Practice Test in CIvics

According to Alfred Wegener, about 240 million years ago. the world was made up of one large landmark called:

• Continental

• Pangaea

• Volcano

After so many years, the movement of the ______________underneath the earth divided the supercontinent into smaller lands which includes the Philippines.

• Volcano

• Continent

• Tectonic plates

What theory that says, Philippines had been connected to mainland Asia through the continental shelf. It was believed that during the Ice Age, the sea level was low, and parts of Asia and the Philippines were connected.

• Volcanic theory

• Continental theory

• Land bridge theory

A theory that says, Philippines is from the dried lava piled over each other until the tops came out of the water due to the volcanic eruption lying underneath the seas.

• Volcanic theory

• Continental theory

• Land bridge theory

It refers to a scientific explanation of a phenomenon or a situation. Although they are scientific, these explanations are not wholly confirmed.

• Theory

• Hypothesis

• Prediction

Indigenous people who migrated from Southern China.

They migrated first to Taiwan (4000 BC) and then to the Philippines (3000 BC) through the use of balangays, according to Peter Bellwood.

• Austronesian

• Tabon Man

• Negrito

According to Henry Otley Beyer, the people of the Philippines originated from a series of migrations from groups of people in Southeast Asia. What theory is this?

• Core population theory

• Wave migration theory

• Austranesian migration theory

In the Wave migration theory of Henry Otley Beyer, the following is believed to be the three major groups of people that migrated to the Philippines, EXCEPT:

• Negrito

• Indonesians

• Igorot

In the Wave migration theory of Henry Otley Beyer, the following is believed to be the three major groups of people that migrated to the Philippines, EXCEPT:

• Negrito

• Indonesians

• Igorot

He believed that the people of the Philippines were a result of a long process of cultural change and migration of people.

• Felipe Landa Jocano

• Henry Otley Beyer,

• Peter Bellwood