ASIA PACIFIC COLLEGE OF ADVANCES STUDIES

Ibayo, Balanga City, Bataan

Junior High School Department

GEC-HIST
Midterm Activity

CRITICAL THINKING. Explain your answer in two to five sentences. (10 points each)

1. Why was the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines an oppressive one? Give example as evidence
of your contention.

2. Are you in favor of the union of the Church and State today? Give your reason.

3. Why were taxes imposed on the Filipinos during the Spanish time? Were the imposed taxes improved the
socio-economic conditions of the Filipino?

4. Why are taxes very much needed in the Philippines today?

5. Why were the Filipino names changed to Spanish names? What advantage did the Filipinos get from adding
surnames to their first names?

6. What were the causes of the Filipino revolts and the foreign attacks during the Spanish regime?

7. Why were the Filipino uprisings against the Spanish government failed?

8. What were some of the reforms sought by the Filipino propagandists? Where they justified in clamoring for
the reforms?

9. What were the causes of the failure of the Propaganda Movement?

10. What was the “Cry of Balintawak” or the “Cry of the Pugadlawin”? What did it signify?