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Readings in Philippine History

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PRELIM EXAMINATION

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Test I : TRUE /FALSE : Write the letter T if the statement is True and letter F if the statement is False.
_____1. The second Jesuit writer was Father Francisco Combes on the account of Magellan’s Voyage.
_____2. Studying our own history is a gateway to know who we are through our past.
_____3. Murillo Velarde map show a great interest from the geographic point of view , and as an
ethnographic document.
_____4. The birth of the Philippines is believed to have taken off with the arrival of Spaniards.
_____5. Portugal tried to invade the Philippines because of Spain’s violation of the Treaty : When Spain
colonized the Philippines, because it was supposedly a Portuguese territory according to the
Papal Bull.
_____6. Jesuits are the second religious order to come in the Philippines.
_____7.Polo y Servicio is considered as required force labor to all Filipino men aging 18 – 60 years old
and must complete a 40 days’ work.
_____8. The early education of Filipinos during the Spanish period was through religion.
_____9. The first Dominican who arrived here in the Philippines was in the year 1909.
_____10. La Liga Filipina is an organization inspired and derived from Logia Revolucion.

Test II: Identification : Identify and write your correct answer in the blank.

_____________________1. A poet from the 17th century and the first Filipino to resist foreign invaders.
_____________________3. Born in Portugal in 1480, studied in Lisbon and finished his schooling on
cartography, astronomy and celestial navigation.
_____________________4. He was considered as the wisest and bravest man in the island of Sugbo.
_____________________5. How many years did the Philippine archipelago invaded by Spain?
_____________________6. The highest court of justice in the colony .
_____________________7. The city government.
_____________________8. The enactment which liberalized access to education, provided for the
establishment of at least one primary school for boys and girls in each town
under the responsibility of the municipal government.
_____________________9. The Filipino educated class during the Spanish colonial Period in the late 19th
century
_____________________10. He was born in Cupang Bulacan on August 30, 1850, a writer , a journalist
and as a freemason. His penname was Plaridel.
_____________________11. Refers to the movement intended to inform the Spaniards in the Peninsula
the actual situations in the Philippines in the concluding half of 19th century.
_____________________12.Recognized as the “First Filipino Artist”.
_____________________13. Written by Dr. Jose Rizal and known as The Social Cancer, with adoring
revelations of the harms of Spanish Occupation in the Philippines.
_____________________14. Spain established a Central Government in the Philippines located in ____.
_____________________15. Successful voyage as it resulted in the discovery of the tornaviaje or
return trip to Mexico across the Pacific by Andres de Urdaneta.

Intramuros Manila Repartamiento

Magellan 333 years
Ayuntamiento Educational Decree of 1863
Repartamiento Illustrados
Juan Luna Noli Me Tangere
Marcelo H. Del Pilar Propaganda
Legazpi Voyage Royal Audencia
CiLapuLapu Spolarium

