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Choose the best answer (1 point each). Archaeological evidence places the earliest rice cultivation in the Philippines in which area?

• Bicol Peninsula

• Cagayan Valley

• Central Visayas

• Ilocos Region

Choose the best answer (1 point each). The introduction of wet-rice agriculture is most closely associated with early migration from:

• Arabia and Persia

• Europe and Africa

• Indo-Malaysia, China, and Vietnam

• Japan and Korea

Choose the best answer (1 point each). The Philippines was referred to as “Ma-Yi” by traders from which country?

• India

• China

• Japan

• Thailand

Choose the best answer (1 point each). Which cooking technique introduced by the Chinese most influenced Filipino pancit dishes?

• Baking

• Stir-frying

• Steaming in leaves

• Smoking

Choose the best answer (1 point each). Soy sauce and fish sauce became common in Filipino cuisine primarily due to:

• Spanish colonization

• Indian trade

• Chinese merchants

• American occupation

Choose the best answer (1 point each). The discovery of yellowfin tuna bones with tabon-tabon in Butuan supports the antiquity of:

• Adobo

• Sinigang

• Kinilaw

• Tinapa

Choose the best answer (1 point each). The defining feature of kinilaw that differentiates it from ceviche is the use of:

• Lime

• Tamarind

• Vinegar

• Tomato

Choose the best answer (1 point each). Which event marks the formal introduction of Spanish ingredients into Filipino cuisine?

• 1100 AD trade with India

• 1521 arrival of Magellan

• 1898 American colonization

• 1940s U.S. Army presence

Choose the best answer (1 point each). Which ingredient was NOT introduced by the Spanish?

• Tomato

• Potato

• Corn

• Soy sauce

Choose the best answer (1 point each). Filipino tamales differ from the Mexican original primarily because Filipino tamales use:

• Wheat flour

• Rice instead of corn

• Cassava

• Coconut milk only