WorksheetsGHIST PRELIMS REVIEWER
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the word history came from a greek word historie which means to inquire
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Historical opinions are people’s points of view which are automatically based on facts.
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History is always written from a point of view.
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According to Renato Constantino, one issue on post-colonial historiography was that Filipino historians were captives of Spanish and American historiography.
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Historical facts are pieces of information that are true.
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According to Fr. John Schumacher, some “nationalist history” have obstructed, instead of promoted, the national Filipino cause.
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Both Renato Constantino and Fr. John Schumacher believe in the writing of people’s history.
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History is all around us
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In studying history, we are interested to find out what happened, when it happened, to whom it happened, how it happened, why it happened, and what its consequences were.
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Only when information is true can we have an accurate picture of the past.
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Which of the following statements about the historian’s task comes from Fr. John Schumacher?
To advance the writing of a truly Filipino history, the history of the Filipino people
To present the Filipino past that really was, in all its variety
To weave particular events into a total view so that historical experience can be summed up and analysed
To write Philippine history from the point of view of the Filipino
For Renato Constantino, what should be the focus of writing a truly Filipino history?
The nationalist writing of people’s history
the collective lives and struggles of anonymous masses of individuals and social forces
the recovery of the past human experience
the reforming and reshaping of the Filipino society toward a better future
It is considered as the “essence of life” according to Constantino?
struggle
toward a nationalist history
society
human masses
Which is not true about Renato Constantino’s people’s history?
It must not deal only with objective developments but also bring the discussion to the realm of value judgments
It must deal with the past with a view to explaining the present
History should show how a nation was born
It must be more descriptive than analytical
What was the focus of post-colonial Philippine history according to Fr. John Schumacher?
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Both---Philippine Revolution and American Colonial Period
American Colonial Period
Philippine Revolution
All of the following are examples of secondary source except:
Jose Rizal’s correspondent letters
Magazine article about 20th century female photographer
Textbook on Philippine History
Book about diaries kept during the Holocaust
The term historiography has this meaning:
reforming and reshaping people’s history
historical research that aims for social justice
writing a nationalist history
the practice of writing history
Fr. John Schumacher’s framework in studying Philippine history?
Williams Henry Scott
Jose Rizal
Renato Constantino’s People’s History
Bonifacio, Jacinto and other revolutionists
Biography, newspaper article, diary, journal entries, and films are examples of:
Literary sources
Social documents
material sources
testimonial sources
Historical sources are materials or objects from which the historians construct meaning.
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In studying history, we are interested to find out what happened, when it had happened, to whom it happened, how it happened, why it happened, and what's its consequences.
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In studying history, we are interested to find out the patterns of change and continuity over time.
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BC is short for before Christ which refers to the number of years after the birth of Jesus Christ
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AD is short for Anno Domini which refers to the number of years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Sources are proofs that determine the truth of historical accounts.
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Evidences are things which provide information.
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Ornaments, tools, or other objects made by people of the past are called artifacts.
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According to Renato Constantino, one issue on post colonial historiography was that Filipino historians were captives of a Spanish and American historiography.
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There were distortions and forgeries in post-colonial historiography according to Fr. John Schumacher
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According to Renato Constantino, the historian's task is to advance the writing of a truly Filipino history
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According to Fr. John Schumacher, the Filipino people are the primary agents of their history.
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According to Fr, Schumacher, some "nationalist history" have obstructed, instead of promoted, the national Filipino cause.
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The Laguna Copper-plate inscription is an example of an unwritten source.
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The terms Philippines and Filipinos did not exist before the spanish came to our islands since there was no unified state in these islands, only independent chiefdoms or tribes.
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The precolonial Filipinos were not deeply religious, there were taught by Spaniards.
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External genuineness of the documents the researchers use in a historical study,
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If you do internal criticism, you are doing context analysis.
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Doing content analysis, is also doing an internal criticism.
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Written sources and unwritten sources are typologies of historical sources according to forms
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Primary sources and secondary sources are typologies of historical sources according to kind
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Published journal articles and books are an example of secondary sources.
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Who wrote his book with the objective of writing a history that comes from the point of view of the Filipinos, particularly the grassroots?
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The Following are works of Renato Constantino
the miseducation of the filipino
excerpts from the speeches of claro m. recto
veneration wihtout understanding
the making of a filipino: a history of philippine colonial politics
The historian's task in the Philippine
What was the focus of post-colonialist Philippine History according to Fr. John Schumacher?
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It is considered as the essence of life according to Renato Constantino.
