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WorksheetsUses of Natural Resources
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 6mins
What was resin mainly used for?
Glue, incense, and torches
Paintings
Cooking oil
Perfume only
What was rattan mainly used for?
Roofs
Binding houses and boats
Fire fuel
Ornaments only
What was palm mainly used for?
Roofing and weaving mats
Weapon-making
Jewelry
Firewood
What was bamboo mainly used for?
Houses, tools, containers, and music
Coins
Ornaments only
Jewelry
What was wood mainly used for?
Farming and ornaments
Houses, tools, weapons
Coins and trade
Shell decorations
What was stone mainly used for?
Tools and weapons
Music
Farming animals
Writing tablets
What was metal mainly used for?
Coins only
Weapons and farming tools
Jewelry only
Containers
What evidence of early metal use was found?
Iron implements and slag
Gold coins
Porcelain
Beads
What evidence of early farming was found?
Stone and iron tools
Shell ornaments
Bamboo flutes
Pottery
What evidence of early trade was found?
Porcelain jars and records of Ma-i
Wooden huts
Gold mines
Forest herbs
What evidence of early rituals was found?
Jar burials and idols
Woven mats
Honey jars
Spears
What evidence of oral tradition was preserved?
Ambahan poems
Wooden huts
Porcelain jars
Animal bones
What evidence of writing was preserved?
Surat Mangyan script
Bamboo traps
Stone tools
Ritual chants only
What evidence of foreign influence was preserved?
Suttee, porcelain, kris
Wooden huts
Resin and honey
Nets
What artifacts best represent the Dawn of Civilization in Mindoro?
Stone tools, jar burials, porcelain, iron tools, and Ambahan literature
Forest herbs and coconuts
Spears only
Honey and resin
What was the main purpose of fishing tools?
For decoration
To catch fish for food
To trade with neighbors
To honor spirits
What tool was used to dig soil for farming?
Wooden stick with fire-hardened tip
Bamboo flute
Iron kris
Net
What animals helped in farming?
Goats
Carabaos
Dogs
Horses
What was the use of jars in rituals?
Cooking
Storage of offerings and burials
Decoration only
Farming
What was the use of large shell tools?
For food scooping and scraping
As ornaments only
As drums
As lamps
What was the use of gongs?
For communication and rituals
For cooking
For farming
For weapons
What was the use of spears?
For dancing
For hunting and war
For weaving
For music
What was the use of bark cloth?
For houses
For clothing
For fishing nets
For firewood
What was the use of beads?
For weapons
For ornaments and trade
For farming
For cooking
What was the use of kris?
Musical instrument
Weapon of Malay origin
Farming tool
Fishing spear
What was the use of resin torches?
For fighting
For lighting in the dark
For music
For rituals only
What was the use of plant fibers?
For ornaments only
For weaving ropes and nets
For firewood
For musical instruments
What was the use of fire-hardened sticks?
For war
For digging soil and hunting
For fishing
For music
What was the use of bamboo slats?
For farming
For weaving walls and mats
For weapons
For ornaments
What was the use of coconut shells?
For food containers
For ornaments only
For weapons
For fishing
What was the use of honey in trade?
Exchanged for gold
Exchanged for porcelain and tools
Exchanged for weapons only
Exchanged for ornaments only
What was the use of rice in rituals?
Decoration
Offering to spirits
Tool-making
Ornaments
What was the use of betel nut chewing?
As entertainment
As social custom and trade
As farming tool
As healing medicine
What was the use of iron knives?
For dancing
For farming and hunting
For rituals only
For weaving
What was the use of shell trumpets?
For calling people and rituals
For cooking
For farming
For weaving
What was the use of wooden shields?
For farming
For protection in war
For dancing
For cooking
What was the use of jar burials?
Decoration only
For storing water
For burial of the dead
For cooking rice
What was the use of tattooing?
For healing
As body art and social status
For farming
For rituals only
What was the use of body painting?
For rituals and social identity
For farming
For food preservation
For ornaments only
What was the use of body painting?
For rituals and social identity
For farming
For food preservation
For ornaments only
What was the use of palm leaf weaving?
For ornaments only
For mats, baskets, and roofs
For musical instruments
For weapons
What was the use of pottery?
For cooking, storage, and rituals
For ornaments only
For weapons
For farming
What was the use of blowpipes?
For music
For hunting small animals
For farming
For rituals
What was the use of poison darts?
For fishing
For hunting with blowpipes
For cooking
For farming
What was the use of loom weaving?
For ornaments
For creating cloth
For fishing
For music
What was the use of rice wine?
For cooking
For rituals and celebrations
For weapons
For farming
What was the use of animal bones?
As tools and ornaments
As food only
As weapons only
As fertilizer
What was the use of stone mortars?
For cooking meat
For pounding rice and grains
For pottery making
For rituals only
What was the use of shell beads?
As weapons
As ornaments and trade
As fishing tools
As musical instruments
What was the use of wooden combs?
For farming
For grooming
For weaving
For weapons
What was the use of fire?
For ornaments
For cooking, light, and rituals
For weaving
For pottery only
What was the use of rice granaries?
For cooking
For storing harvest
For rituals only
For farming tools
What was the use of carabao horns?
As ornaments only
As tools, containers, and weapons
As musical flutes
As farming tools
What was the use of forest herbs?
For rituals only
For medicine and healing
For food only
For trade only
What was the use of wooden boats?
For fishing, trade, and travel
For farming only
For ornaments only
For rituals only
What was the use of songs like Ambahan?
For rituals only
For passing wisdom and oral tradition
For trade
For farming
What was the use of gongs?
For farming
For rituals and celebrations
For ornaments only
For fishing
What was the use of bamboo floors?
For ornaments
For elevated and cool housing
For farming
For weapons
What was the use of coconut shells?
For ornaments only
As containers and utensils
For farming tools
For musical instruments only
What was the use of pestles?
For cooking meat
For pounding grains
For fishing
For weaving
What was the use of palm wine (tuba)?
For farming
For rituals and daily drinking
For pottery
For trade only
What was the use of wooden idols (anito)?
For farming
For rituals and worship
For ornaments only
For weaving
What was the use of shell trumpets?
For farming
For music and signals
For storage
For pottery
What was the use of woven baskets?
For ornaments only
For carrying goods and harvest
For fishing only
For rituals only
What was the use of clay stoves?
For storage
For cooking
For weaving
For farming
What was the use of earthenware jars?
For ornaments only
For cooking, storing, and rituals
For weaving
For weapons
What was the use of spearheads?
For ornaments only
For hunting and warfare
For farming only
For rituals
What was the use of bronze tools?
For farming, weapons, and ornaments
For rituals only
For cooking
For weaving
What was the use of gold ornaments?
For farming
For status and trade
For cooking
For storage
What was the use of clay figurines?
For farming only
For rituals and worship
For weaving
For storage
What was the use of stone adzes?
For storage
For woodworking
For rituals only
For weaving
What was the use of drums?
For cooking
For music, rituals, and communication
For farming only
For storage
What was the use of iron blades?
For farming and hunting
For weaving only
For storage
For music
What was the use of bead necklaces?
For weapons only
For ornaments and trade
For farming tools
For cooking
What was the use of palm mats?
For weaving
For sleeping and flooring
For rituals only
For ornaments only
What was the use of bark cloth?
For ornaments only
For clothing and rituals
For farming
For cooking
