Republic of the Philippines

College of Saint Lawrence, Inc.

BALAGTAS, BULACAN
FIRST SEMESTER, ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021

GE2- READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

Bachelor of Science in Criminology 1

FINAL EXAMINATION

NAME: _________________________________________________ SCORE: _____________________

COURSE/ YEAR: _________________________________________ DATE: ______________________

I. Identify the following statement.

____________1. They are like detectives who gather information or evidence to put together the story of the past.
____________2. Sources which come directly from the past, giving first-hand information
____________3. This is to make sure that the story of the past is as accurate as possible.
____________4. This is when a writer makes something seem greater than it really is.
____________5. This means that the writer may have a strong, personal opinion about an event and tries to
show that their opinion is right.
____________6. Issued a decree on July 18, 1898 asking for the election of delegates the revolutionary congress.
____________7. It was established by Graciano Lopez Jaena on December 31, 1888 in Barcelona.
____________8. It was founded by Jose Rizal on July 3,1892 at Doroteo Ongjunco, Tondo, Manila.
____________9. The term coined by the Spaniards for the Visayans
____________10. It was made of wood, bamboo, and nipa palm; it was built on stilts and can be entered through
ladders that can be drawn up.
____________11. Jewelry given to the bride’s mother and aunts
____________12. Money given to the girl’s parents as fine for having bypassed the girl’s elder sister if she had any
____________13. Laws that are handed down from generation to generation orally
____________14. God of agriculture
____________15. Rainbow god
____________16. Agricultural productivity was enhanced by use of irrigation ditches like those found in the Ifugao
____________17. It was a debate in verse in which a problem is resolved; it developed into the duplo during the
Spanish period and then into the Balagtasan in 1924 during the American period
____________18. He set up friendly relations with some of the local chieftains and converted some of them to
Roman Catholicism.
____________19. He was a ruler of Mactan, who is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted the
Spanish colonization.
____________20. This was a special judicial court that investigates the performance of a governor general who
was about to be replaced. The residencia, of which the incoming governor general was usually
a member, submitted a report of its findings to the King.
____________21. The Council of the Indies in Spain sent a government official to observe conditions in the colony.
They reported his findings directly to the King.
____________22. It was introduced in the Philippines when Legaspi, in compliance with the decree issued by King
Philip II in 1558, distributed lands in Cebu to loyal Spanish subjects.
____________23. It was a literary and cultural organization formed in 1872 by Filipino émigrés who had settled in
Europe.
____________24. He is a British geologist formulated the remained constant. Taking the hydrologic cycle for
instance, condensation always precede precipitation.
 ____________25. German meteorologist, also noted his inquiry regarding the three continents which Ortelius had
noticed 300 years ago.
____________26. The biggest of the three major geographical groups in the Philippines, has an area of 142,395
square kilometers.
____________27. The smallest monkey in the world found in Bohol.
____________28. A geological formation in Bohol Province, Philippines. There are at least 1,260 hills but there
may be as many as 1,776 hills spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometers.
____________29. It is also known as Mount Mayon, is an active volcano in the province of Albay, on the island
of Luzon in the Philippines.
____________30. It is the national language of the people although a good number of them are conversant in
English (Formerly spelled Pilipino).

