SOCIAL STUDIES 5

ORIGIN OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO

A. Identify the following. Write your answer on the line.

archipelago
1. __________________ is defined as a group of island in a large type expanse of water.
2. The Philippines is considered as an archipelagic country because it has __________________ islands.
3. The total7107
area of all islands in the Philippines is __________________.
4. The Philippines is divided into __________________.
3 300 000 sq. km.
Luzon
5. __________________ is the largest island.
6. __________________
Visayas is the smallest island.
Visayas
7. __________________ has an estimated number of 11 million people.
110 000 sq. km. total area.
8. Luzon has __________________
9. Visayas __________________
61 077 sq. km. total area.
10. Mindanao __________________
104 630 sq. km. total area.

B. Match column A to column B.

K
_______ 1. Rigion I a. NCR
L
_______ 2. ARMM b. SOCCSARGEN
_______
J 3. Region IX c. Caraga
N
_______ 4. Region VII d. Cagayan Valley
O
_______ 5. Region V e. Central Luzon
E
_______ 6. Region III f. MIMAROPA
F
_______ 7. Region IV-B g. Eastern Visayas
G
_______ 8. Region VIII h. Northern Mindanao
H
_______ 9. Region X i. Davao Region
I
_______ 10. Region XI j. Zamboanga Peninsula
A
_______ 11. National Capital Region k. Ilocos
M
_______ 12. Region VI l. Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao
B
_______ 13. Region XII m. Western Visayas
_______
C 14. Region XIII n. Central Visayas
D
_______ 15. Region II o. Bicol
_______
P 16. Cordillera Administrative Region p. CAR
_______
Q 17. Region IV-A q. CALABARZON

THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO

A. Enumerate the four theories on the origin of the Philippine archipelago.

CONTINENTAL DRIFT
1. _______________________________ PACIFIC THEORY
3. _______________________________
THEORY
2. _______________________________
ASIATIC THEORY LAND BRIDGES THEORY
4. _______________________________

B. Enumerate the following. Write your answer on the line.

CONTINENTAL DRIFT
THEORY
 1. _______________________ is a theory wherein the Philippine is believed to have been part of the
continent Laurasia which drifted 200 million years ago due to volcanic eruption in the ridges and in the
center of the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean.
2. The Philippines sits on a sub-plate of the Eurasian Plate now called _______________________.
PHILIPPINE PLATE
3. _______________________ is a theory wherein the Philippine archipelago was created due to heavy
activities of submarine
PACIFIC THEORY volcanoes in the western side of the Pacific basin.
4. _______________________
ASIATIC THEORY is a theory that explains the formation of the Philippine was a result of the
movement of the Asian continent towards the South which eventually led to the formation of the
China Sea depression.
5. _______________________
ASIATIC THEORY is a theory wherein it believed that the Philippines is part of the Sunken
Mountain.
6. _______________________
LAND BRIDGES THEORY is a theory wherein the Philippine was previously connected to the
mainland Asia through the bridges.
7. _______________________
ALFRED HOMES was the founder of this Continental Drift Theory.
8. _______________________
DR. BAILEY WILLIS was the founder of Pacific Theory.
DR. LEOPOLDO FAUSTINOwas the founder of Asiatic Theory.
9. _______________________

ORIGIN OF FILIPINO RACE

A. Match column A to column B.

B.
C 1. He coined the term “Austronesian” a. Henry Otley Beyer
D 2. He proposed the Austronesian Migration b. Felipe Landa Jocano
3. Theory c. Wilhelm Schmidt
F & H 4. The Austronesian language is divided into d. Peter Bellwood

A 5. He proposed the Wave of Migration Theory e. Old Stone Age

E, G, I 6. These are the three-age system f. Formosan
B 7. She proposed the Theory of Earlier and g. New Stone Age
Evolution Movement h. Malayo-Polynesian
i. Metal Age

C. Identify the following. Choose your answer below.

Fomosan Malayo-Polynesians The Austronesian Migration Theory

Austronesian New Stone Age The Wave of Migration Theory

Old Stone Age Mongoloids Austroloids Malay

Metal Age Aetas or Negritos Palawan Indones

Theory of Earlier and Evolution Movement

AUSTRONESIAN
_______________________ 1. It refers to the family languages spoken from Taiwan to New

Zealand.

AUSTRONESIAN MIGRATION
 _______________________ 2. This theory states that the first people in the Philippines came from

the group of Austronesians who travelled from Asia into the Pacific

through Taiwan 6, 000 years ago.

AUSTRONESIAN MIGRATION 3. Similarities of languages, traditions, and tools found in the

_______________________
THEORY
Philippines and in other Asian countries are some of the bases for

this theory.

