GE2(MWF 5:30-6:30pm)PRELIM EXAM

What is history?

• The search for knowledge and truth, a searching to find out.

• Integrated narrative or description of past events or facts written in a spirit of critical inquiry for the whole truth.

• The discipline that studies the chronological order of events (as affecting a nation or people), based on critical examination of source materials and usually presenting an explanation of their causes.

• All the three given choices

Why study History?

• To learn about the past.

• To understand the present.

• To acquire a background for critical thinking.

• All the three given choices.

A historical source which is regarded as the source of the "best evidence". (Fox, 1969)

• Primary source

• Secondary source

• Internal criticism

• External criticism

An example of primary historical source.

• books

• Individual persons

• dictionaries

• encyclopedias

An example of secondary historical source.

• Documents in original forms

• Unpublished master's theses and dissertations

• Living organisms

• Natural objects

When was the first official Roman Catholic mass happened?

• November 26, 1520

• March 16, 1521

• March 31, 1521

• June 19, 1960

When did Magellan reached the Philippines?

• November 29, 1519

• November 26, 1520

• March 16, 1521

• June 19, 1960

Who was the Spanish chaplain who officiated the first mass held in the Philippines?

• Father Pedro Valderrana

• Father Pedro de Valderrama

• Father Pedro Valdera

• Father Pedro Valdehueza

When was Jose Rizal's execution?

• December 25, 1896

• December 27, 1896

• December 29, 1896

• December 30, 1896

What was the controversy of the First Mass that happened in the Philippines?

• It happened in Limasawa, Southern Leyte

• It happened in Masao, Butuan City

• The site where it happened. Some favored Limasawa, Southern Leyte and some favored Masao, Butuan City.

• It didn't happen at all