Test 1.

Directions: Read each item carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. It refers to the study of the ways in which the human experience is processed and
documented.
a. Humanities c. Geography
b. Philosophy d. Anthropology

2. He is an Islamic medieval scholar who documented the lives of early populations in the
Middle East, South Asia, and the Mediterranean.
a. AL-Biruni c. Plato
b. Herodotus d. King Louis XVI

3. He is an Athenian Philosopher who is the founder of the Academy, which is considered

to be the first institution of higher learning in the Western World.
a. Durkheim c. William Thompson
b. Alexis de Tocqueville d. Plato

4. What are the three developmental stages according to French Philosopher Auguste
Comte?
a. Theological, Philosophical, and Scientific
b. Psychology, Philosophy, Economic
c. Empirical , Sociological and Social
d. Social Science, Natural Science, Humanities

5. He attempted to reconcile mysticism with theology by dividing science into two

ddifferent categories, the religious science that regards the sciences of the Qur’an and the
non –religious science.
a. Ibn Khaldun’s epistemology c. Durkheim
b. Alexis de Tocqueville d. William Thompson

6. It is engaged in the study of Phenomena relating to human groups and their socio
physical environment.
a. Anthropology c. Physical Science
b. Social Science d. Political Science

7. The history of Social Science can be tracked back to the _______.

a. Roots of ancient philosophy c. Greek Historian
b. Roots of modern philosophy d. Ethics

8. It is a branch of Science that seeks to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world by
using the Empirical and Scientific method.
a. Social Science c. Psychology
 b. Humanities d. Anthropology

9. A major branch of science that deals with the description, prediction and understanding
of natural phenomena, basically based on observational and empirical evidence.
a. Natural Science c. Psychology
b. Geography d. Anthropology

10. It refers to the study of the ways in which the human experience is processed and
documented.
a. Natural Science c. Humanities
b. Social Science d. Philosopher/Scholars

TEST II.
Directions: Identify what is being asked in each statement.
1. The study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and din relation to
physical character, environmental and social relations and culture.
2. The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to
correct disobedience.
3. The study of the past or event or a branch of knowledge that records and explains past
events.
4. The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence, especially when
considered as an academic discipline.
5. The study of mind and behavior in relation to a particular field of knowledge or activity .
6. A body or facts learned by study or experience.
7. A belief, policy or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action.
8. an enduring and cooperating social groups whose members have developed organized
patterns of relationships through interaction with one another.
9. He was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political
philosophy.
10. He was among the most famous philosophers and political theorists of the 17th century.
11. He was a French judge, man of letters, and political philosopher. He also the principal
source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions
throughout the world.
12. He was a Genevan philosopher, writer and composer .
13. Used critical thinking and scientific inquiry to address the shifting socioeconomic
condition of their time.
14. He was a French sociologist formally established the academic discipline of sociology.
15. He was a student of Plato for twenty years but is famous for rejecting Plato’s theory of
forms.