KG
6. Give at least 5 reflexes of the newborn baby. SUCKING, ROOTING, SWALLOWING, AND
EXTRUSION REFLEX, MORO'S REFLEX, TONIC NECK REFLEX AND CROSSED EXTENSOR REFLEX
7. Which act that established the first land grant colleges and universities, which laid the
groundwork for the rise of Home Economics education? THE MORILL ACT
8. When did Richard arranged a series of yearly gatherings known as the Lake Placid Conferences?
1899
9. What do you call the science of correct living? OEKOLOGY
10. Who created the Philippine Home Economics Association? Dr. Helena Zoila Tirona Benitez
11. When did Elvessa Ann Stewart got appointed as the Superintendent of Home Economics at the
Manila Bureau of Education? 1929
12. Who said that home economics education continues to be an important subject area that plays a
critical role in nation building? Dr. Michelle Pinnock
13. Give the six basic needs of a newborn baby? SECURITY, CLOTHING, ENOUGH SLEEP, NUTRITIOUS
FOOD, SENSORY STIMULATION, LOVE, AND ATTENTION.
14. What do you call a branch of economics that focuses on enhancing family life and increasing
individual output in the social economy? HOME ECONOMICS
15. In the K-12 Curriculum, what are the areas that are covered in Home Economics? COOKING,
CHILD DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS, HOME MANAGEMENT
AND DESIGN, SEWING AND TEXTILES, BUDGETING AND ECONOMICS, HEALTH AND HYGIENE
16. Who was the first woman to launch the Home Economics movement? Ellen Swallow Richards
17. Which act established the importance of occupational preparation in home economics? Smith-
Hughes Act
18. When was the American Home Economics Association founded? January 1909
19. In which event that the American Home Economics Association was renamed the American
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences? Scottsdale Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona in
1993
20. When was the Philippine Home Economics Association created? 1948