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Readings in Philippine History

Readings in Philippine History (University of Southeastern Philippines)

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Instruction(s): Read the questions carefully and identify the correct answer. Mark X on the box of your chosen
answer on the answer sheet provided for you. Should you desire to change your answer, just blacken the box and
mark a new X on the box of your chosen answer.

1. The method that consists of collection of data through observation and experimentation, formulation, testing
of hypothesis is called
A. Empirical method C. Scientific information
B. Scientific method D. Practical knowledge

2. Notaphily is the study of ___________

A. Carvings C. Paper money
B. Inscriptions D. Stamps

3. A primary source is defined as

A.Produced after the event has happened C.They usually comes in a form of books
It is usually an assessment or a commentary of It is a piece of evidence written or created
B. D.
events during the period under investigation

4. A product of record keeping of a bureau which contains information.

A. Minutes C. Formulas’
B. Social document D. Content

5. A historian reached a broad conclusion of his work is called

A. Theory C. Conclusion
B. Generalization D. Formula

6. Below are primary sources EXCEPT

A. Encyclopedia article C. Historical document
B. Museum artifact D. Photograph

7. Biography of Ferdinand Marcos

A. Primary source C. Narrative source
B. Diplomatic source D. Secondary source

8. Civil registry records is an example of ______.

A. Diplomatic source C. Narrative source
B. Social documents D. Literary documents

9. Folk songs
A. Diplomatic source C. Oral evidence
B. Social source D. Narrative source

10. Historians consider these sources as document / record and existing legal situation as the best source?
A. Relic C. Oral sources
B. Remains D. Diplomatic sources

11. Historical research is conducted for which of the following reasons?

To identify the relationship that the past has To enhance understanding of the culture in
A. C.
to the present which we live
To identify the relationship that the past has
B. D.All of the above
to the future

12. How do historians help us learn about the past?

They collect, evaluate, and interpret written
A.The determine the age of rocks C.
evidence
They use radioactivity to determine the age of
B.They dig up artifacts D.
artifacts

13. In analyzing historical documents, historian should

Collect probable sources of information on the
A. C.Select the subject to investigate
subject
B.Examine the source genuineness D.All of the above

14. In analyzing historical events, historian should

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Extract credible “particulars” thus derived

A.Select the sources to investigate C.
historiography
Will not anymore collect probable sources of Understand the past by merely defining what
B. D.
information on the subject happening in the past

15. In criticizing primary historical documents, following questions should be ask EXCEPT
How close was the author to the event being
A.When was the account made? C.
studied?
How many books should be use in analyzing the Does informed common sense make the account
B. D.
historical events? probable?

16. In evaluating historical research sources, external criticism _____________

Can involve the use of historical linguists’
Can involve the use of carbon dating and
A. C.knowledgeable with the writing style of the
handwriting experts
period
Helps determine the validity, trustworthiness
B. D.All of the above
or authenticity of a source

17. In what way primary sources can be non written

A. They come in a form of artifacts C. They come in a form of accounts
B. They come in a form of biographies D. None of the above

18. It is systematic evaluation of the primary source be it a text, painting, caricature, and / or speech that
in the process students could develop and present an argument based on their own understanding of the
evidences from their readings.
A. Historical method C. Contextual analysis
B. Historical analysis D. Analytical method

19. Jose was exploring the library in his new school in Manila. He wanted to study the history of Calamba,
Laguna during the 19th century. In one of the books, he saw an old photography of a woman standing in front
of an old church, clipped among the pages. At the photo was a fine inscription that says: “Kalamba, 19 de
Junio 1861”. What kind of material being use by Jose?
A. Primary source C. Tertiary source
B. Secondary source D. All of the above

20. Lorena was a new teacher of Araling Panlipunan in a small elementary school in Mauban, Quezon. Her
colleagues gave her the new textbook that she ought to use in a class. Before the class started, Lorena
studied the textbook carefully. She noted that the authors used works by other known historians in writing
the textbook. She saw the bibliography included Teodoro Agoncillo’s the Revolt of the Masses and Ma. Luisa
Camagay’s Working Women of Manila. What kind of textbook Lorena uses?
A. Secondary source C. Primary source
B. Tertiary source D. None of the above