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Test III. Multiple Choice : Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Who name the islands of Leyte and Samar Las Islas Filipinas after Philip II of Spain?
a. Legazpi b. Villalobos c. Magella
2. From ___ to ___, the Philippines were under Spain.
a. 1521-1898 b. 333 years c. 15th century
3. The first Filipino to avenge the honor of women.
a. Rajah Humabon b.Serrano b. Capt El Cano
4. A Venetian Scholar and Traveller became an assistant of Magellan and kept an accurate journal.
a. Lapu-Lapu b. Pope Alexander c. Antonio Pigafetta
5. It is the title of the leader in the Barangay during Pre Hispanic times.
a. Maharlika b.Aristocrats c. Raja or Datu
6. Who introduce Islam in the Philippines in 1380.
a. Ferdinand Magellan b. Karim ul’ Makdum c.early Filipinos
7. He was the First Philippine President.
a. Andres Bonifacio b. Gobernadorcillo c. Emilio Aguinaldo
8. It was the secret society of the Filipinos.
a. Cry of Balintawak b.Katipunan c. La Solidaridad
9. The first Filipino publication to circulate in mixed Tagalog-Spanish.
a. Diariong Tagalog b. Viceroy c. Residencia
10. Originally planned in Hongkong by Dr. Jose Rizal in his second coming to the Philippines. Its initial
purpose is for the Filipino reform movement.
a. Logia Solidaridad b. La Liga Filipina c. Masonry
11. Established in 1882 by a group of Filipino students in Madrid led by Juan Atayde.
a. Dimas Ayaran b. Circulo – Hispano Filipino c.Peninsulares
12. Indicates the interaction of the early Filipinos to its neighboring Asian Countries before Ferdinand
Magellan and discloses the influence of Hindu culture in the Philippines before 900 AD.
a. Archeologists b. Theory of Migration c. Laguna Copperplate Inscription ( LCI)
13. Early dwellers in the Philippine Archipelago who lived in Tabon Cave in Palawan in 1962.
a. Tabon Man b. Negrito c. Hindu Empire
14. Known as the Supremo and has a government known as Republika ng Katagalugan.
a. Emilio Jacinto b. Teodoro Plata c. Andres Bonifacio
15. The native Filipino age 16-60 were compelled to pay ____ to the King of Spain through the colonial
government amounting to eight (8) reales or (1) peso per year.
a. Polo y servicio b. Tributo or Tribute c. Cabeza
16. The class of people who do not pay taxes in the community, considered as relatives of raja or Datu(
Aristocrats.
a. Aliping Namamahay b. Maharlika c. Timawa
17. It is the year when Islam was introduced here in the Philippines by Karim ul Makhdum.
a. 1380 b. 1256 c. 1521
18. A two- stringed boat shape guitar of the Maguindanaoans.
a. Kulintang b. Batikok-kot c. Kaleleng
19. The Spanish Governor General when the Cavite Mutiny erupted.
a. Gov. General Rafael Izquierdo c. Pascual Poblete
b. Mariano Ponce
20. The Brain of Katipunan.
a. Tavera b. Andres Bonifacio c. Dr. Jose Rizal
21. The most tragic effect of Cavite Mutiny.
a. Time Honored tribute b. Tejeros Convention c. Execution of GOMBURZA
22. It was the newspaper founded by General Antonio Luna and it came out on September 3, 1898.
a. La Independencia b. Doctrina Christiana c. La Liga Filipina
23. This was the first book that has been published in the Philippines and used in school.
a. La Liga Filipina b. Noli Me Tangere c. Doctrina Christiana
24. He was the head of Municipal or Pueblo.
a. Gobernadorcillo b. Alcalde c. Maharlika
25. He was the official chronicler of Ferdinand Magellan’s Voyage.
a. Albo b. Antonio Pigafetta c. H.O Beyers

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26. Introduce the Theory of Migration wherein the first humans who came to the Philippine Archipelago
through the Land Bridges were Negritos, the ancestors of Aetas.
a. Henry Otley Beyer b. Villalobos c. Lapu-Lapu
27. There are two contradicting versions of two Jesuits historian on the early days to manifest the
authenticity of Butuan as the place where the first mass was held.
a. Spanish Viewpoint b. Albo’s Logbook c.Combe’s and Collin’s Viewpoint
28. The execution of ______ has a major factor in the awakening of Nationalism among Filipinos.
a. Dr. Jose Rizal b. Cry of Balintawak c. GOMBURZA
29. They were among the Catholic Congregations who came here in the Philippines and started their work
in Surigao in 1896 which was founded by Rev. Villar in Mindanao.
a. Dominicans b. Benedictines c. The Recollects
30. It refers to the symbolic ceremony and preservation of friendship between two tribes
a. Fiesta b. Sandugo c. War Dance

Test IV: ENUMERATION :

Give 10 Reasons why Cedula were so important during the Spanish time.
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Test V. ESSAY ( 5 pts each)

1. What do you think are the reasons why Philippine Revolution happen?
2. What are some interesting facts about Philippines?
3. How did the Philippines benefit from the Galleon trade? Explain your answer.

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