Peopling of the Philippines and Examples of Ethnolinguistics groups in the country

Who proposed the "Island Origin" Nusantao Theory?

• Peter Bellwood

• Wilhelm Solheim

• Henry Otley Beyer

• Felipe Landa Jocano

What theory explains that the people in the Philippines were end results of the evolution process and the movement of people?

• Core Population/ Evolution Theory

• Nusantao Theory

• Austronesian Theory

• None of the choices

The first people in the Philippines were Malakas and Maganda who stepped out of a bamboo after bird's pecking.

• fact

• myth

• theory

This refers to a group of people having similar language and culture who crossed the strait between China and Taiwan and moved downwards reaching the Batanes Islands.

• Austronesian

• Australopithecus

• Asian

• Malays

What theory argues that people of Southeast Asia are descendants of the Nusantao?

• Island Origin theory

• Out-of-Taiwan theory

• Core Population theory

• none of the choices

What is the smallest province in the Philippines (in terms of land area and population)?

• Batanes

• Sulu

• Romblon

• Cebu

What ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines have vakul land kanayi as their traditional attire?

• Mangyan

• Onhan

• Ivatan

• T'boli

There are only 10 Ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines.

• True

• False

• Maybe

• I don't know

Why should we study/learn about the ethnolinguistics groups in the Philippines?

• to recognize that there are superior and inferior ethnolinguistic groups

• to respect their culture and practices

• to recognize that Filipinos have diverse culture

• to discriminate Filipinos who belong to certain ethnolinguistic groups

Colonization was unsuccessful in Mindanao because of the resistance of the Muslims.

• True

• False

• Maybe