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Prelim exam in Reading in Philippine History (GE 6101)

By yoony (Stan BTS)

The symbol of the restoration of democracy and the takeover of the Marcos Dictatorship in 1956.

Select one:

a. Melchora Aquino

b. None of the choices

c. Corazon Aquino

d. GabrellaSilang

Magellan died in __________.

Select one:

a. Bohol

b. None of the choices

c. Bagumbayan

d. Mactan

Based on the text you have read what is a travelogue?

Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. Collections of facts based on history

c. Collection of information from famous person

d. Information visited by or experienced by a traveler

Is the practice of verifying the authenticity of evidence by examining its physical characteristics;
consistency with the historical characteristics of the time when it was produced: and materials used for
evidence.

Select one:

a. Primary Sources

b. External Criticism
c. Internal Criticism

d. Secondary Sources

Their outfits were red masks with white triangles and with maroon sash.

Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. Bayani

c. Kawal

d. Katipon

In Corazon Aquino speech she said, "We face a communist insurgency that feeds on economic
deterioration even as we carry a great share of the free world defenses in the______________."

Select one:

a. Philippines

b. Asia

c. None of the choices

d. Pacific

The "Island of thieves" is also called as ____________________.

Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. Islas de Filipinas

c. Islas de los Ladrones

d. Filipinas

The Philippine National Anthem "LupangHinirang" was first known as ____________.

Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. Macha de Magdalo

c. Marcha Filipina Magdalo


d. Marcha de Filipina

When Magellan died what happened the Santiago?

Select one:

a. Abandoned

b. None of the choices

c. Shipwrecked

d. Burned

First Voyage around the World", "Kartilya ng Katipunan" are examples of _______________.

Select one:

a. Texts

b. Secondary resources

c. Primary resources

d. None of the choices

Magellan died in __________.

Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. Mactan

c. Bohol

d. Bagumbayan

When Pres. Corazon Aquino met with________________, they began an important dialogue about
cooperation and the strengthening of friendship between our two countries.

Select one:

a. Pres. Ferdinand Marcos

b. None of the choices

c. Ninoy Aquino

d. President Reagan
The author of Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-1941).

Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. Fernando Amorsolo

c. Dr. Barcelona

d. Alfred McCoy

On____________, seven months as a president, Pres. Corazon Aquino went to the United States and
spoke before joining the session of the U.S. Congress.

Select one:

a. September 15, 1986

b. September 18, 1986

c. None of the choices

d. September 21, 1896

It is also known as Editorial Cartoon that contain a commentary that express the artist opinion toward
certain issues.

Select one:

a. Editorial caricature

b. Political Caricature

c. News Cartoon

d. None of the choices

Sometimes called as "lower criticism"

Select one:

a. Internal Criticism

b. None of the choices

c. Criticism

d. External Criticism
Are characterized not by their format but rather by the information they convey and their relationship to
the research question. They include letters, diaries, journals, newspapers, photographs, and other
immediate accounts. The interpretation and evaluation of these sources becomes the basis for research.

Select one:

a. External Criticism

b. Secondary Sources

c. Primary Sources

d. Internal Criticism

In Corazon Aquino speech she said, "We face a communist insurgency that feeds on economic
deterioration even as we carry a great share of the free world defenses in the______________."

Select one:

a. Asia

b. Philippines

c. Pacific

d. None of the choices

A whole nation honored him by that brave and selfless act of giving honor to a nation in shame
recovered its own.

Select one:

a. Rodrigo Duterte

b. None of the choices

c. Ferdinand Marcos

d. Ninoy Aquino

He was a young Italian nobleman who had joined the expedition and a good servant and assistant to
Ferdinand Magellan during the expedition in Seville, Spain.

Select one:

a. Theodore Cachey Jr

b. None of the choices


c. Antonio Pigafetta

d. Antonio Legaspi

He was the Portuguese explorer to circumnavigate the globe. In 1519.

Select one:

a. Ruy Lopez de Villalobos

b. None of the choices

c. Ferdinand Magellan

d. Miguel Lopez de Legaspi

What was the password used for the codes of "Katipon"?

Select one:

a. Anak ng Bayan

b. Gomburza

c. None of the choices

d. Rizal

Based on the text you have read what is a travelogue?

Select one:

a. Collections of facts based on history

b. Information visited by or experienced by a traveler

c. Collection of information from famous person

d. None of the choices

Sometimes called as "higher criticism"

Select one:

a. External Criticism

b. Secondary Sources

c. Internal Criticism
d. Primary Sources

When Magellan died what happened the Santiago?

Select one:

a. Shipwrecked

b. Burned

c. None of the choices

d. Abandoned

The symbol of the restoration of democracy and the takeover of the Marcos Dictatorship in 1956.

Select one:

a. GabrellaSilang

b. Melchora Aquino

c. None of the choices

d. Corazon Aquino

He was one of the chief officers of Katipunan in 1895 and known as the President Supremo.

