Name: ________________________________________________Date: ___________________
Subject: Reading in Philippine History
1st Semester- Prelim Examination
Instructor: Ms. Roannalen S. Lalonga
I.
Multiple Choice. Circle the letter of the correct answer.
1. ___________ is derived from the Greek word historia which means learning by
inquiry.
a. History
c. Factual history
b. Speculative History
d. Historians
2. ___________ write the history and seek to understand past events.
a.History
c. Factual history
b.Speculative History
d.Historians
3. ___________ presents readers the plain and basic information that took place.
a.History
c.Factual history
b.Speculative History
d. Historians
4. ___________ presents readers the information that go beyond the facts, a
speculation on the cause and effect of an event.
a.History
c.Factual history
b.Speculative History
d. Historians
5. The traditional method in doing historical research that focus on gathering of
documents from different libraries and archives, and a practice of historical
writing.
a.History Research
c. Histography
b.Speculative History
d.Historiography
6. The historians aim about the past; the truth, authenticity, plausibility.
a.History goal
c.Verisimilitude
b.Historical Method
d. Historical Analysis
7. An important element of historical method.
a.History Goal
c. Verisimilitude
b.Historical Method
d.Historical Analysis
8. The process of critically examining and analyzing the records and survivals of
the past is called ___________.
a.History Goal
c. Verisimilitude
b.Historical Method
d. Historical Analysis
9. Are sourced from the artifacts that have been left by the past.
a.History Goal
c.Historical Data
b.Historical Method
d. Historical Analysis
10. Created to serve as records, these describe an event, a property exchange,
speeches and commentaries.
a.Testimonies of Witnesses
c. Narrative or Literature
b.Diplomatic Sources
d. Social Documents
11. Are information pertaining to economic, social, political, or judicial
significance.
a.Testimonies of Witnesses
c. Narrative or Literature
b.Diplomatic Sources
d.Social Documents
12. Are chronicles or tracts presented to impart a message whose motives for
their composition vary widely.
a. Testimonies of Witnesses
c.Narrative or Literature
b.Diplomatic Sources
d. Social Documents
13. Are understood to be those which record an existing legal situation or create
a new one, and it is treated as the purest source.
a. Testimonies of Witnesses
c. Narrative or Literature
b.Diplomatic Sources
d. Social Documents
14. These materials can tell a great deal about the ways of life of people in the
past.
a. Material Evidence
c. Oral Evidence
b. Primary Sources
d. Secondary Sources
15. These materials are made by people long after the events being described
had taken place, to provide valuable interpretations of historical events.
a. Material Evidence
c. Oral Evidence
b. Primary Sources
d. Secondary Sources
16. These materials are original and factual; they are usually made during or
close to the event or period.
a. Material Evidence
c. Oral Evidence
b. Primary Sources
d. Secondary Sources
17. These materials are important; they are usually told in tales or sagas of
ancient people.
a. Material Evidence
c. Oral Evidence
b. Primary Sources
d. Secondary Sources
18. It examines the origins of earliest text to appreciate the underlying
circumstances upon which the text came to be.
a.External Criticism
c. Tradition Criticism
b.Canonical Criticism
d.Historical Criticism
19. It determines the authenticity of the source.
a.External Criticism
c. Tradition Criticism
b.Canonical Criticism
d. Historical Criticism
20. It attempts to trace the developmental stages of oral tradition from its
historical emergence to its literary presentation.
a.External Criticism
c.Tradition Criticism
b.Canonical Criticism
d. Historical Criticism
21. What was the password used for the codes of "Katipon"?
a. Anak ng Bayan
b. Gomburza
c. None of the choices
d. Rizal
22. Why Magellan named Guam the "Island of thieves"?
a. Magellan stole money from that island
b. The people there stole their boats
c. The people there are thieves
d. None of the choices
23. According to Corazon Aquino's Speech she said, "The dictator had called him
a__________. Yet, two million people threw aside their passivity and fear and
escorted him to his grave".
Select one:
a. Traitor
b. None of the choices
c. Spy
d. Nobody
24. First Voyage around the World", "Kartilya ng Katipunan" are examples of
_______________.
Select one:
a. Primary resources
b. Texts
c. Secondary resources
d. None of the choices
25. He was the Portuguese explorer to circumnavigate the globe. In 1519.
Select one:
a. None of the choices
b. Ruy Lopez de Villalobos
c. Miguel Lopez de Legaspi
d. Ferdinand Magellan
II.
True or False. Write True if the statement is correct. If false, write the
correct word to make the statement correct.
______________21. The Philippine declaration was proclaimed on June 12, 1899 at
Cavite el Viejo.
______________22. The names of the 1519 Ferdinand Magellan Ships were Trinidad,
the San Antonio, the Conception, the Victoria and the Santiago.
______________23.According to Corazon Aquino’s Speech, she said, “Now, we are
restoring full Constitutional government”.
______________24. To be a good man, a person should be a person of power and
words is not written in the Katipunan Code of Conduct.
______________25. Corazon Aquino ended her speech by thanking the America for
serving as home to her family and joined America in building the Philippines as a
new home for democracy.
III.
Enumeration.5pts
1. Name at least five (5) Katipunan Code of Conduct or Kartilya ng Katipunan.
Answer:
2. Name the five (5) 1519 Ferdinand Magellan Ships.
Answer:
IV.
Essay. 5 pts each
1. Using the actual journal entries of Antonio Pigafetta, explain why Magellan
agreed to the request of Lapu-Lapu to delay the battle for several hours.
2. What is the importance of studying Philippine history? Explain your answer.
Don’t forget to smile. It is just a test. Goodluck..