HISTORY

1.What is the earliest recorded kingdom during the archaic epoch in the Philippines?

a.Tondo Dynasty or the Kingdom of Tondo?

b. Butuan Rajanate

c. Cebu Rajanate

d.Sultanate of Sulu

2.What is the last recorded kingdom in the Philippines that exist until the American occupation?

a. Tondo Dynasty or the Kingdom of Tondo

b. Butuan Rajanate

c. Cebu Rajanate

d. Sultanate of Sulu

3. Which among the choices does not describe History according to the Stanford History Education Group?

a. History is an account of the past.

b. Accounts differ depending on one's perspective.

c. We rely on evidence to construct accounts of the past

d. Any single piece of evidence is sufficient to build a plausible account.

4. It is derived from the Greek word "historia" which means learning by inquiry.

a.History

b. Story

c. Narrative

d. Narration

5.He explained that history is a systematic accounting of set of natural phenomena concerning time.
a. Socrates

b. Plato

c. Aristotle

d. John Mark

6. They are the individuals writing about history.

a. Journalist

b.Historian

c. Histographer

d. Archaeologist

7. This is the practice of historical writing or the imaginative reconstruction of the past

a. Imagination

b. Analysis

c. Narration

d. Historiography

8. It is the totality of history that happened in the past.

a.History-as-actuality

b. History-as-a-whole

c. History-as-recorded

d. History-as-written

9.It is part of history based on the remaining records of the past.

a. History-as-actuality

b. History-as-a-whole
c. History-as-recorded

d. Hisyory-as-written

10. This word means truth, authenticity, and plausibility.

a. Vercimilitude

b. Verisimelitude

c. Versimelitude

d. Verisimilitude

11. It is the process of critically examining and analyzing the records and survivals of the past.

a. Historical writing

b.Historical method

c. Historical data

d. Historiography

12. It is sourced from artifacts that have been left in the past.

a .Historical data

b. Historiography

c. Historical writing

d. Historical method

13. These can either be relics or remains, or the testimonies of the witnesses.

a. book

b. legends

c. artifact.

d. tales
14. t is the facility to give meaning and impact value to a group of people about their past.

a. Historical writing

b. Historical method

c. Historical data

d. Historiography

15. Which among the choices does not belong to factual history as a theory of historical investigation?

a. basic info

b. reason

c. place

d. people involved

16. Which among the choices belongs to speculative history as a theory of historical investigation?

a. basic info

b. reason

c. place

d. people involved

17.Which among the choices is an example of fact under speculative history as a theory of historical

investigation?

a. 1521 is the year when Magellan discovered the Philippines

b.The voyage of Magellan was due to the trade of spices in Moluccas

c. Magellan's voyage consisted of 5 ships.

d. The site of the first mass is in Masawa, Leyte.

18. Historians strive to restore the total past of mankind from incomplete evidence. What makes this

statement incorrect?
a. historians

b. restore

c. incomplete

d. no error

19. For teachers, history becomes only that part of the human past that can be meaningfully

reconstructed from the available records and inferences regarding their setting. What makes this

statement incorrect?

a. Teachers

b. history

c. reconstructed

d. no error

20. Complete this statement: The __________of records has limited the man's knowledge of history.

a. completeness

b. shortness

c. Incompleteness

d. oldness

21. Complete this statement: Most human affairs happen without leaving any ________.

a. trace

b. record

C. evidence

d.sense

22. The study of history is a subjective process as documents and relics are scattered and do not

together comprise the total object that the historian is studying. This statement implies...
a. that there is difficulty in making an objective conclusion in history

b. that history is not always subjective

c. that history is a fun thing to study ?

d. that the study of history is important in society

23. Historians aim is verisimilitude. What is verisimilitude?

a. the truth, justice, & freedom

b. the truth, authenticity, & freedom

c. the truth, authenticity, & plausibility

24. Historical data are sourced from artifacts that have been left in the past. The word artifacts in this

statement mean...

a. relics or remains

b. written or unwritten testimonies

c. both A & B

d. none of the above

25. The source provides evidence about the event; while historical interpretation is an arguement about

the event. What makes this statement incorrect?

a. source

b. evidence

c. interpretation

d. no error

26.When historians are dealing with the "explanation of why and how things historical event, they are into

what category of study?

a. descriptive
b. dynamic or genetic

c. Static

d. Interpretative

27.When historians are dealing with "what happened, when, where, and who took part" in a certain

historical event, they are in what category of study?

a. descriptive

b. dynamic or genetic

c. Static

d. Interpretative

28. It is a document/ record with an existing legal situation and is considered the purest or the best

source:

a. narrative or literary

b. diplomatic or juridical

c. social documents

d. personal documents

29. These are chronicles or tracts presented in narrative form, written to impart a message that motivates

their composition widely.

a. narrative or literary

b. diplomatic or juridical

c. