Group 1

1. It refers to a wide variety of programs and measures usually by the government to

bring about more effective control and use of land for the benefit of the community.
a. Agrarian Reform
b. Agrarian Community
c. Land Reform
d. Reforms

2. What era did the encomienda system was originally established more for the benefit
of the natives than of the encomenderos. Thus the latter could not be called lords
because they were considered protectors, advocates and tutors of the natives?
a. Pre-Spanish Era
b. Commonwealth Era
c. Spanish Era
d. American Regime

3. When is establishment of the First Republic of the Philippines?

a. January 1899
b. January 1988
c. January 1898
d. January 1998

4. Who declared its intention to confiscate large estates, especially the so-called Friar
Lands in Malolos Constitution?
a. Manuel L. Quezon
b. Elpidio Quirino
c. Manuel Roxas
d. Emilio Aguinaldo

5. Also known as the Agricultural Land Reform code.

a. Republic Act No. 4219
b. Republic Act No. 3844
c. Republic Act No. 5839
d. Republic Act No. 3290

6. Creation of National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration.

a. Republic Act No. 6611
b. Republic Act No. 7120
c. Republic Act No. 4678
d. Republic Act No. 1166

7. All of this is the achievement of Corazon Aquino during Fifth Republic EXCEPT:
a. Executive Order No 129-A
b. Executive Order No 229
c. Executive Order No 216
d. Republic Act No 6657
8. When did the American Regime Started?
a. 1901-1935
b. 1901-1936
c. 1901-1937
d. 1901-1938

9. During the Spanish colonial period, lands were divided and granted to encourage
Spanish settlers or reward soldiers who served the Crown. These were called _
a. Encomiendas
b. Encomenderos
c. Encomendians
d. Encanderos

10. At the start of the American era, some ____ native farmers were without titles
because of the defective land system rooted in Spanish institutions, and of the
farmers' ignorance of various laws.
a. 100,000
b. 200,000
c. 300,000
d. 400,000

11. By the time the Commonwealth was established under ____, the malingering
problem of land tenure relationships had already given cause to armed discontent
among oppressed tenants of estates.
a. Manuel P. Roxas
b. Jose Rizal
c. Manuel L. Quezon
d. Andres Bonifacio

12. On ____ , a month after the proclamation of martial law, President Marcos issued
P.D. 27 with the main goal of emancipating farmers from the bondage of the soil.
a. October 21, 1972
b. October 21, 1975
c. October 21, 1982
d. October 21, 1913

13. Who is the seventh President of the Philippine which his presidency is often
regarded as a period of reform, especially noted for its focus on social justice, anti-
corruption efforts, and significant strides in dressing rural poverty and insurgency?
a. Diosdado Macapagal
b. Ramon Magsaysay
c. Manuel Roxas
d. Corazon Aquino
14. In what year did Marcos declare martial law
a. September 1984
b. September 1973
c. September 1972
d. September 1986

15. Also known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) of 1988
a. Republic Act No. 6657
b. Republic Act No. 7572
c. Republic Act No. 6578
d. Republic Act No. 7064