Chapter 1

Test 1. Multiple choices. Click the letters of the correct answers.

1. Geographically, Mindanao is surrounded by the

following bodies of water in a specific direction. Which direction is Celebes Sea?
a. West
b. East
c. North
d. South
2. ASEAN is the organization of the following countries, EXCEPT.
a. Malaysia
b. Indonesia
c. Brunei
d. China
3. What is the common religion of Southeast Asian countries?
a. Buddhism
b. Hinduism
c. Islam
d. Judaism
4. Which of the following is declared as the world’s largest Muslim nation?
a. Malaysia
b. Indonesia
c. Brunei
d. Saudi Arabia.
5. This country is racially, linguistically and culturally, is very much part of the Malay
nation, but not a Muslim country.
a. East Timor
b. Myanmar
c. Thailand
d. Philippines
6. Philippines was known as the only Christian country in Asia. Which of the
following events change this record?
a. East Timor gained in independence 2001
b. Islam fast growing in Asia.
c. Decreasing number of Christian believers
d. Growing numbers of Buddhism
7. Which of the following is known as the believers of Islam?
a. Muslim
b. Maguindanaon
c. Maranao
d. Mansaka
8. Thirteen cultural – linguistic groups have been identified as Muslim. Which of the
following group of Bangsamoro have been NOT Islamized?
a. Yakan
b. Iranun
c. Tausog
 d. Badjao
9. Groups of people who are so closely related ethnically and linguistically with
minor differentiations only
a. Maguindanaon and Maranao
b. Maranao and Iranun
c. Yakan and Tausog
d. Maranao and Yakan
10. If Maranao is geographically found Lake Lanao environment,
Maguindanaon have long been found living at _______
a. Along the shore of Illana bay
b. Valley of Pulangi river
c. Along Moro gulf
d. Marshland of Lanao lake
11. Which of the bodies of waters where the Iranun located?
a. Along the shore of Illana bay
b. Valley of Pulangi river
c. Along Moro gulf
d. Lanao lake
12. Indigenous groups or sometimes known as ‘’hill tribes.’’ When we say hill tribes
we mean _______
a. People living along the rivers
b. People living in uplands
c. House boat people
d. People living in lake environments
13. Before Islam arrived in Mindanao the Maguindanaon, Tausug, Yakan, Iranun
and the Maranao were non-Muslims. Which of the following people first preached
Islam?
a. Muslim Arabs
b. Muslim Chinese
c. Muslim Malay
d. Muslim Tausog
14. Bangsamoro refers to the 13 native ethno linguistic groups of Mindanao, Sulu,
and Palawan. Which among these people NOT belong to the group?
a. Sangil
b. Subanen
c. Yakan
d. Tausog
15. If Islam is for the Tausog, animism is _______
a. Sangil
b. Subanen
c. Yakan
d. Badjao