FIRST MONTHLY EXAMINATION

DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Name: Date:
Year and Section: Score:
A. Identification: Write the correct answer on the blank. USE CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY. NO
SUPERIMPOSITION
1. It aims to predict all natural phenomena and its studies
are based on experimentally controlled condition.
2. It seeks to human reactions to events and the meaning
created by experience.
3. A study of historical, cultural, sociological, psychological
and the political forces that shape the action of
individual and its impact on the society.
4. Economics resources that can be used to produce
goods and services are called __________.
5. The study of the efficient allocation of scarce resources
on order to satisfy unlimited human needs and wants.
6. Traces the biological evolution of man.
7. It is the study of how words are categorized or formed.
8. Reconstruct the past life of ancient societies.
9. It is the studies of behaviour and performance of an
economy as a whole.
10. It is the systematic study of society as a whole.
11. It is the study of scientific study of behaviour and mental
processes.
12. It is the study of how words are combined to form a
sentence.
13. It is the study of language of the language context.
14. It investigates the cultural features of the societies like
language, kinship pattern, and marriage customs.
15. It is the study of human population.
16. It is the study of individual behaviour, households and
individual firms and markets allocating their resources.
17. It is the study of speech and sounds.
18. It is anything that comes from nature and which gives
life and support to all living creatures.
19. It is refers to any human effort exerted during the
production process which include physical exertion,
application of skills or talent or exercise of intellectual
faculties.
 20. It is refers to anything that can be used to create or
manufacture goods and services.

A2. Identify the appropriate discipline applicable in the given situation.

21. An inquiry on the causes of juvenile delinquency among
adolescents.
22. An investigation of areas or location where the
incidence of earthquake are most likely to occur.
23. An inquiry on how colonial occupation has changed the
values of the native people population.
24. Evaluation of the career path with respect to the
qualifications of the individual employee in your
company.
25. An analysis of the consumption patterns among
housewives in middle income community.
26. A description of the different cultural practices of the
Igorots.
27. An analysis of the voting behaviour among young adults.
28. Causes of fraternity wars and gang violence.
29. Causes of severe depression which lead to suicide.
30. A policy recommendation on how to raise the incidence
of birth in countries that have an aging population.

B. Fill in the Blanks. Fill in the blanks to complete the statement. NO ERASURES.
1. The two types of historical sources are _____________________ and ____________________.
2. _________________ is considered as the father of modern psychology.
3. The two scopes of economics are ___________________ and _____________________.
4. __________________ is the study of politics, power and government.
5. The two main branch of geography are ___________________ and ___________________.
6. ___________________ is the study of how words are combined to form a sentence.
7. ___________________ studies the interaction between natural environment and the
people living it.
8. Demography is the study of human ________________.
9. Cultural anthropology have three sub-branches namely _________________,
____________________ and __________________.
C. Matching Type: Choose the answer from the choices below. Write the correct answer on
the blank provided before each number.
Archeology Adam Smith Giambattista Geography Homer
Vico
Thucydides Economics Anthropology Erastosthenes Aristotle

Thomas Maltus Morpology Syntax John Locke Voltaire

1. Study of Cultural Traditions.

 2. Wrote the Two Treatise of Government.
3. Wrote the Peloponnesian War.
4. The Father of Geography.
5. Wrote the La Scienza Nuova.
6. Study the efficient allocation of scarce resources.
7. Known for writing an inquiry into the nature and causes
of the wealth of nations in 1776.
8. Study of how words are categorized or formed.
9. It studies how words are combined to form a sentence.
10. It is the interaction between the natural environment
and the people living in it.
11. Studies the emergence of language, divergence of
language and the changes in languages across the
time.
12. Reconstruct the past life of ancient societies.
13. Wrote the Illiad
14. Wrote an essay on the principle of population in 1798.
15. According to him, history is systematic account of a set
of natural phenomenon whether or not written
chronologically.

D. Critical Thinking: Answer the questions clearly. (8 Sentences)

D.1 How would you explain the diverse perspective of the different disciplines of the social
sciences?
D.2 How does scarcity affects your daily life?