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The motivators of change and history according to Renato Constantino:
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For Renato Constantino, what did he consider as a motive force of Philippine history?
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Fr. Schumacher's framework in studying Philippine History is?
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According to him, understanding all aspects of the experience of the Filipinos must be investigated in order to have a true Filipino history:
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What is the correct order of Birth of Filipino Nationalism?
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The historians' task according to Fr. Schumacher
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Which is not true about doing external criticism?
looking at the historicity of the facts contained in the document
determining the accuracy of the contents of a document
doing context analysis
doing content analysis
Which of the following is not an example of primary source?
memoirs
textbooks
diaries
speeches
Journal article
Primary source
Secondary source
Book review
Primary source
Secondary source
Recordings
Primary source
Secondary source
Autobiography
Primary source
Secondary source
History book
Primary source
Secondary source
Biography
Primary source
Secondary source
Relics
Primary source
Secondary source
Government records
Primary source
Secondary source
Diary
Primary source
Secondary source
Oral history
Primary source
Secondary source
Diaries, Minutes of meeting, Government documents, Biography, Autobiography
written
unwritten
artifacts, Photos, Oral traditions, Interview recordings, Relics
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Unwritten
is the material/matter/medium contained within the work that's available for the audience.
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is the positioning of the content, storyline, or purpose that provides value to the audience.
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CONTENT can come in several forms:
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Date of the writing and/or publication of the original document: the Battle of Mactan
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The original language used in the Battle of Mactan
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Author’s name (battle of Mactan)
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The language used in translation: Battle of Mactan
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Date and place of birth of the author: Antonio Pigafetta
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The social milieu around the time that the event occurred and was written (What was happening in history around the time that the document was written?) (battle of mactan)
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Title of the document where the selected text came from: battle of mactan
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Relevant information about the antonio pigafetta that would link the author to the primary source:
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Translator/s name: battle of mactan
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The place where the original document was first published: Battle of Mactan
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The author's purpose for writing the document: Battle of Mactan
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Date and place of death of the author: Antonio Pigafetta
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Who was the intended audience of the document? (Battle of Mactan)
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If there are any, what are the author's personal biases, suspected errors, or misleading statements that showed up in the document? Make sure you choose the two correct answers. Otherwise, the system will automatically not consider your response.
That the Spaniards cannons were proven to be superior than the natives' crude weapons
That Magellan's bravery in the battle should not be forgotten
The natives openly accepted Christianity
Magellan had natural talent and boldness in learning circumnavigation
What were the places mentioned? (Battle of Mactan)
Matan, Spagnia, Malucho, Zubu
Butuan, Matan, Malucho, Spagnia
Zula, Zubu, Matan, Malucho
What is the main topic of the SELECTED TEXT analyzed?
The escape from Mactan
Magellan's expedition around the world
The battle of Mactan and the escape of the Spanish survivors
The first ship to circumnavigate the world
Who were the groups of people mentioned?
Cilapulapu, Zula, Zula's wife and son, King of Spagnia, Henrich, Moro men, 60 men, Duarte Barbosa
Zula, his son, captain general, Cilapulapu, King of Spagnia, Duarte Barbosa, Christian men, Moro men, 1500 native fighters
Cilapulapu, Cilapulapu's son, Captain general, Pigafetta, 1,500 native fighters, Moro men, Zubu
What do you think is the historical significance of this document?
It signifies the first defense of the Filipino natives against foreign invaders
Introduction of Christianity in the Philippines
The accomplishment of Magellan's expedition
Which is not a key topic discussed in the SELECTED source analyzed?
Magellan's display of his army's superiority
The first mass in the Philippines
Zula asking Magellan's help to subdue Cilapulapu
Date of the writing and/or publication of the original document: "Customs of the Tagalogs"
October, 1890
October, 1589
October, 1578
Relevant information about the author that would link the author to the primary source: Customs of Tagalog
He authored several books designed to promote language inculturation for easier Christian evangelization in the country. He was also credited in writing the first printed book in the Philippines---the Doctrina Cristiana.
He spent most of his missionary life in the Philippines
He lived a pious and dedicated apostolic life thus earning him respect from his colleagues and those he served
Who was the intended audience?
European Nobility
Santiago de Vera and alcaldes-mayores
Spanish monarch
The social milieu around the time that the event occurred and was written (What was happening in history around the time that the document was written?)