II. Identify the Philippine President who led or spearheaded the following. Write their surname only.

____________1. The established the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA) to
resettle dissidents and landless farmers.
____________2. The abolition of tenancy and accompanying land reform program in the Agricultural Land
Reform Code of 1963.
____________3. Revitalization of the judiciary, the national defense posture and the fight against smuggling,
criminality, and graft and corruption in the government.
____________4. The inclusion of the Parity Amendment in the Constitution.
____________5. The national plebiscite was held to ratify the amendments to the 1935 Constitution on
February 2, 1987.
____________6. Issued licenses to independent power producers (IPP) to construct power plants within 24
months
____________7. Creation of PACSA: President’s Action Committee on Social Amelioration
____________8. Declared an "all-out-war" against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and captured it's
headquarters and other camps.
____________9. The Filipino First Policy put the rights of Filipinos above those of foreigners.
____________10. The "decentralization" of progress around the nation through the use of transportation
networks like the roll-on, roll-off and the digital infrastructure.
____________11. Create an environment that will give the private sector confidence to put in their money,
generate jobs, accelerate economic growth and sustain it.
____________12. Stopped the HUK communist rebellion.
____________13. Reviving old Filipino cultural traditions which might have become extinct as the result of the
adoption of Spanish and American cultures through colonization.
____________14. Adopted the pro-American policy.
____________15. distributed more than 266,000 hectares of land to 175,000 landless farmers, including land
owned by the traditional rural elite.
____________16. Creation of ACCFA: Agricultural Credit Cooperatives Financing Administration.
____________17. Signed a bill that returned capital punishment with the electric chair.
____________18. Mobilized the manpower and resources of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for action
to complement civilian agencies.
____________19. Passed the Land Reform Bill which freed many farmers from slavery as tenant farmers.
____________20. Creation of six million jobs in six years via more opportunities given to entrepreneurs, tripling of
the amount of loans for lending to small and medium enterprises and the development of one
to two million hectares of land for agricultural business.
III. Write true if the statement is correct and false if it is wrong.

___________1. American colonial policy in the Philippines was unique in the world of colonialism
___________2. The Americans were kinder and more generous than other colonial powers of the same era
(Germany, Netherlands, France or Britain).
___________3. Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation issued on Dec. 21, 1898 – the US shall exercise
sovereignty over the entire archipelago.
___________4. Pres. McKinley appointed the First Philippine Commission to make recommendations in the
administration of the country; this commission was headed by Dr. Jacob Schurman
___________5. Cooper Act/Philippine Organic Act of 1903 – extends the US Bill of Rights to Filipinos
___________6. Gen. Vicente Lukban ambushed American soldiers in Balangiga, Cebu
___________7. American capitalists and businessmen controlled the new companies. Some of these American
businessmen came to the Philippines as soldiers or non-government officials.
___________8. Labor and peasant unrest spread in the 1920’s and 1940’s. Many strikes in the cities and violent
revolts in the provinces were caused by radical groups like the Communist Party of the
Philippines.
___________9. In the 1950’s, other governments including the U.S. itself had huge deficit and problems but the
Philippine’s colonial budge had a surplus.
___________10. The Filipinos do not enjoy the automobile, electric street car (tranvia), roads and railroads,
postal services, airplane, telephone, wireless telegraph, radio, and movies.
___________11. Under the free trade agreement, Filipino products entered the United States without paying
custom tariffs. There was no limit or quota to the amount of tax-free Filipino products.
___________12. Philippine products (copra, sugar, cigars, hemp, etc.) were sold to the Americans while
American products (cars, radios, appliances, cigarettes, etc.) were bought by not Filipinos.
___________13. In 1903, the American Congress sent $3M emergency fund to import rice and carabao from
other Asian country.
___________14. Vicente Sotto established Asamblea Obrero which he used to support his candidacy.
___________15. Antonio Ora was arrested and died reportedly due to an accident while being taken to prison.
The CCP members were skeptical about it and they staged a demonstration on January 25,
1931.
___________16. Evangelismo established the Katipunan ng mga Anak-pawis ng Pilipinas or KAP.
___________17. Joaquin Balmori founded the Federacion del Trabaho to support the Democratic party while
Congreso Obrero del Filipinos backed the Nationalista Party candidates
___________18. Partido Obrero de Filipinas was founded by Crisanto Evangelista, Domingo Ponce, and Cirilo
Bognot in 1925. Its platform showed a strong Marxist influence.
___________19. Gen. Jacob Smith ordered the massacre of all men and children about ten years of age
___________20. Pres. McKinley appointed the Taft Commission and gave it legislative and executive power to
put up a civilian government

Prepared by:

CHARLON DG. SANTIAGO, MAEd

Instructor