General Education Practice Flashcards

Practice flashcards covering definitions, history, science, and literature from the provided lecture transcript.

Summa Cum Laude

Top 1% to 5% of the graduating class; means "With Highest Praise".

Magna Cum Laude

Top 6% to 15% of the graduating class; means "With Great Praise".

Cum Laude

16% to 33% of the graduating class; means "With Praise".

Dyscalculia

Learning disability in numbers.

Dysgraphia

Learning disability in writing.

Dyslexia

Learning disability in reading.

Dyspraxia

Learning disability in movement and Cooperation.

ADHD

Learning disability difficulty to pay Attention.

Fidel V. Ramos

The President who signed RA 83717.

Lope K. Santos

Considered as the "Ama ng Balarilang Tagalog."

Michael Faraday

The individual who invented the Electric Motor.

Elpidio Quirino

The First President from the Ilocos Region.

Photosynthesis

The process used by plants to convert energy from sunlight into chemical energy.

Marcela Agoncillo

The Maker of the first Filipino Flag.

Volume of Samantha's Aquarium

The volume of an aquarium with dimensions $10\,cm \times 8\,cm \times 6\,cm$ is $480\,\text{cubic centimeters}$.

Writ of Habeas Corpus

The right invoked to demand the presence of the accused.

Graciano Lopez Jaena

The author of "Fray Botod."

Aetas

The indigenous people of Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales.

Didactic

A term describing literary pieces that teach moral lessons.

Edith Tiempo

Famous for her love of sonnets.

Laissez Faire

Government intervention and economic policy.

San Pedro

Famous composer from Angono Rizal who was declared a National Artist.

$$555\,cm$$

The longest length among provided options.

Bicameral

A description of the Philippines legislature having two chambers.

Lope K. Santos

The author of Balarilang Tagalog AND "Banaag at Sikat."

Conduction

The scientific process occurring when scorching your tongue.

Carol S. Lewis

The author of the Chronicles of Narnia.

Apolinario Mabini

Died in Nagtahan, Manila on May 13, 1903, at the age of 39.

Homer

Known as the Mythical Geographer.

Babylon

Location of the Hanging Garden.

Greenland

The largest island.

Florante T. Collantes

The author who wrote the poem "Ang Lumang Simbahan."

Urbana and Feliza

Siblings who had a secret exchange of letters.

Kabayao

Violist who brought classical violin music to the masses.

Filipinas Dentro de Cien Años

A socio-political essay by Rizal that predicts the future of the Philippines.

Byte

Known as the storage unit of data.

Fernando Amorsolo

The first National Artist in painting.

Samuel Morse

Invented the Telegraph using a scale to determine sound.

Kinetic Energy

The type of energy associated with a moving electric fan (compared to potential energy in a battery).

Galileo Galilei

The Father of modern Physics.

Jane Austen

The author of the novel "Pride and Prejudice."

Hadji Aram

The designer of the Sarimanok.

June 4, 1946

The date when the Philippines became independent.

Air-Condition System

The appliance that consumes the most electricity among common examples.

Ferdinand Magellan

An explorer who arrived in the Philippines in 1521.

William Faulkner

The author who wrote the story "A Rose for Emily."

Ophelia Dimalanta

Considered the Goddess of Philippine Poetry.

Aphrodite

The Greek name for the goddess Venus.

Beowulf

The oldest epic in England.

Macro Skills

The collective term for listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Homer

Writer of the epics Iliad and Odyssey.

Minerva

The Roman Goddess of Wisdom.

Kalidasa

The Indian counterpart of William Shakespeare.

Charles Dickens

Writer of the novel "A Christmas Carol."

Claro M. Recto

The chairman of the 1934 Constitution Convention.

Highway 54

The old name of EDSA during World War II.

Anti-Hazing Act 1995

Also known as RA 8049.

Expanded Senior Citizen Act 2014

Also known as RA 9994.

Anti-Sexual Harassment Act

Also known as RA 7877.

Yangtze and Huang He

The two major rivers in China.

Huang He

Also known as the Yellow River.

Rafael Palma

The first President of the University of the Philippines.

George Eliot

The pen name of Mary Evans.

Rudyard Kipling

Writer of the novel "The Jungle Book."

Balbal

The Tagalog term for "Slang."

Epifanio de los Santos Avenue

The full name represented by the acronym EDSA.

Philippines

Known as "Ma-i" by early Chinese traders.

Manuel L. Quezon

Known as the Father of Social Justice.

Leo Tolstoy

Famous for his novel "War and Peace."

Dante Alighieri

The Italian counterpart of Geoffrey Chaucer who wrote Decameron.

Senakulo

A performance about the suffering and death of Jesus Christ.

Holistic and Analytic

The two types of rubrics.

Alexander Graham Bell

The inventor of the Telephone.

Charles Darwin

The Father of Modern Biology.

Sandiganbayan

A special court created by the Batasang Pambansa.

Miguel Lopez de Legaspi

The first Governor General of the Philippines.

Robert Frost

The author of "A Road Not Taken."

Constitution

The fundamental law of the land.

Bulaklak ng Lahing Kalinis-linisan

The title of the very first Balagtasan.

Rib Cage

The bone around the chest that protects organs such as the heart.

Bilingual Approach

An approach using English and Filipino as languages of instruction in selected regions.

Montano

The person who served as the brain behind the "Arena Theater."

Surface Tension

The reason a toothpick can float on the surface of water.

DNA

The molecule that contains the genetic information of an organism.

70

The Least Common Multiple (LCM) of $5, 2, \text{ and } 7$.

Leeches

Segmented worms that can be used to facilitate anticoagulation.

$$3 \times 7 \times 13$$

The prime factors of $273$.

Zone

The surface of the Earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle.

Taxonomy

The science that deals with classifying organisms.

Severino Reyes

Known as the "Ama ng Sarsuelang Tagalog."

Jose Corazon de Jesus

Known as the "Makata ng Pag-ibig" and "Hari ng Balagtasan."

Lope K. Santos

Known as the "Makata ng Manggagawa."

Pedro Bukaneg

The Father of Ilokano Literature.

Melchora Aquino

Known as the Mother of Balintawak.

Gregorio del Pilar

The hero of the Battle of Tirad Pass.

Juan Luna

Greatest Filipino Painter.

Rajah Soliman

The last Rajah of Manila.

Trinidad Tecson

Known as the Mother of Biak na Bato and the Philippine Red Cross.

Hilario Lara

The Father of Public Health in the Philippines.

Doctrina Christiana

The first book written in the Philippines.