Medieval Period
Age of Industrial Revolution
Age of geographical discoveries
The original language used in the document:
Spanish
English
Portuguese
Date and place of death of the author:
1590, Liliw, Laguna
1590, Extremadura, Spain
1590, Portocarrero, Laguna
The place where the original document was first written:
Nagcarlan, Manila
Nagcarlan, Laguna
Nagcarlan, Cavite
Date and place of birth of the author:
1530, Plasencia, Extremadura,Italy
1525, Plasencia, Portocarrero, Spain
1520, Plasencia, Extremadura, Spain
1520, Plasencia, Extremadura, Spain
Juan de Plasencia, Customs of the Tagalogs in "Blair, Emma Helen, ed. d.1911. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803; explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century; [Vol. 1, no. 7] Blair, Emma Helen, ed. d.1911. pp. 173-196
Juan de Plasencia, Customs of the Tagalogs, by James Robertson, 1911
Juan de Plasencia, Customs of the Tagalogs
The language used in translation:
English
Tagalog
Translator/s name: Customs of Tagalogs
James Schurman
Frederic Morrison
Author’s name: Customs of Tagalogs
Juan de Plasencia
Frederic Morrison
Author’s purpose for writing the document: Customs of the Tagalogs
To describe the life of the Tagalogs because he loves writing
To report to Santiago de Vera, the Royal Audiencia's chief justice, of the customs, traditions, and beliefs of the natives to find ways on how alcaldes-mayores could administer justice to the people.
To find solutions to the native's civil affairs.
The "aliping namamahay" are also called as
timawas
commoners
Juan de Plasencia's document became the country’s first Civil Code, used by the alcaldes-mayores in their administration of justice. Which of the following is not one of the topics covered in the document?
Marriage, dowry, adoption, inheritance, divorce customs
Political organization - barangay, the datu and his subjects
Education system
Legal justice system
The chiefs, nobles, commoners, and slaves were all part of the Tagalog
Social classes
Customs and traditions
Political units
The document pertains to the customs of which group of people in the Philippines?
Tagalogs
Luzones
Cordillerans
Which is not true about the social milieu when the event occurred and was written?
USA starting to become a superpower country
USA was at war with Spain at that time
None of the given options
Aguinaldo return from Hong Kong with American sponsorship
Place of proclamation:
Cavite
Pampanga
Bulacan
Translator of the document:
Sulpicio Guevara
Guevara Bautista
Emilio Sulpicio
Author's purpose for writing the document.
To declare to the world that the Philippines is free.
To proclaim the sovereignty and independence of the Philippines from the colonial rule of Spain
To proclaim the defeat of the Spaniards
Who was the intended audience?
Filipinos, Spaniards and Americans
Filipinos
Spaniards
The original language of the document:
Tagalog
Spanish
Both Spanish and Tagalog
Author of the document
Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista
Jose Guevara
Sulpicio Guevara
The language used in translation.
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Birthday of the author:
7 December 1830
7 April 1835
15 January 1845
Date of official ratification.
September 12, 1898
September 29, 1898
August 1, 1898
Title of the document:
Aguinaldo's Declaration of Independence
Free at last - Filipinas La Independencia
Philippine Declaration of Independence
Death of the author:
4 December 1903
15 January 1905
7 April 1899
Relevant information about the author that would link the author to the primary source:
He was a reporter of a Spanish language newspaper who became a close friend of Aguinaldo
In 1898, the author became the first adviser to Pres. Emilio Aguinaldo and subsequently wrote the declaration of Philippine Independence
The white triangle in the Philippine flag (raised during the Proclamation) symbolizes:
Emblem of Rizal
Emblem of the Katipunan
How many people signed the Philippine declaration of independence?
89
98
87
The three stars of the Philippine flag represents:
Luzon, Panay, Mindanao
Luzon, Visayas, Panay
Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao
The eight rays of the sun found in the Philippine flag (Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Manila, Nueva Ecija, and Pampanga) represent the:
First provinces to defeat the Spaniards
First provinces to revolt against Spain
First provinces to support USA
Main topic of the proclamation:
Announcing the US mandate to proclaim Philippine independence from Spain
Proclamation of liberation from Spain
Assertion of the right to be free and independent from Spain
These colors in the Philippine flag commemorate the flag of the USA.
Red, white, blue
Red, yellow, green
Blue, yellow, red
Which is not a key topic discussed in the proclamation? One answer only
Spain's defeat from USA
Brief history of Spanish colonization through Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
Recognition of Emilio Aguinaldo as the dictator
1898 Revolution
Execution of Jose Rizal and GOMBURZA
The only American who signed the Proclamation of Philippine Independence
M.L. Johnson
M.L. Johnson
L.M. Jackson
