Westmead International School

Gulod Labac, Batangas City

College of Arts and Sciences
Philippine History
Summer Semester SY 2013-2014
May 2014
Midterms Examination

Name: ___________________________________
Course and Section: ________________________

General Directions
1. Use the test booklet for your answer.
2. Use only Black ink.
3. RIGHT minus WRONG.
4. Write your answers on CAPITAL LETTERS.
5. NO ERASURES, SUPERIMPOSITIONS or ALTERATIONS allowed.
6. Anyone caught cheating in any form will automatically receive a grade of 5.0

Test I. Choose the letter of the BEST answer.

1. The following are the proposed name for the Philippines. EXCEPT

a. Haring Bayan Katagalugan c. Republika ng Katagalugan

b. Rizaline Republic d. Bayang Pinaghaharian ng Tagalog

2. What is the total land area of Luzon?

a. 108,171 sq km c. 38, 925 sq mi

b. 99,078 sq km d. 115, 831 sq mi

3. The Philippines is divided into how many provinces?

a. 71 c. 73
b. 83 d. 81

4. What is the most romantic name of the Philippines?

a. Las Isla Filipinas c. Republica Filipina

b. Perla del Mar de Oriente d. Maharlika

5. What is the Highest peak mountain in Luzon?

a. Mt. Apo c. Mt. Maculot

b. Mt. Pulog d. Mt. Makiling

6. The first Filipino record was written in?

a. Rock c. Alibata
b. Fossils d. Laguna Copperplate

7. Who discovered Tabon Man on May 28, 1962?

a. Dr. Robert Fox c. Armand Salvador Mijares

b. H. Otley Beyer d. Felix Manalo

8. The only Christian nation in Asia.

a. Singapore c. Philippines
b. Hongkong d. Thailand

9. She was the legendary lawgiver, the great granddaughter of the first man and the first woman in
the world.

a. Timawa c. Sabsaban
b. Apo d. Lubluban

10. What was the old name of Mindoro?

a. Ma-I c. T’ung-K’ao
b. Sung Shin d. Guangzhou

11. He was the First Official Catholic Christian of the Philippines after he and his wife were
baptized by Magellan’s priest.

a. Lapu-Lapu c. Hara Amihan

b. Rajah Humabon d. Duarte Barbosa

12. The Battle of Mactan was fought in the Philippines on.

a. April 27, 1521 c. April 25, 1521

b. April 15, 1527 d. April 21, 1521

13. The First European to sail around Cape of good hope.

 a. Elcano c. Magellan
b. Victoria d. Pigafetta

14. It is the forced labor for 40 days of men ranging from 16 to 60 years of age who were obligated
to give personal services to community projects.

a. Timawa c. Aliping Namamahay

b. Aliping Saguiguilid d. Polo y Servicio

15. It was a system that was employed mainly by the Spanish Crown during the colonization of the
Americas of regulate Native American labor.

a. Encomienda c. Reconguista
b. Adelantados d. Encomiendero

16. When was Charles III created the Royal Philippine Company with a 25 year charter?

a. March 8, 1918 c. March 10, 1785

b. March 10, 1895 d. March 8, 1785

17. When was the Liberals won the Spanish Revolution?

a. 1867 c. 1869
b. 1868 d. 1870

18. It is the use of reasoning of facts in order to persuade another person to favor a particular
kind of action that.

. La Solidaridad c. Propaganda
a. Assimilation d. Reform

19. He used the Penname “Plaridel” and established the diariong tagalog in 1882 to publish
observation and critism on how the Spanish government in the Philippines was run.

a. Marcelo H Del Pilar c. Jose Rizal

b. Graciano Lopez – Jaena d. Mariano Ponce

20. This is the foremost organ/newspaper of the Propaganda Movement.

a.Diariong Tagalog c. Fray Botod

c. La Solidaridad d. Succesos De las Islas Filipinas

Test II. Discussion. 10 points each

In not less than 15 sentences except the 2nd item...

 Discuss how Rizal's novel, Noli Me Tangere awakened the nationalistic consciousness of the
Filipinos.
 In chronological order,discuss how the Spanish-Filipino war transpired.
 Where it not for Andres Bonifacio's call to stand up against the Spaniards regime ,would you
think there will be someone who could stand up and fight against the domination during that
time? Who could it be? Support your answer.
 If the Katipunan was not prematurely discovered ,what could be the end of it or what might
had happened to the war?
 Given the chance to change the name of our country, what would it be and why? Justify your
answer.

"Per Aspera Ad Astra"

-To excellence thr0ugh difficulties.

Prepared by: Noted by:

Hyman Jay H. Blanco,RCrim Atty. Sharon D. Aledo Dr. Marites D. Manlongat

Faculty,CAS. Dean,CAS VP for Academic Affairs