4. According to many scholars, physical features of Austronesians are mixtures of _______________________

MONGOLOIDS
and _______________________. ASTROLOIDS

5. The Austronesians is divide into _______________________

FORMOSAN and _______________________.
MALAYO-POLYNESIAN

WAVE OF MIGRATION
_______________________ 6. This theory states that different groups or kinds of people that
THEORY
came to the Philippines one after the other, like waves.

7. The Wave of Migration Theory is based on the assumption that history is based on the Three-Age-System the
OLD STONE AGE
_______________________, _______________________, NEW
and STONE AGE
_______________________.
METAL AGE
_______________________ 8. They are considered the first people to arrive in the Philippines 12
AETAS OR NEGRITOS
000 – 15 000 years ago. They travelled through the land bridges that connected
Palawan to other parts of Southeast Asia.

AETAS OR NEGRITOS
_______________________ 9. They lived during the Stone Age.

INDONES
_______________________ 10. First group to reach the Philippines by sea.

_______________________
INDONES 11. They practice farming, uses body ornaments and lived in the

seashores, which forced the Aetas to move into the mountains.

MALAY
_______________________ 12. They came from Borneo, Sumatra, and other parts of the Malay

Peninsula. They arrived through the use of balangay.

MALAY
_______________________ 13. They have an advance culture and lived during the Metal Age

and brought the industry of tool-making and weapon-making.

THEORY OR EARLIER 14. This theory contends that the fossil evidence found in the
_______________________
EVOLUTION AND
MOVEMENT Philippines shows that our ancestors have not only migrated to the

Philippines, but have also travelled to New Guinea, Borneo, and

Australia.
15. In 1962, remains of human being (skull cap and portion of jaw) was found in the Tabon Cave in
PALAWAN
_______________________.

PRE-COLONIAL IN THE PHILIPPINES

A. Write T if the statement is correct and F if not.

T 1. The main source of livelihood back then was agriculture.

______

T 2. Our ancestors learned to different plants such as fruits and vegetables.

______

F 3. Farming was done in only one way through Kaingin system.

______

T 4.Ifugao constructed irrigation and drainages and planted rice through terraces.
______

F 5. Maranao constructed the famous “Banaue Rice Terraces.”

______

T
______ 6. There are two types of land holding the public and the private.

T
______ 7. Our ancestors raised animals that are being used for household consumption and

sell and trade for other goods.

T
______ 8. Though our communities are near bodies of water, fishing has not been their source

of livelihood.

T 9. Women was dominated in weaving clothes, ornamental crafts, accessory-making

______

and jewelry-making. They made use of sinamay, liner and silk to make it.

T
______ 10. Sometimes the goods that are being used in barter system were priced in terms of

gold.

B. Identify the following. Choose your answer below.

Kainginin System Tillage Private Public Barter System

KAINGIN SYSTEM
__________________ 1. It is the cutting down and burning of trees and plants in an area so that

land may be cultivated.

TILLAGE
__________________ 2. The land is cleared and prepared for growing crops.

PUBLIC HOLDING 3. The land can be tilled by anyone but it is less suitable for farming.
__________________

PRIVATE
__________________ 4. The rich and cultivated lands are managed by the datus or those in the
HOLDING
higher class.
BARTER SYTEM
__________________ 5. It is done between or among barangay the exchange of goods.

C. Identify the following. Write your answer on the lne.

DATU It resulted to the implementation of laws or
1. The Barangay was being led by a __________________.

rules to maintain the peace and order in the community.

2. During the Spanish period, several documents on laws and regulations in baranagays were
BURNED
__________________.

CUSTOMARY
3. In early Filipino society, laws were either __________________ WRITTEN
or __________________.

INHERITANCE __________________,
4. Existing Laws dealt with __________________, PROPERTY OF __________________,
LOANS
RIGHTS
FAMILY DISPUTE
__________________ SEPARATION OF
and __________________.MARRIAGE

5. Before the laws are enforced, the datu consults with a __________________
COUNCILwhoOF
must approved of his
ELDERS
plan.

6. The new legislation is then announced by the __________________,

UMALOHOKANwho also explains the law to

everyone.

7. The court is made up of the __________________

DATUS and the __________________.
COUNCIL OF
ELDERS
8. If a conflict arises between barangays, a board made up of elders from neutral barangay act as

__________________. MEDIATOR

COURT
9. The datu will calls the two parties involved to speak for themselves in the _____________.

10. If the datu cannot make a decision about the matter the two parties are subjected into
TEST OF HONESTY
________________________________________.
DEATH FINE
11. If found guilty a person will be punished by __________________ or __________________. Or

equivalent to the crime committed.

D. List down the following Tests of Honesty.

DUEL
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________

HOLDING OUT CANDLES

2. ____________________________________________________________________________________
DIVING UNDER THE OCEAN OR RIVER
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________
PICKING UP SOMETHING FROM A POT OF BOILING WATER
4. ____________________________________________________________________________________