4th QTR 6

The _______________ states that a person cannot be kept in prison unless he/she has first been brought before a court of

law.

• Writ of Prohibition

• Writ of Amparo

• Writ of Certiorari

• Writ of Habeas Corpus

Which BEST describes the direct impact of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution?

• worsening social poverty and government corruption

• continuation of Martial Law in the rebel infested areas

• permanent disappearance of human right abuses

• restoration of democracy throughout the country

It refers to the act of actively refusing to submit to certain laws, aspirations and orders of the government:

• Civil Disobedience

• Organized Crime

• Political Rally

• Mob

A representative body meeting to form and adopt a new constitution or to consider amendments to an existing constitution.

• Constitutional Court

• Constitutional Commission

• Constitutional Convention

• Constitutional Amendment

What program of former Pres. Marcos aimed to harvest 49,000 kg of rice in every hectare of land?

• Agricultural Tenancy Act  

• Blue Revolution  

• Land Reform Act

• Masagana 99

Which government system was established by President Corazon Aquino after the triumph of the EDSA People Power I?

• Bureaucratic Government

• Dictatorial Government

• Communist Government

• Revolutionary Government

Which sequence correctly shows the events that led to the restoration of democracy in the Philippines?

                   I.      Fall of the Marcos regime

                  II.      People Power Revolution

                 III.      Inauguration of Corazon Aquino as the president of the Philippines

• I, III, II

• II, I, III

• II and III only

• I, II, III

The establishment of __________________ served as a social insurance for the laborers in the private sector.

• Government Service Insurance System

• Social Security System

• Employee Provident Fund

• Health Maintenance Organizations

Which BEST describes the 1987 Philippine Constitution?       

• Establishes a communist system of government in the Philippines.

• Grants amnesty to political prisoners and exiles through a set of laws.

• Provides for the separation of powers and the protection of individual rights through a document.

• Limits freedom of speech and the press through a set of rules.

The declaration of Martial Law in 1972 led to widespread human rights abuses, including torture and

                                          extrajudicial killings.