PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Activity Worksheet

Name: ___________________________ Score: __________

Grade and Section: _________________ Date: ___________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read the following items carefully. Write the letter of the
correct answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. It is a formal decision-making process by which the citizens of the country vote

and select certain officials to hold public office.
a. Amendment c. Plebiscite
b. Election d. Suffrage

2. The existing electoral system in the Philippines was established under what
Constitution?
a. Constitution 1935 c. Constitution 1973
b. Constitution 1943 d. Constitution 1987

3. This commission is empowered to supervise every aspect of campaigns and

elections in the country.
a. COMELEC c. NAMFREL
b. Congress d. Senate

4. The following countries are example of multiparty system except one, which is
this?
a. Indonesia c. South Korea
b. North Korea d. Sweden

5. These people come together to contest elections in order to hold power in the
government.
a. Political Ideologies c. Political Party
b. Political System d. Political Science

6. The following are the qualifications of voters in the country EXCEPT one,
which is this?
a. A citizen (male or female) of the Philippines
b. Not otherwise disqualified by law
c. At least eighteen (18) years of age
d. Have resided in the Philippines for at least three (3) months and in the
place wherein he proposes to vote for at least two (2) months preceding
the election.

7. It is the name given to a vote of the people expressing their choice for or against
a proposed law or enactment submitted to them.
a. Plebiscite c. Recall
b. Referendum d. Initiative
 8. It is a political system in which are featured by the presence of a fairly large
number of parties with compete with one another on relatively equal terms.
a. Double Party System c. Multiparty System
b. Electoral System d. One-Party System

9. It is a form of government where the country is ruled by a single political party.

a. Double Party System c. Multiparty System
b. Electoral System d. One-Party System

10. What article of the constitution is related to the right of every Filipino to vote?
a. Article III c. Article V
b. Article IV d. Article VI

II. JUMBLED LETTERS. Arrange the jumbled letters to reveal the hidden words.
Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper

1. It is the right and obligation to vote of qualified citizens in

the election of certain national and local officers of the
ESUFGFRA
government and in the decision of public questions
submitted to the people.
2. It is a formal decision-making process by which the
OCELETIN citizens of the country vote and select certain officials to
hold public office.
3. It is the process whereby the people directly propose and
REDFEMRENU
enact laws.
4. It is the submission of a law or part thereof passed by the
VINITIEATI national or local legislative body to the voting citizens of
a country for their ratification or rejection.
5. It is a method by which a public officer may be removed
from office during his tenure or before the expiration of his
CAELLR
term by a vote of the people after registration of a petition
signed by a required percentage of the qualified voters.