Philippine HistoryGroup Quiz

1. From Sung dynasty sources in 982 A.D. how did earlyChinese traders and geographers call our islands?

a)Malilu c) Mintolangb) Ma-yi d) Lusung

2. Arrange these according to its establishment during the American Regime:1. The Commonwealth Government2. The Military Government3. The Civil Government

a) 1-2-3 c) 3-2-1b) 2-3-1 d) 2-1-3

3. Which is the Mindanao province that is known as thefirst seat of Islam in the Philippines?

a) Zamboanga c) Sulub) Tawi-Tawi d) Basilan

4. The main item product during the early galleontrade was ___.

a) Rugs from Persiab) Precious metals from Indiac) Chinese silkd) Philippine products

5. By the end of the 19th century the most notablelandowners in the Philippines owning up to a total of172,000 hectares were ___.

a) Mestizosb) Spanish hacenderosc) Spanish friarsd) natives

6. These were the new crops introduced by Spanishmissionaries to the natives during the early Hispaniccolonial period EXCEPT ___.

a) Watermelons and peasb) Cocoa and wheatc) Squash and coffeed) Rice and millet

7. When was Rizal born?

a) 07 July 1892b) 30 December 1896c) 19 June 1861d) 30 November 1863

8.Who was the first President of thePhilippines?

a) Andres Bonifaciob) Manuel L. Quezonc) Sergio Osmeñad) Emilio Aguinaldo

9. What particular event awakened national awareness ofhuman indignity during the 1980s prior to the EDSArevolution?

a) Assassination of Ninoy Aquinob) Call of Cardinal Sinc) Human rights violationsd) Parliament of the streets

10. The term that refers to the class of Filipinoswho were free and independent.

a) Timawa c) Datub) Maharlika d) Barangay

11. Corazon Aquino abolished the ___ to start thereorganization of the government.

a) Batasang Pambansab) Congressc) Cabinetd) Supreme Court

12. The anthropologist who discovered theTabon Cave man in Palawan was ___.

a) Jaime Bulataob) Robert Foxc) F. Landa Jocanod) Frank Lynch

13. Proclamation No. 216 declaring martial law overMarawi and suspending the writ of habeas corpus inMindanao was signed on ____.

a) May 27, 2017b) May 23, 2017c) May 01, 2017d) May 20, 2017

14.Under which category does thePhilippines fall?

a) landlocked stateb) coastal statec) island stated) archipelagic state

15. Who is known as the “Brains of theKatipunan”?

a) Emilio Aguinaldob) Emilio Jacintoc) Apolinario Mabinid) Jose Rizal

16. What happened

on February 17,

1872?

a) Cavite mutiny broke out

b) Execution of GomBurZa

c) Revolt of Diego and Gabriela Silang

d) End of the galleon trade

17. Who is known as

the “Boy

General”?

a) Antonio Luna

b) Emilio Jacinto

c) Gregorio del Pilar

d) Andres Bonifacio

18. What was the

first Spanish-

Tagalog

newspaper?

a) El Nuevo Dia

b) Bag-ong Kusog

c) DiariongTagalog

d) La Solidaridad

Diariong Tagalog

●Founded byMarcelo del Pilarin 1882

●First newspaperthat called forreforms

La Solidaridad (1888) - Filipino expatriates in Spain, among them Jose

Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar, Antonio Luna, and Mariano Ponce, establish the

organization La Solidaridad. The group aimed to foster closer relationships

with Spain and the Philippines.

Newspaper founded

in 1889

Graciano Lopez Jaena

is its first editor

followed by M.H. Del

Pilar

19. He is the

“Father of Cebu

City”

a) Sergio Osmeña

b) Filemon Sotto

c) Vicente Rama

d) Arcadio Maxilom

VICENTE RAMA

b. 06 June 1887

●Legislator

●Former Mayor of Cebu City

●Founded Nueva Fuerza/Bag-ong Kusog

20. Who was the

President who

was known to be

the “Man of the

People”?

a) Ramon Magsaysay

b) Diosdado Macapagal

c) Ferdinand Marcos

d) Joseph Estrada

21. Who was the

President who was

known for his

promise “This

nation can be great

again”?

a) Rodrigo Duterte

b) Carlos P. Garcia

c) Ferdinand Marcos

d) Benigno Aquino III

22. What was signed

on September 21,

1972 also known

as Proclamation

1081?

a) Sedition act

b) Declaration of martial law

c) Mutual Defense Treaty

d) ASEAN Charter

23. Who was the

President who was

known for his

midnight cabinet?

a) Ferdinand Marcos

b) Manuel Roxas

c) Rodrigo Duterte

d) Joseph Estrada

24. Who founded the

Communist Party

of the Philippines

and the Kabataang

Makabayan?

a) Luis Taruc

b) Jose Maria Sison

c) Nur Misuari

d) AbdurajakAbubakr Janjalani

25. This congressman from

Cebu was a vocal critic of

the Independence

Missions led by Quezon

and Osmeña from 1919

to 1934.

a) Vicente Urgello

b) Filemon Sotto

c) Vicente Sotto

d) Mariano Cuenco