MIDTERM EXAMINATION

READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

1st Semester, SY 2020-2021
Name JHON DAVE S. SURBANO Date: , 2020
Course/ Year BSED-SCIENCE 1A Score: ___________

I. TABULATING DATA. Complete the table by providing needed information or by putting an (x) inside the
cell/box.
Identify the sources of history whether it is primary or secondary. After identifying then categorize it whether it is a
document, creative works, artifacts , audio or video recordings or oral history, then give its significance to
historiography.
(Note: for every source you must have 2 (x) only, one for the KINDS and the other is for the TYPES, See example
below.)
KINDS TYPES OF SOURCES IMPORTANCE TO
HISTORIOGRAPHY
PRIM SEC DOCU CREATI ARTIF AV ORAL
SOURCES
ARY OND MENT VE ACTS RECO HISTO
ARY WORKS RDIN RY
GS
Ex. Diary x x -serves as ……………….
1. Live news/ x x This would serve as proof to what
footage happened and something we can
look back to. This makes news
much more accessible to anyone,
and keeps people appraised with
what is going on in the world. This
promotes greater transparency and
authenticity and helps people to gain
more information. This will also
taught us to be responsible on using
credible sites and filter what
information we should take and
believe in. Its importance to
historiography is that this is a legit
basis and something that can prove.
2. Kundiman x x This serves as a living culture of
Filipinos that we have a diverse
culture and we own it. Kundiman is
a genre of traditional Filipino love
songs. The lyrics of the kundiman
are written in Tagalog. The melody
is characterized by a smooth,
flowing and gentle rhythm with
dramatic intervals. Kundiman was
the traditional means of serenade in
the Philippines. This living culture
like “kundiman” is a great
contribution to historiography.
3. Textbook x x This will serve as a proof of
learnings a shared learnings that
many aspiring students need. In
order to learn we need guide and
this can be a basis of learning that
we are embracing and uplifting our
society by means of learning. The
function of a textbook is essentially
to guide the teaching and learning of
the curriculum in a particular
subject. Against the backdrop of
poor teacher context knowledge,
textbooks play a fundamental role in
supplementing teachers' knowledge
deficits. This will contribute also to
historiography but I believe that due
to advances in technologies and
everything is online this will fade
and sooner or later will be gone.
4. Replica of x X This serves as a bedrock of how
Monalisa skillful and how people are able to
 show and give their best by means
of art. Mona Lisa is a very realistic
portrait. The subject's softly
sculptural face shows Leonardo's
skillful handling of sfumato, an
artistic technique that uses subtle
gradations of light and shadow to
model form, and shows his
understanding of the skull beneath
the skin. This will serve as a great
contribution to historiography that
people value arts, people value
talents and skills and all.
5. Old Coins x X Coins serves as a legit proof that
even in the past trading and
exchange of goods and services are
associated with money. Coins are as
important as the inscription in
history. They confirm the
information derived from literature.
Its significance to historiography is
that coins are product of skills and
to be able to have a one currency in
a certain country, the Philippines is
one that uses coins in terms of
money and through time it changes
in form, shape and even the design
but what matters the most is that this
is part of our present that our next
generation will surely adopt.

III. CLASSIFICATION OF SOURCES. Classify the following sources whether it is primary or secondary.
Instruction. Write P if it is Primary Sources and S if it is a Secondary Sources. Write your answer on the space provided
before the number. Number one is done for you.
__P__ 1. Tigsik __P _ 6. Letters __S__ 11. Movie Reviews
__P__ 2. Photographs __S__ 7. Scholarly Articles __P__ 12. Oral Histories
__P__ 3. Actual footage __S _ 8. Political Analyses __S__ 13. News articles
__S__ 4. Literary Criticism __P__ 9. Speeches __P__ 14. Government Documents
__S__ 5. Reference Book __P__ 10. Birth/Death Certificate __P__ 15. Interview

IV. RECOGNIZING INFERENCE. Write A if both statements are correct. B if both statements are incorrect, C if the first
statement is correct and the second statement is incorrect and D if the first statement is incorrect and the second statement is
correct. Write your answer before each number.
__A__ 1. 1st The raiders of Sulu existed prior to the arrival of Spaniards.
2nd The Spaniards successfully ended the raiders of the Sulu Sea.
__D__ 2. 1st There were 4 castes system in the Tagalog regions- Maharlika,Timagua, Alipin- Namamahay and Saguguilir.
2nd Placensia exhibits bias when he described the customs of the Tagalog
__A__ 3. 1st The historians are dependent solely on the written sources.
2nd The historians exclusively depend on the surviving records.
__B__ 4. 1st. The Kartilla contains the teaching of the Roman catholic and catechism
2nd. The Kartilla was written by Andres Bonifacio.
__B__ 5. 1st In Pigafetta’s account the chieftain of Zubu/Subu which they were befriended was King Tupas
2nd Pigafetta’s description to the King/Datu was naked, fat and painted with tatoos.
__A__ 6. 1st. Lapu Lapu was the first Filipino who resisted against the Spaniards
2nd Lapu Lapu was the ruler of Matan/Mactan
__B__ 7. 1st The civilization in the Philippines started with the coming of the Spaniards.
2nd The civilization in the Philippines was brought by the Spanish Colonizers.
__D__ 8. 1st. Filipinos have no religion before the coming of the Spaniards.
2nd. Islamic religion is older than Christianity in the Philippines.
__A__ 9. 1st Early Filipinos have already social ranking as claimed by Pigafetta.
2nd. Early Filipinos tattoed themselves as a sign of beauty and bravery.
__A__ 10. 1st Emilio Jacinto cause of death was because of Malaria.
2nd Emilio Jacinto is the youngest member of the Katipunan.
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