21. Maria is writing the history of the oldest church in Tagum city. She integrates some text in the bible.
Some of her materials gathered in her field work were priest testimonies and their interpretation. Maria is
using what historical criticism.
A. Form criticism C. Canonical criticism
B. Tradition criticism D. Source criticism

22. Oral histories can be based on _______________

A. Interviews with people C. Songs
B. Stories and tales D. All of the above

23. Prehistoric times ended with the development of

A. Written language C. Agriculture
B. Irrigation system D. Speech

24. President Duterte’s public speeches.

A. Literary documents C. Diplomatic source
B. Narrative documents D. Social documents

25. Scrutinizing historical sources through external criticism is

Aims to check whether the source is real or
A.Checking on the reliability of the source C.
fake

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There should be skepticism in accepting the The material must be investigated based on the
B. D.
source time and place it is written

26. The eye witness accounts about past events are called
A. Facts C. Secondary sources
B. Preliminary sources D. Oral sources

27. The following includes in the modern historical writing EXCEPT

Used of methods from related areas of study
A.Integrating text book materials C.
such as archeology and anthropology
B.Examination of documents D.Gathering of materials

28. The following is a step in the process of historical research?

A. Identifying a research topic C. Data collection
B. Data synthesis D. All of the above

29. The Golden Tara sculpture that was believed to be made prior to the arrival of the Spaniards in the
Philippines.
A. All of the above C. Primary source
B. Tertiary source D. Secondary source

30. The historian’s aim about the past is

The truth, authenticity and plausibility about The records, the experiences, and the truth
A. C.
the event about the event
The truth, the experiences, and plausibility The process, the plausibility, and the
B. D.
about the event accounts about the event

31. The process of critically examining and analyzing the records and survivals of the past is called as
A. Historiography C. Historical analysis’
B. Historical method D. Historical process

32. The process of dealing with concerns over the authenticity of a source is referred to as
A. Sourcing C. Secondary criticism
B. Internal criticism D. External criticism

33. The third part of diplomatic source which includes the attestation of those responsible for the document,
which maybe the author, writer, counter signer, principal parties involved, and witnesses to the enactment
or the subscription.
A. Eschatocol C. Content
B. Protocol D. Negotiable

34. The traditional method of writing historical research.

A. History as activity C. Historiography
B. History as learning D. History as record

35. The used of travel brochure in writing a documentary of a place.

A. Secondary source C. Primary source
B. Tertiary source D. None of the above

36. The word history comes from the Greek word “historia” which means
A. Learning by questioning C. Learning by reading
B. Learning by Inquiry D. Learning by memorizing

37. These are original historical sources.

A. Static sources C. Primary sources
B. Descriptive sources D. Interpretative sources

38. This evidence is considered as material evidence.

A. Recordings C. Diaries
B. Archeological D. Books

39. What is a secondary source?

A source which is someone’s second choice to A second piece of information written about an
A. C.
use for research event

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A source created after an event has happened

B. D.A source created at the time of an event
by someone not present at the event

40. What is primary source?

A source created at the time of an event by an
A.A source used often C.
individual who was there
A source found in an important book like an
B. D.A source created after an event has happened
encyclopedia

41. What is primary source?

A. Encyclopedia C. Original documents
B. Research studies D. Magazine accounts

42. What is primary source?

A. Websites C. Journals
B. Newspapers D. Research studies

43. What is the historical tract typically composed to inform contemporaries or succeeding generations?
A. Narrative C. Juridical tract
B. Literature D. Scientific tract

44. Which is a secondary source?

A. Newspaper C. Letter
B. Diary D. 1st hand account

45. Which is a secondary source?

A. Website C. Journal
B. Original document D. Diary

46. Which is not a primary source?

A. 1st hand account C. Letter
B. Research studies D. Journal

47. Which is not an example of primary sources?

A. Letters C. Marriage certificate
B. Textbooks D. Biographies

48. Which of the following is a secondary source?

A textbook chapter on world war II and its A photograph of an immigrant family arriving
A. C.
famous battles at Ellis Island
A journal kept by a soldier during the
B.Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech D.
American revolution

49. Which of the following terms best describes data that were originally collected at an earlier time by a
different person purpose?
A. Primary data C. Experimental data
B. Secondary data D. All of the above

50. Why is the study of history considered subjective?

Collected evidences do not comprise the total History reconstruct only what happened in the
A. C.
object that the historian is studying past
It relies on historian understanding of the There historical events which are not
B. D.
past important

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