TRINIDAD V. CANJA- STA.

TERESA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Trends, Networks and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century
2nd Semester SY 2017-2018

I.MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter that best describes the statement in the following items. Write the letter on
your choice on the blank before the number.

_____1. The essential or real meaning of democracy derives from two Greek words demos and kratos. Demos means
A. Rule B. Democratic C. Common People D. Democracy
_____2. The essential or real meaning of democracy derives from two Greek words demos and kratos. Wherein kratos
means
A. Common People B. Democracy C. Rule D. Society
_____3. It is a type of democracy wherein power is vested directly in the people.
A. Direct B. Indirect C. Participatory D. Democracy
_____4. It is a type of democracy wherein citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them. (Refer to #4 choices)
_____5. It is an act where a group of persons in a community legally chooses their leader.
A. Involvement B. Engagement C. Voting D. Rallying

II. ENUMERATION. List down atleast five (5) key elements of democracy.
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III. ENUMERATION. Write down the benefits of participatory or direct democracy (11-13) and representative
or indirect democracy (14-15).
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IV. Write R if the situation pertains to Representative democracy and P if Participatory democracy:

____ 16. The CEO of XYZ Corporation held a town hall wherein all employees expressed their concerns regarding their
employment.
____ 17. Being the class president, Diane asked for suggestions from all members of class regarding their Yearend party.
____ 18. Councilor Mark proposed a new ordinance to launch a livelihood project for his constituents living in the esteros.
____ 19. Alex, as a street sweeper, regularly attends the monthly Brigada Kalinisan meeting with their mayor.
____ 20. The President submitted to the UN tribunal the country’s protest against China regarding the disputed island in the
WPS.

V. FACT or BLUFF. Write FACT if the statement is correct and if BLUFF change the underlined words.

21. The social networking world does have some positive aspects.
22. We, people live in social media and not on society.
23. The problem isn’t social media, it is the young generation.
24. One of the positive effects of social media is creating self-identity problems for teens.
25. This constant exposure to “perfections” from social media affects a teenager’s self-identity, self-esteem and even may
even cause a happy life.
 VI. (26-30) Encircle only the words in the box as to “Why Cultural Change Takes Place”

Redemptive Invention Reformative Diffusion

Revolutionary Discovery Demographics Ideas and Change

VII. Write the best option that answers to the following statements.

A. The Attentional Flexibility Network D. Network G. The Attention Network J. Neurons

B. Relationships E. The Imagination Network H. Imagination K. Brains
C. Dendrites F. Collaboration I. Computers

_____31. It is based on some commonly accepted values (e.g., respect, honesty, equity, consideration, commitment)
_____32. It includes a group of people who cooperate with each other. This implies people working closely together and
with some crossover or connection in their purpose.
_____33. The ability to work with others, learn, share, express, and channel these efforts into powerful narratives that serve
a greater purpose.
_____34. It is the ability of the mind to build mental scenes, objects or events that do not exist, are not present, or have
happened in the past.
_____35. . It’s the one that we activate when we need to concentrate on complicated problems or pay attention to a task like
reading or listening to a talk.
_____36. This network is used for things like imagining future scenarios and remembering things that happened in the past.
_____37. A typical brain contains something like 100 billion miniscule cells called
_____38. The cell’s output-carrying information toward the cell body
_____39.They are perfectly designed for storing vast amounts of meaningless information and rearranging it in any number
ways according to precise instructions we feed into them in advance.
_____40. It has the important role of monitoring what’s going on around us, as well as inside our brains, and switching
between the imagination network and attentional control for us.

VIII. How do brains and computers are alike? (5 pts) (41-45)

IX. Write down the significant social roles you play as a students within your community. (45-50)

Good Luck!
Aim high and be successful because you like expensive things.

Dimphna Jel L. Pacifico

SHS Teacher