GRADE 5 SOC

What is the Continental Drift Theory?

• A.  The movement of continents caused by earthquakes.

• B. The theory explaining the formation of mountains.

• C.   The idea that continents were once connected as a single landmass and have since drifted apart.

• D. The process of erosion shaping coastlines.

What is the Land Bridges Theory?

• A.  The theory explaining the formation of mountains.

• B. The idea that ancient humans-built bridges between islands

• C. The concept that land connections existed between continents in the past.

• D.  The movement of tectonic plates

  
  

What evidence supports the Land Bridges Theory?

• A.   Similar geological formations on separate continents.

• B.   Fossil evidence of ancient sea creatures in mountain ranges

• C.   Ocean currents

• D.   The movement of the Earth's magnetic poles

How does the Waves of Migration Theory explain the settlement of people in the Philippines?

• A.  It suggests that people arrived in the Philippines all at once in a single migration wave.

• B.  It proposes that different groups of people arrived in the Philippines in successive waves over time.

• C.  It argues that people in the Philippines never migrated but originated from within the islands.

• d. It claims that people migrated to the Philippines from Antarctica.

Which statement best describes the Austronesian theory regarding ancient migrations?

• A.   It suggests that ancient humans used boats to travel between continents.

• B.   It proposes that ancient peoples migrated from Africa to Asia.

• C.   It outlines the movement of people from Asia to various parts of the Pacific using seafaring technologies.

• D.   It theorizes the use of land bridges for human migration.

Which theory suggests that the ancestors of Filipinos migrated from Southeast Asia to the Philippines using boats?

• A.   Land Bridges Theory

• B.   Austronesian Theory

• C.   Continental Drift Theory

• D.   Australopithecus Theory

Who discovered and tried to explain the origins of the Filipino people in wave migration theory?

• A.   Peter Bellwood

• B.   Felipe Landa Jocano

• C.   Wilhelm Solheim

• D.   Henry Otley Beyer

What was the group of settlers in Austronesian theory called?

• A.   Negritos

• B.   Tabon man

• C.   Austronesians

• D.   Indones

Which geological period is associated with the presence of early inhabitants in the Philippines?

• A.  Jurassic period

• B.  Cretaceous period

• C.  Paleolithic period

• D.  Holocene period

According to Beyer’s Waves of Migration Theory, there were four groups of people who migrated to the Philippines.

• TRUE

• FALSE