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PHILIPPINE HISTORY

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which alliance did Philippines choose to side in WW2?

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Axle Powers

c)

Allied Powers

d)

Ally Powers

2.

What is the oldest university in the Philippines and in Asia?

a)

Ateneo de Manila University

b)

University of Sto. Tomas

c)

De La Salle University

d)

Colegio de San Juan de Letran University

3.

What is the oldest city in the Philippines?

a)

Manila

b)

Cavite

c)

Davao

d)

Cebu

4.

In what year were the GOMBURZA executed?

a)

1896

b)

1872

c)

1892

d)

1887

5.

In which year was Martial Law declared in the Philippines?

a)

1972

b)

1965

c)

1986

d)

1983

6.

Who was the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth?

a)

Emilio Aguinaldo

b)

Sergio Osmeña

c)

Manuel Roxas

d)

Manuel L. Quezon

7.

What was the first book published in the Philippines?

a)

Doctrina Christiana

b)

Nuestra Senora Del Rosario

c)

Barlaan y Josaphat

d)

The Pasion

8.

What was the name given to the first batch of teachers who arrived in the Philippines from the United States?

a)

The Thomasians

b)

The Thomasites

c)

The Americans

d)

The Thomasses

9.

When does La Solidaridad founded?

a)

December 31, 1888

b)

December 13, 1888

c)

November 21, 1888

d)

November 12, 1888

10.

Who was the Commander of the Japanese Forces in the Philippines during the campaigns of 1944 and 1945 who was executed for War Crimes?

a)

Hiroo Onoda

b)

Teruo Nakamura

c)

Tomoyuki Yamashita

d)

Norio Suzuki

11.

Who among the following former presidents died in a plane crash?

a)

Manuel L. Quezon

b)

Ramon Magsaysay

c)

Carlos Garcia

d)

Emilio Aguinaldo

12.

Who named the country 'Islas de San Lazaro'?

a)

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Diego Barbosa

d)

Alvaro Saavedra

13.

What was the name of Diego Silang's wife who continued to rebel against the Spaniards in the Ilocos region after Diego's death?

a)

Geronima

b)

Manuela

c)

Luciana

d)

Gabriela

14.

Who wrote "Kartilla" which is considered the 'bible' of the Katipunan?

a)

Emilio Jacinto

b)

Andres Bonifacio

c)

Apolinario Mabini

d)

Valentin Diaz

15.

KKK is a movement that emerged during the Spanish Colonization era. Who was its first president?

a)

Deodato Arellano

b)

Roman Basa

c)

Andres Bonifacio

d)

Emilio Aguinaldo

16.

Which of the women in Rizal's life was the reason for the conflict between Rizal and Antonio Luna?

a)

Segunda Katikbak

b)

Nelly Bousted

c)

Leonor Rivera

d)

Josephine Bracken

17.

In Article VI, Section 5, paragraph 3 of the Constitution, what is the required population of a city to have a representative in congress?

a)

250,000

b)

260,000

c)

270,000

d)

280,000

18.

Who was the highest American military officer who was killed during the war between the Filipinos and the Americans?

a)

Gen. Lawton

b)

Gen. Merrit

c)

Gen. Pershing

d)

Co. Grayson

19.

Sergeant Lamadrid is a Filipino soldier who led the Cavite Mutiny in what year?

a)

1871

b)

1872

c)

1873

d)

1874

20.

He founded La Solidaridad in Barcelona and was the first editor of his newspaper.

a)

Graciano López Jaena

b)

Jose Rizal

c)

Marcelo Del Pilar

d)

Gregorio Sanciano

21.

The following sewed the Philippine flag except for one?

a)

Delfina Herbosa de Natividad

b)

Lorenza Agoncillo

c)

Marcelo Marino de Agoncillo

22.

The second president of the fifth republic who went on to negotiate a peace treaty with Communist and Muslim insurgents, deal with the ongoing electricity crisis, and successfully implement numerous social and economic reforms that liberated important industries, spurred growth, and raised the nation's international profile.

a)

Fidel V. Ramos

b)

Carlos P. Garcia

c)

Ramon Magsaysay

d)

Jose P. Laurel

23.

Known as the “poor boy from Lubao” and was also called as the “Champion of the Common Man”.

a)

Ramon Magsaysay

b)

Diosdado Macapagal

c)

Elpidio Quirino

d)

Sergio Osmeña

24.

Claro M. Recto, due to his nationalist ideas, was known as ______________.

a)

The Great Dissenter

b)

The Great Orthodox

c)

The Great Patriot

d)

The Great Republican

25.

The name of Iloilo was derived from a local word _____ which means "nose-like".

a)

Irong-irong

b)

HiloHilo

c)

Panay

d)

Ilong-ilong

26.

Which of Lualhati Bautista's novels unfolds the cruel treatment and discrimination of Americans against Filipinos in the country?

a)

Dekada 70

b)

Bata Bata Paano ka Ginawa?

c)

Gapo

d)

Anak

27.

How many boats did Ferdinand Magellan use when he discovered Philippines?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

28.

Which of these languages ​​did not originate in the Philippines?

a)

Tagalog

b)

Chavacano

c)

Ilokano

d)

Waray

29.

Who excommunicated Fr. Gregorio Aglipay?

a)

Vidal

b)

Norzaleda

c)

Santos

d)

Sin

30.

His pen name is Taga-Ilog.

a)

Apolinario Mabini

b)

Emilio Jacinto

c)

Jose Ma. Panganiban

d)

Antonio Luna