Master Social Studies with Fun Quizzes & Brain Teasers!

Directions: Choose the letter of your choice. Write your answers on the answer sheet provided. 1. What is a motivating concept that guides emergency management efforts throughout theworldA. Reduction in harm to lifeB. Reduction in harm to propertyC. Reduction in harm to environmentD. Reduction in harm to life, to property, and to environment2. Populations and their movements through time are considered to be components ofA. Social vulnerabilityC. Physical vulnerabilityB. Economic vulnerabilityD. Environmental vulnerability3. People are more likely to fear hazard that areA. EquitableC. ControllableB. ObservableD. Not easily reduced4. What could be a good reason for the drop in the number of earthquake deaths in developingcountries in the last century?A. Building codesC. Nonstructural mitigationB. Public educationD. Tax implementation5. It refers to the physical, social, economic, and environmental factors which increasesusceptibility to hazards. A. Relief operationsC. Life-saving effortsB. VulnerabilityD. Risk reduction6. What type of vulnerability does the family that can't afford to live in a safer area belong?A. Social vulnerabilityC. Physical vulnerabilityB. Economic vulnerabilityD. Environmental vulnerability7. This is the result if the hazard meets vulnerability. A. DangerC. DisasterB. ProblemD. Relief operation8. What type of vulnerability does the exploitation of Pag-asa Islands of some Chinesefishermen belongA. Social vulnerabilityC. Physical vulnerabilityB. Economic vulnerabilityD. Environmental vulnerability9. Philippines is prone to a lot of hazards due to itsA. Presence of volcanoesC. Surrounded by bodies of waterB. Tropical climateD. Location