READINGS IN PHIL HISTORY
QUIZ 1
1. Which one of the following was the total
number of regions in the Philippines?
A. 17 C. 14
B. 16 D. 12
2. What is the total number of Barangays in the
Philippines?
A. 41,969 C. 42,405
B. 42,000 D. 43,000
3. What is the main idea of a record of the
human past from the time written records
began to appear?
A. Civilization C. Historical
B. Historic D. History
4. What is a lack of enthusiasm for celebrating
the nation state a sense of national community?
A. Filipino way
B. Nationalism
C. Problems of nationhood
D. Public Realm
5. It is a caused oriented groups and NGOs
vitality of civic consciousness misplaced focus
playthings of power holders and their divide and
rule tactics.
A. Civil Society
B. Nationalism
C. Problems of nationhood
D. Public Realm
6. How would you identify of the following
provinces was an area not frequently visited by
typhoons?
A. Province of Batanes
B. Province of Mindanao
C. Province of Quezon
D. Province of Samar
7. What is the name of the Islands during the
Sung Dynasty?
A. Filipinas
B. Mai
C. Ma-Yi
D. San Lazarus
8. Who is the name of the Chinese trader that
gave the name of the islands?
A. Chau Ju-Kua
B. Limahong
C. Ferdinand Magellan
D. Ruy Lopez Villalobos
9. What is the name of the of the explorer that
gave the name Filipinas in honor of King Philip II
of Spain?
A. Chau Ju-Kua
B. Limahong
C. Ferdinand Magellan
D. Ruy Lopez Villalobos
10. Who is the name of the person in Venice
that published the Filipinas on the map?
A. Chau Ju-Kua
B. Giovanni Batista Ramuso
C. Ferdinand Magellan
D. Ruy Lopez Villalobos
11. How would you identify the study of the
earth and its features?
A. Geography
B. Geology
C. History
D. Meteorology
12. Who is the famous historian and regarded as
the father of history?
A. Arnold Toynbee
B. Carl Hempel
C. Herodotus
D. Robin George Collingwood
13. What idea validates that a high developed
society has a high level of culture and Social
organizations?
A. Civilization
B. Culture
C. Historical
D. History
14. The early Filipinos practice a system of
economics during the Pre-Spanish period, the
barter system of trading.
A. Civilization
B. Culture
C. Historical
D. History