Reviewer Philippine Politics and Governance PDF

**REVIEWER PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE** When did the first free national elections held? **July 30, 1907** It is a Japanese-established organization where the members are recruited Filipino fighters and spies. They are distinguished by wearing a bayong with eye holes. **MAKAPILI** The 1...

**REVIEWER PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE** When did the first free national elections held? **July 30, 1907** It is a Japanese-established organization where the members are recruited Filipino fighters and spies. They are distinguished by wearing a bayong with eye holes. **MAKAPILI** The 1899 Malolos Constitution was largely written by liberal-educated ilustrados appointed by Emilio Aguinaldo. Which of the following elements of the Malolos Constitution best demonstrates the liberal background of its drafters? **The Malolos Constitution had a bill of rights composed of 27 articles.** From which Greek word did politics originate? **Polis** In taking care of the affairs of the society, what should not be done in politics? **Identify the next elected politicians** How does socialism view social class? **Social class must be eliminated or, at least, reduced.** What was the central focus of the first wave of feminism? **women's suffrage** A laborer works in a shoe factory. However, he does not own any variant of the shoes produced by his employer. What type of alienation is this? **alienation from the products of labor** Customary or unwritten laws constituted the bulk of the laws of the barangay. What does this imply? **The early Filipinos valued oral tradition** Which of the following refers to the local Filipino elite class who conspired with the Spanish colonial government and held local offices in municipalities and barangays? **alcalde-mayores** Various punishments were implemented by the early Filipinos for both major and minor crimes. Many of these punishments may appear barbarous in modern times. What does this imply? **The chieftains or datus had wide and concentrated powers that is why brutal punishments were given to offenders of the laws.** This is the date that marks the inauguration of the Second Republic and the celebration of Independence from the United States. **October 14, 1943** What was the main objective of the American colonial government in the Philippines? **To modernize and develop the country** What was the impact of the American colonial government\'s education policy in the Philippines? **It encouraged the use of Filipino languages in schools** Which of the following was the main objective of the Japanese colonial government in the Philippines? **To exploit the country\'s resources for Japan\'s war effort** Mr. Cruz votes for a political candidate based on how he or she runs the government and addresses the needs of the people. Which view of politics is this? **politics as the art of government** Which of the following aspirations would a liberal feminist value the least? **Marriage** Which of the following manifests abuse of power in the government? **warrantless arrests by police officers** Who forwarded the notion of populism as a neutral concept? **Ernesto Laclau** Who was the highest political official of the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines appointed by the King of Spain? **Governor-general** How did the independence missions help the Philippines gain independence? **These persuaded the US Congress to enact a law granting independence to the Philippines.** Which of the following can be considered as the most important contribution of the United States to the Philippine government? **the bill of rights** The movement Alsa Masa is a vigilante group established in the 1980s to combat Filipino rebels. To what group in the Second Republic is this similar? **Makapili** What can be said about the relationship between politics and political science? **Politics can be understood through political science** What was the role of the Hukbalahap in the Japanese colonial government\'s rule in the Philippines? **They fought against both the Japanese and the Philippine government** What was the primary objective of the Philippine resistance movement during the Japanese occupation? **To fight for the liberation of the Philippines from Japanese rule** Who was the elected president in the National Assembly and in the Puppet Government? **Jose P. Laurel** Why are ideologies called "social cement"? **They have the ability to unite the members of political communities.** Political scientists want to analyze why Filipinos choose to elect traditional politicians or trapo every election. If preference-shaping, which is a dimension of power, is not considered, what is the most probable conclusion? **People are at fault for choosing their leaders.** Why is it difficult to define populism as an ideology? **Populism does not offer a clear vision of what society should look like.** What was the role of the 1935 Constitution in the independence of the Philippines from the United States? **It served as the legal basis for the creation and the cessation of the Commonwealth government.** What signified the key difference between the Second Republic and the Commonwealth government? **the formal declaration of independence** In democratic societies, people exercise power over public officials. Which among the following political activities demonstrates this? **The people vote during elections**