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DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES PRE-TEST

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is a branch of natural science that studies all life and living organisms.

a)

Physical science 

b)

Biological science 

c)

Formal science 

d)

Social Sciences

2.

A Greek historian knew to be the “Father of History”.

a)

Herodotus

b)

Ban Gu

c)

Leopold Von Ranke

d)

Karl Marx

3.

The study of societies and the relationships between individuals within those societies is the focus of what discipline?

a)

Physical Science

b)

Biological science 

c)

Formal science 

d)

Social Sciences

4.

It study how individuals interpret and record experiences

a)

Social Studies

b)

Humanities

c)

Earth Science

d)

History

5.

It is the study of humankind. The discipline examines the interplay of cultural, social, economic, political, natural and environmental factors in the development of humans and human communities

a)

Sociology 

b)

History

c)

Anthropology

d)

Geography 

6.

To explore both the physical properties of Earth’s surface and the human societies spread across it. They also examine how human culture interacts with the natural environment, and the way that locations and places can have an impact on people

a)

Sociology 

b)

History

c)

Anthropology

d)

Geography 

7.

It is the scientific study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture,

a)

Sociology 

b)

Anthropology

c)

Geography 

d)

Anthropology

8.

It is the study of the human mind and its wide-ranging functions and influences

a)

Economics

b)

Political science 

c)

Linguistics

d)

Psychology 

9.

It is to comprehend, interpret, explain, and critically evaluate political and governmental events, trends, and structures, and generate insights that are relevant to policymakers, their fellow citizens, and global communities

a)

Psychology 

b)

Linguistics

c)

Political science 

d)

Economics

10.

It encompasses the analysis of every aspect of language, as well as the methods for studying and modelling them

a)

Psychology 

b)

Linguistics

c)

Political science 

d)

Economics

11.

a social science concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. It studies how individuals, businesses, governments, and nations make choices about how to allocate resources

a)

Psychology 

b)

Linguistics

c)

Political science 

d)

Economics

12.

It is a highly structured system of human organization for large-scale community living that normally furnishes protection, continuity, security, and identity for its members

a)

Society

b)

Community

c)

Family

d)

People

13.

It refers to the entirely of available goods that the market can offer.

a)

Supply

b)

Demand

c)

Elasticity

d)

Resources

14.

It refers to the time when a system of writing was not yet invented to record history.

a)

Pre-historic

b)

Pastoral

c)

Post-historic

d)

Industrial

15.

A level of orientation of the society involves the study of widespread social processes. Broad focus on the structures that shape society,

social structures, social institutions, political, economic social structures

a)

Macro

b)

Maximum

c)

Micro

d)

Minimum

16.

A level of orientation of the society involves the study of people at a more interpersonal level, as in face-to-face interactions or behaviors or the study of the individual alone.

a)

Macro

b)

Maximum

c)

Micro

d)

Minimum

17.

Open, stated, conscious, expected, and beneficial functions of socio-cultural phenomena

a)

Manifest Function

b)

Latent Function

c)

Manifest Dysfunction

d)

Latent Dysfunction

18.

Social Dysfunction are elements or processes that actually may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.

Which is anticipated by disruptions of social life?

a)

Manifest Function

b)

Latent Function

c)

Manifest Dysfunction

d)

Latent Dysfunction

19.

Unconscious or covert functions, beneficial, less recognized, and may reflect hidden purposes of socio-cultural phenomena.

a)

Manifest Function

b)

Latent Function

c)

Manifest Dysfunction

d)

Latent Dysfunction

20.

He envisioned the superior man to have virtues and his teaching became part of the first psychological examinations in public officials of ancient China.

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Confucius