1) The document is a first summative test that covers multiple choice, identification, enumeration, and essay questions about various topics in the social sciences including anthropology, geography, economics, history, and related terms. 2) The multiple choice questions test knowledge of key concepts and terms from different social science disciplines like the definitions of anthropology, sociology, natural sciences, and which examples are included in natural sciences versus social sciences. 3) The identification questions require naming important figures in different social science fields like the fathers of history, anthropology, economics, and geography as well as terms they coined. 4) The enumeration questions involve listing terms or examples from topics covered like the two branches of geography

1. FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST
DISS

2. MULTIPLE CHOICE (1-15)
Choose the letter of the best
answer and write it on your
answer sheet.

3. 1. It refers to the study of the ways
in which the human experience is
processed and documented.
a. Anthropology c. Natural sciences
b. Humanities d. Social sciences

4. 2 . A branch of science devoted to
the study of societies and the
relationships among individuals
within those societies
a. Anthropology c. Natural sciences
b. Humanities d. Social sciences

5. 3. He was the first to systematize
and give a complete analysis on the
principles of the positive character
of the social sciences.
a. Auguste Comte c. Karl Marx
b. Charles Darwin d. Lawrence
Kempton

6. 4. The human knowledge is categorized
into three (3), which is not included?
a. Natural Science
b. Social Science
c. Biblical beliefs
d. Humanities

7. 5. A major branch of science that
deals with the description,
prediction and understanding of
natural phenomena, basically
based on observational and
empirical evidence.
b. Humanities d. Social sciences
a. Anthropology c. Natural sciences

8. 6. Which of the following is not an
example of Natural Science?
a. Physics
b. Chemistry
c. Biological or Life Science
d. Geography

9. 7. Which of the following is not an
example of Social Science?
a. Earth Science
b. Economics
c. Anthropology
d. Psychology

10. 8. Which of the following best describes
what social sciences have in common?
a. An interest in studying human beings
b. The study of human mind
c. A focus on material culture
d. Research that overlaps genetics

11. 9. Social science and natural science are
both scientific but differ in focus because?
a. Natural science deals with spiritual
values
b. Social science deals with all aspects of
the group life of humans
c. Social science deals mostly with matter
and energy
d. Natural science does not deal with living
things

12. 10. Social science has ________ branches.
a. Nine c. Ten
b. Seven d. Twenty

13. 11. These are the ideas and beliefs that
are passed down from one generation to
another generation and can be created by
individuals.
a. Culture c. Tradition
b. Beliefs d. Heredity

14. 12. Which science is concerned with the
production, distribution, and consumption
of resources in society?
a. Psychology
b. Linguistics
c. Economics
d. Anthropology

15. 13. In archaeology, objects found on a
certain area by the archaeologist are
being studied, these are called,
a. Ecofacts c. features
b. Artifacts d. fossils

16. 14. James is now ready to officially see
the girl of his dreams, and is planning to
travel to the Philippines. But, he does not
know where is Philippines and what kinds
of weather they have there. What would
be the perfect study to use if you were
James?
a. Linguistics c. History
b. Anthropology d. Geography

17. 15. The study of places and the
relationships between people and their
environment.
a. Geography c. History
b. Anthropology d. Economics

18. IDENTIFICATION (16-35)
Identify the term / name of
person described in each item

19. 16. Father of History
17. Father of Anthropology
18. Father of Philippine
Anthropology
19. Father of Economics
20. Father of Geography

20. 21. It is where the word economics came
from. It means household management.
22. The word geography came from these
words “___________” which means earth,
23. “___________” which means to describe.
24. The word history came from a Greek
word “___________” which means knowing
by inquiry.

21. 25. The word anthropology came from
Greek words “___________” which means man
26. and “___________” which means to study.
27. He coined the term “culture”.
28. He coined the term “geography”.
29. The innermost layer of the Earth’s
atmosphere.
30. It is the layer that serves as our
protection from the direct heat of the sun.

22. 31. It is 30% of the earth’s surface.
32. It is 70% of the earth’s surface.
33. It is a branch of geography that
describes what human do on land and in
water.
34. DISS means ___________________________.
35. Write the fullname (including the middle
initial of your teacher in DISS)

23. ENUMERATION (36-40 )
Enumerate the terms / words
being asked in each item

24. 36-37. The two branches of Geography
38-39. The two branches of Anthropology
40-42. Give at least three (3) factors of
production from the four factors discussed
43-45. The three branches of History

25. ESSAY (46-50 )
For you, what will be the best
solution for poverty?