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Cebu History

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The oldest city of Phillipines

(a)  

2.

The second largest metropolitan area of the Philippines

a)

Davao City

b)

Cebu City

c)

Metro Manila

3.

The name Cebu came from the word "sibu or sibo" which is a shortened form of

a)

sinibuayng hingpit

b)

sinibuayng higpit

c)

sibuayng hingpit

d)

sibuayng higpit

4.

Sugbo or Sugbu, in turn was derived from the Old Cebuano term for

a)

Scorched Earth

b)

Great Earth

5.

The Portuguese explorer who landed in Cebu on April 7, 1521

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Lapu-lapu

c)

Rajah Humabon

6.

The last ruler of Sugbo, prior to Spanish colonization

a)

Rajah Humabon

b)

Rajah Sulayman

c)

Rajah Tupas

7.

The Pope of who created the diocese of Cebu as a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Manila on August 1595.

a)

Pope Clement VIII

b)

Pope Francis

c)

Pope Luis Antonio

8.

This refers to Sri Lumay's scorched earth tactics against Muslim Pirates

a)

Kang Sri Lumaying Sugbo

b)

Pulua Kang Dayang

9.

Who is the native chieftain of Mactan that killed Ferdinand Magellan during the "Battle of Mactan"?

(a)  

10.

Who is the grandson of Rajah Lumay and is also the one who poisoned the members of Magellan due to fear of foreign occupation

a)

Rajah Sulayman

b)

Rajah Humabon

11.

Established in 1565, it's considered the oldest Roman Catholic Church in the country, and it houses the image of the Holy Child, which was believed to have been brought by the Spaniards in 1521.

(a)  

12.

When Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his Spanish troops set foot in Cebu in 1521, he planted a Christian cross to symbolize the propagation of the Catholic faith in the land. The site for this historic event became one of the province's most popular landmarks, and up until this day, it bears the remains of the true cross which Magellan brought to the country.

(a)  

13.

It's home to the first street in the Philippines—Located in Cebu City's downtown area, it was established in 1565 by Spanish troops under the command of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.

(a)