MEDINA COLLEGE IPIL, INC.

Don Andres, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MIDWIFERY

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
PHILIPPINE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Name: ______________________________________ Course & Section: _________________________

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating”- Sophocles
Reminder: Not following instructions will be considered incorrect.
All form of erasures means wrong.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES

Direction: Read each questions carefully and encircle the letter of your choice.

1. What indigenous group considered to be people form the inland area?

a. Tadyawan c. Tagbanua
b. Mansaka d. Mandaya
2. Refers to a ritual performed three times a year in a Tagbanua tradition.
a. Magkaaldawan c.Runsay
b. Pagbuyis d. pagdidiwata
3. Which of the following indigenous group that believes their bites are fatal?
a. Mansaka c. Agta Tabangnon
b. Bagobo d. Buhid
4. An indigenous group that were first called Manlorowa or people who dwell in the forest.
a. Mansaka c. Bagobo
b. Mandaya d. Tiruray
5. A tradition of Manobo in preparation of farm acitivities and implements.
a. Adow ne Dumaget c. Sunggod ta Kamanga
b. Pagdidiwata d. Runsay
6. What do Mansaka people depend on, which regulate the interrelationships between families and
between members of a family?
a. Social organizations b. arrange marriage
a. Customs and traditions d. Kinship Ties
7. The following are the towns of the Province of Oriental Mindoro occupied by the Tadyawan
tribesmen, except.
a. Naujan c. Victoria
b. Bansud d. Aborlan
8. What habitual law that the Higaonon tribal people follow?
a. Bunkatol Ha Bulawan Daw Nang Ka Tasa ha Lana
b. Treasured unity of Love and Peace
c. Tampudas hu Balagun
d. both a and b
9. It is a means to exorcise the spirit of sickness or problems in a Gaddang ritual tradition.
a. Ballauan c. mangakkit
b. Mattakkilala d. none of the above
10. Where a sacred ceremonial does located in a Dumagat tribe beliefs?
a. River c. forest
b. Mountain d. sea
II. IDENTIFICATION

Directions: Identify what is being asked. Write your answers in the space provided. Use
CAPITAL LETTERS only. (2 pts. each)

_____________________1. The term “Dumagat” is derived from the word?

_____________________2. What should a pregnant woman observes to protect the health and life of an infant?
_____________________3. The annual cultural gathering of the Dumagat Indigenous people to forge
community’s solidarity.
_____________________4. People with a lavish taste for traditional costumes, adornments, and precious
stones.
_____________________5. The animist ethnic group inhabiting highland areas in Southwestern Mindanao.

_____________________6. The offsprings of Remontado and Agta Marriages.

_____________________7. The Headman of Mandaya Ttibe.

_____________________8. Have high forehead, quite prominent cheekbones, broad noses, thick lips and
angular features.
________________________9. Occupy the Province of Oriental Mindoro specifically Naujan, Victoria and
Bansud.
____________________10. What is called to a Tadyawan language?

____________________11. An accessory bag that both sexes used in Buhid Tribe.

____________________12. People of the upper part of a stream or river.

____________________13. A term called to the Indigenous peoples living in Mindanao.

____________________14. A song ritual in Gaddang tribe performed as an appeal to the anitos to bless
newlyweds with good health.
____________________15. The first settlers lived in Northern Mindanao- Camiguin, Cagayan and Bukidnon.

III. TRUE OR FALSE

Direction: Write your Last Name if the statement is correct but it it’s false, write your First Name.
(2 pts. each)

______________1. A recent estimate by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies puts the Mandaya
population at around 56,507.
______________2. The upland Manobo practices swidden farming while those inhabiting the valleys practice
wet rice farming.
______________3. The Higaonon people are true peace loving people and also known as weavers of peace.
______________4. The Tagbanwa are noted for the complicated Pagdiwata ritual, held to celebrate various
occasions including bountiful harvests and weddings.
______________5. The Higaonon tribe are one of the most accomplished basket weaving groups among the
country’s cultural communities.
______________6. Early Mandaya houses were built on treetops or bamboo groves as a precautionary measure
against surprise attacks and raids.
______________7. The Tagbanua men respect women but they do not believe in divorce.
______________8. Davao del Norte is home to the most number of Mansaka (32,052 in 2000) comprising
around five percent of the entire population of the province.
_____________9. In Manobo tribe, marriage is said to be traditionally imposed by parental arrangement.
_____________10. The Mandaya tribe is one of the least known ethnic groups that inhabit the hinterlands of
North-Central Mindanao.

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Prepared by: Jinky A. Obido, LPT