Select one:

a. Andres Bonifacio

b. None of the choices

c. Emilio Jacinto

d. Emilio Aguinaldo

Why Magellan named Guam the "Island of thieves"? (DITO PALA AKO NAGKAMALI HINDI KO ALAM
SAGOT DITO)

Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. Magellan stole money from that island

c. The people there stole their boats

d. The people there are thieves


According to Corazon Aquino's Speech she said, "The __________ already knew that Ninoy was not a
body merely to be imprisoned but a spirit he must break".

Select one:

a. President

b. None of the choices

c. Dictator

d. Government

History came from the Greek word ________ which means to search, look into.

Select one:

a. Historia

b. None of the choices

c. Historic

d. Historian

According to Corazon Aquino's Speech she said, "The__________ sought to break him by indignities and
terror".

Select one:

a. Government

b. Filipino's

c. None of the choices

d. President

The examination of the truthfulness of the evidence, it looks at the content of the source and examines
the circumstance of its production. It looks at the truthfulness and factuality of the evidence by looking
at the author of the source, its context, the agenda behind its creation, the knowledge which informed
it, and its intended purpose among others.

Select one:

a. Internal Criticism

b. External Criticism
c. Secondary Sources

d. Primary Sources

_________ is a brief summary or result based on a factual research and it also deals with the sequence
of important events that is stated in the history.

Select one:

a. History

b. Epic

c. None of the choices

d. Philosophy

During the declaration of independence on June 12 the Act of the Declaration of Independence was
organized, written, and read by _____________.

Select one:

a. Ambrosio Bautista

b. Emilio Aguinaldo

c. None of the choices

d. L.M. Johnson

This symbol in the Philippine flag represents the distinctive symbol of Katipunan Society, which by means
of its compact of blood urged on the masses of the people to insurrection.

Select one:

a. Sun

b. None of the choices

c. Red and blue color

d. White triangle

Their outfits were red masks with white triangles and with maroon sash.

Select one:

a. Katipon

b. Kawal
c. None of the choices

d. Bayani

Those sources produced at same time as the event, period, or subject being studied. These materials are
often located in the Special Collections of a library, rather than in the general collection.

Select one:

a. Internal Criticism

b. Primary Sources

c. Secondary Sources

d. External Criticism

Are historical sources, which studied a certain historical subject.

Select one:

a. Internal Criticism

b. External Criticism

c. Secondary Sources

d. Primary Sources

Wherever Corazon Aquino went in the campaign, slum area or impoverished village. They came to her
with one cry,______________.

Select one:

a. HELP

b. None of the choices

c. DEMOCRACY

d. PEACE

Sometimes called as "higher criticism"

Internal Criticism

Sometimes called as "lower criticism"

External Criticism
______________ are usually defined as first-hand information or data that is generated by witnesses or
participants in past events.

Select one:

a. Primary sources

b. Resources

c. Secondary resources

d. None of the choices

The following are classified as the Primary resources EXCEPT.

Select one:

a. Census

b. Books

c. None of the choices

d. Artifacts

Sometimes called as "higher criticism"

Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. Criticism

c. Internal Criticism

d. External Criticism

________________ which were produced by an author who used primary sources to produce the
material. In other words, this are historical sources, which studied a certain historical subject.

Select one:

a. Secondary resources

b. Primary sources

c. None of the choices

d. Resources
Historian's most important research tools are ___________.

Select one:

a. Investigation result

b. None of the choices

c. Researches

d. Historical resources

History came from the Greek word ________ which means to search, look into.

Select one:

a. Historian

b. Historic

c. None of the choices

d. Historia

The history or story of a society or group of people is rooted from their ________, EXCEPT.

Select one:

a. Folklore and Rituals

b. Legends and Arts

c. Myth and Epic

d. None of the choices

_________ is a brief summary or result based on a factual research and it also deals with the sequence
of important events that is stated in the history.

Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. History

c. Epic

d. Philosophy

Looks within the data itself to try to determine truth--facts and "reasonable" interpretation. It includes
looking at the apparent or possible motives of the person providing the data.

Select one:

a. Criticism

b. Internal Criticism

c. External Criticism

d. None of the choices

What was the first voyage according to Cachey Jr's The First Voyage around the World?

Select one:

a. Pigafetta's journal

b. None of the choices

c. Magellan's diary

d. stories and riddles

_____________________ became the pleasing sacrifice that answered their prayers for freedom.

Select one:

a. Corazon Aquino

b. Ferdinand Marcos

c. Ninoy Aquino

d. None of the choices

According to Corazon Aquino's Speech she said, "The dictator had called him a__________. Yet, two
million people threw aside their passivity and fear and escorted him to his grave".

Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. Nobody

c. Spy

d. Traitor

Which of the following is not written in the Katipunan Code of Conduct?


Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. To be a good man, a person should be a person of power and words.

c. To do good for personal gain and not for its own sake is not virtue.

d. To the honorable man, his word is sacred.

