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Constantine Institute of Science and Technology

Preliminary Examination
Readings in Philippine History
Name: __________________________________ Course: ____________

General Direction: Read and analyze the direction and questions carefully. Failure to follow the
direction will result to invalidation of your answers.

A. TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct, and FALSE if wrong.

_______1. The first settlers of the Philippines arrived on 25,000 B.C.

_______2. The negritos migrated from mainland Asia by walking in land-bridge connected to the
island of Philippines.
_______3. Early Filipino’s relocate on the area where food is abundant.
_______4. The Philippines is initially known as Ma-I.
_______5. The natives before Spaniards came already believed in Christianity.
_______6. Calligraphy is a way of writing used by natives before the Spanish colonization.
_______7. The Filipinos are isolated with each other. They are usually found living alone.
_______8. The Filipinos lived in settlements called barangays.
_______9. The barangay was headed by a group of elders and was independent from the other
group.
_______10. Babaylan must be wed to a Datu in order to be accepted as a priestess.

A. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If false, encircle the word
that makes the statement wrong.

_______11. Filipinos remained pagan even after the Spanish colonized the country.
_______12. Spanish priests collected tributes.
_______13. Dominican missionaries evangelized the natives at Northern Luzon.
_______14. Spaniards tricked the Filipinos into selling their lands.
_______15. The Filipinos were forced to work for 70 days.
_______16. Some Filipinos felt closer to the Spaniards than to the lower class Filipinos.
_______17. Filipinos are forced to sell their harvest or livestock to the government. It is known as
Monopoly
_______18. Most of the provinces of Iloilo, Negros, and Cebu were turned into sugar haciendas.
_______19. Spaniards introduced parochial schools, organized and supervised by the local
Spanish soldiers.
_______20. Spaniards taught the 4Rs, which are Reading, Writing, Rhetoric, and Religion.

B. Word Pool. Choose your answer from the word pool below. Write your answer on the space
provided after the number.
A. Magellan’s Strait E. Lapu-Lapu H. San Antonio
B. Cebu F. Conception I. Moluccas
C. Humabon G. Juan de Cartagena J. Patagonia
D. San Julian

___21. The place where they need to navigate in order to get the different spices for Spain.
___22. The place where the ship, Santiago, wrecked.
___23. Where did Magellan’s crew encountered the giants?
___24. Who is the leader of the mutineers?
___25. The shortest natural passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
___26. The ship that returned to Spain without orders to do so.
___27. The island they first encounter after surviving the Pacific Ocean.
___28. The datu that Magellan befriended and baptized.
___29. The leader of the tribe that killed Magellan.
___30. The ship that became infested with worms and needed to be burned.

C. Identification. Identify the following based on the description below. Write your answer on
the space provided before the number.

__________________31. The trade between the Manila (Philippines) and Acapulco (Mexico)
__________________32. Servant that cannot acquire a wife, and property. They live on their
master’s house.
__________________33. Servant that lived in their own little house on the property of their master.
__________________34. They are freeman. They could acquire property, jobs, wife, and alipin.
__________________35. The leader of the community called barangay.
__________________36. The captain of the only ship that managed to return to Spain.
__________________37. The Italian scholar known to write the journal of Magellan’s voyage.
__________________38. The last ship that manage to return to Spain.
__________________39. The agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts
over newly discovered lands.
__________________40. The concentration of the Indian population facilitated the Spaniards'
access to Indian labor, the promulgation of, and the collection of taxes and tribute.

D. Matching Type. Match column A to column B. Write your answer on the space provided
before the number.

A B

___41. Fernão de Magalhães A. San Antonio

___42. Juan de Cartageña B. Victoria
___43. Gaspar de Quesada C. Santiago
___44. Luiz Mendoza D. Trinidad
___45. João Serrão E. Concepcion
___46. Augustinians F. Northern Luzon, except Ilocos
___47. Franciscans G. the Visayas, except Cebu and Panay
___48. Jesuits H. Bicol
___49. Dominicans I. Northern Mindanao
___50. Augustinian J. Central and Southern Luzon, Ilocos, Cebu and
Panay

E. Enumeration. Enumerate the following. Write your answer on the space provided.

Products monolopolized in the Philippines Cargoes of the galleons

Trip to America
51.
57.
52.
58.
53.
59.
Philippine mythological creatures
60.
54.

55.

56.