Cagayan State University

Andrews Campus, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan 3500

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION

SOC.SCI. 12 (POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE WITH PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION)

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Name: ____________________________________ Class Code & Schedule___________________ Score: _________

I. IDENTIFICATION: Identify the terms being described/defined. Write your answer on the space
provided.

________________ 1. It is the peculiar task of which is to prescribe general rules for the state.
________________ 2. How old should one to qualify him or her to be a member of the senate?
________________ 3. How old should one to qualify him or her to be a member of the house of representatives?
________________ 4. How old should one to qualify him or her to be president of the Philippine republic?
________________ 5. It is the power to apply the laws to contests or disputes concerning legally recognized rights or duties
between the state and its citizens.
________________ 6. It is the power to administer the laws.
________________ 7-8. The two chamber of the Philippine congress.
________________ 8.
________________ 9. The legislature that is vested in the Philippine congress.
__________________10. It is the statutes which are the written enactments of the legislature governing the relations of the people & the
government.

MATCHING TYPE: Match column B with A. Write the LETTER of your choice before each item.

COLUMN A COUMN B
11. The chief characteristics of sovereignty. A. Absoluteness
12. The characteristic of sovereignty which states that every individual B. Exclusiveness
and every association of individual is subject to the sovereignty of the state. C. Inalienability
13. There can be no another sovereign state within the existing sovereign state. D. Indivisibility
14. Sovereignty is the life and soul of the state and it cannot be alienated E. Originality
without destroying the state itself. F. Permanence
15. There can be no legal power within the state superior to it, and there can G. Unity
be no legal limit to the supreme law making power of the state. H. Universality

II. Multiple Response: Read each statement then write A if the first statement is correct, B if the second
statement is correct, C if both the statements are correct & D if neither of the statement is correct.

16. A. The external sovereign of any state requires recognition of other states in order to make it perfect and complete.
B. Sovereignty is considered the supreme power of the state.
17. A. Police Power is the power of the state to take private property for public use upon payment of just compensation.
B. Power of taxation is the power of the state to impose and collect revenue for public purposes.
18. A. Political sovereignty refers to the wishes of the majority of the electorate as a result of a political exercise.
B. Legal sovereignty is where the law making body of the government is vested.
19. A. The inherent powers are necessary attributes of sovereignty & are enduring and as indestructible as the State itself.
B. State is politically organized while nationality is still politically unorganized.
20. A. Sovereignty can be acquired as a gift or grant of state.
B. There is a definite rule governing the number of the inhabitants which a community must have in order to be entitled to
recognition.

III. Enumerative Essay: Give one of the rights of state and explain briefly but substantially. (5 points)

Prepared by:

ROGER J. RAMOS