Games

• What was the government system like during the Marcos regime?
• Cory Aquino is the ______ Filipino female politician.
• What historical event do we celebrate annually on February 25?
• What color symbolizes the Aquinos?
• Does Cory Aquino come from a wealthy family? Yes or no.
• Speech falls under what classification of historical source?
• System of government in which people vote their elected representatives into parliament.
• Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Sr. is the spouse of Cory Aquino. True or false.
• The speech by Cory Aquino was held after the joint session of the US Congress. What made
the statement incorrect?
• For how many years did Cory Aquino govern the Philippines?
Answers:
1. dictatorial
2. first
3. people power revolution/ edsa revolution
4. yellow
5. yes
6. primary
7. democratic/democracy
8. false
9. "after"
10. six
Quiz
1. She was the 1st Filipino Female Politician Leader who served as the 11th president of the
Philippines. (February 25,1986 - June 30,1992)
=TRUE

2. She held the "Tagumpay ng Bayan" (People's Victory) rally at Luneta Park on February 18, 1986.
= FALSE (Feb 16, 1986)

3. Ninoy Aquino functioned as the symbol of the restoration of democracy and the overthrow of the
Marcos
Dictatorship in 1986.
= FALSE (Cory Aquino)

4. A democratic country was Cory Aquino's aim for the Filipino people.
= TRUE

5. The Marcoses and Aquinos have a great relationship with each other.
= FALSE

6. Cory ended her speech by thanking America for serving as home to her family for what she
referred to as the "three happiest years of our lives together."
-True
7. The people vindicated Cory Aquino in an election shamefully marked by government thuggery and
fraud.
- True
8. Cory claims that her main approach to this problem is through peace and not through the sword of
war.
- True
9. In Cory Aquino's speech, she does not recognize the large sum of foreign debt incurred by the
Marcos regime.
– False (she recognize)
10. Cory talked at length about Marcos’ toil and suffering at the hands of the dictatorship that he
resisted.
-False (Ninoy)