St. Cecilia’s College- Cebu, Inc.

A LASSO Supervised School

Poblacion, Minglanilla, Cebu
SY 2020-2021
Second Semester

GE 9 – The Life and Works of Dr. Jose Rizal

Activity # 2

Name: Daro, John Lloyd A. Course, Year and Section: BSIT 3-C

Pop Quiz: Using the tables below, write at least 5 changes (in every category) in the
nineteenth century Philippines comparing it from today, categorizing social, political,
economic, cultural changes. (40 points)

SOCIAL
PAST PRESENT

 Women were not allowed to study  Everybody are allowed to go to

nor go to work
 The difficulty in communicating the
loved ones due to poor availability
of communication technologies
 Media were just used for
advertisement and news
dissemination
 Building infrastructures were just
built from light materials
 Less population and less pollution
school and can choose any job
they want
 Telecommunications and Internet
were widely available for
communication
 Media, particularly the expansion
of Social Media were used in
almost every aspect of human
lives
 Almost every infrastructure was
made from concrete materials
 Increase in the number of
population and the expansion of
pollution

POLITICAL
PAST PRESENT

 Only men were allowed to vote  Everybody can vote

 Philippine government is under the  Philippines is independent
colony of Spain and Monarchy following the Democratic-Republic
 The head of the Philippines is the type of Government
Governor-General  The head of the Philippines is
 There was no Legislature or called the President
Congress because Laws were  The existence of Congress,
made by Spaniards Senators, and House of
 Before Spaniards, Philippines had Representatives as Lawmakers
leaders called the Datus, Rajas,  Local Government is now headed
and Sultans . by Barangay Captains, Mayors,
 Governors and others.

ECONOMIC
PAST PRESENT

 The existence of Barter or product  Now, we need money to buy what

to product exchange we want
 Less Business opportunities  Various Job Opportunities opened
 Physical money has not been up
made yet  Paper Money and Metallic Coins
 Limited Trade have been made
 Monopoly is some products like  Allowing various trade with many
Tobacco countries under legal process
 Monopoly is now prohibited for the
sake of fair competition

CULTURAL
PAST PRESENT

 No religion  The existence of Roman Catholic

 Indigenous clothing
 Pure native speaking
 Native Filipinos before have no
slippers
 Houses were usually built from
light materials like wood and tall
grasses
religion
 Clothing has influenced by
Western and other culture
 Forms of Speaking and Talking
were changed brought by the
influenced of American, Spanish,
Korean and other culture
 Slippers and Shoes are now widely
used by most of the Filipinos
 Most of the houses were made
from concrete materials