The eight raises of the sun the Philippine flag symbolizes the 8 provinces of:

Select one:

a. Manila, Cavite, Zambales, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Laguna and Batangas

b. Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Laguna and Batangas

c. Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Quezon and Batangas

d. None of the choices

Applies "science to a document." It involves such physical and technical tests as dating of paper a
document is written on, but it also involves a knowledge of when certain things existed or were possible,
e.g. when zip codes were invented.*

Select one:

a. Secondary Sources

b. External Criticism

c. Internal Criticism

d. Primary Sources

According to Corazon Aquino's Speech she said," I held out for participation in the ________ election the
dictatorship called, even if I knew it would be rigged. I was warned by the lawyers of the opposition, that
I ran the grave risk of legitimizing the foregone results of elections that were clearly going to be
fraudulent".

Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. 1985

c. 1984
d. 1986

The Progresista Party also known as __________ Party.

Select one:

a. Federalista

b. Propaganda

c. None of the choices

d. Progress

The history or story of a society or group of people is rooted from their ________, EXCEPT.

Select one:

a. Myth and Epic

b. Folklore and Rituals

c. None of the choices

d. Legends and Arts

In Corazon Aquino's speech she quoted, "Like_______________, I understand that force may be
necessary before mercy. Like Lincoln, I don't relish it. Yet, I will do whatever it takes to defend the
integrity and freedom of my country".

Select one:

a. Ninoy Aquino

b. None of the choices

c. Abraham Lincoln

d. Archibald Macleish

The Philippine National Anthem "LupangHinirang" was first known as ____________.

Select one:

a. Macha de Magdalo

b. None of the choices

c. Marcha de Filipina
d. Marcha Filipina Magdalo

The names of the 1519 Ferdinand Magellan Ships were the Trinidad, the San Antonio, the Conception,
the Victoria and the Santiago. True or False?

Select one:

True

False

________________ which were produced by an author who used primary sources to produce the
material. In other words, this are historical sources, which studied a certain historical subject.

Select one:

a. Primary sources

b. None of the choices

c. Secondary resources

d. Resources

Sometimes called as "higher criticism"

Select one:

a. None of the choices

b. External Criticism

c. Criticism

d. Internal Criticism

According to Corazon Aquino's Speech she said," Now, we are restoring full ____________ government"

Select one:

a. Constitutional

b. Democratic

c. Dictatorial

d. None of the choices

The original title of Kartilya ng Katipunan was ___________.


Select one:

a. Kartilya

b. None of the choices

c. Manga Aral Nang Katipunan

d. Aral ng KKK

The Philippine declaration was proclaimed on ___________________ at the Cavite el Viejo.

Select one:

a. June 12, 1889

b. None of the choices

c. June 12, 1899

d. June 12, 1898

Cory Aquino ended her speech by thanking the __________ for serving as home to her family and joined
America in building the Philippines as a new home for democracy.

Select one:

a. Ninoy Aquino

b. People of the Philippines

c. None of the choices

d. America

Historian's most important research tools are ___________.

Select one:

a. Researches

b. Historical resources

c. Investigation result

d. None of the choices

He draw an illustration that aimed as a commentary to the workings of Manila Police.

Select one:
a. Alfred McCoy

b. Fernando Amorsolo

c. Philippine Free Press

d. None of the choices

Looks within the data itself to try to determine truth--facts and "reasonable" interpretation. It includes
looking at the apparent or possible motives of the person providing the data.

Select one:

a. Primary Sources

b. External Criticism

c. Internal Criticism

d. Secondary Sources

Is the practice of verifying the authenticity of evidence by examining its physical characteristics;
consistency with the historical characteristics of the time when it was produced: and materials used for
evidence.

Select one:

a. External Criticism

b. Secondary Sources

c. Internal Criticism

d. Primary Sources

____________ was the reason why Cory Aquino was designated in presidency that put the Philippines in
the international spotlight for dethroning a dictator through peaceful means.

Select one:

a. EDSA People Power

b. None of the choices

c. Ninoy's Death

d. Martial Law

______________ are usually defined as first-hand information or data that is generated by witnesses or
participants in past events.

Select one:

a. Primary sources

b. Resources

c. Secondary resources

d. None of the choices

Form and appearance and more particularly to question of authorship and textual circumstances such as
time, place and purpose.

Select one:

a. Internal Criticism

b. Secondary Sources

c. Primary Sources

d. External Criticism

Sometimes called as "lower criticism"

Select one:

a. Internal Criticism

b. Secondary Sources

c. External Criticism

d. Primary Sources

Modern art form that turned away from classical art by exaggerating human features and prodding fun
at its subjects.

Select one:

a. Political caricature

b. None of the choices

c. Abstract

d. Visual arts
The author of Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era (1900-1941).

Alfred Mccoy

On ____ seven months as a president, Pres. Corazon Aquino went to the United States and spoke before
joining the session of the U.S. Congress.

September 18, 1986

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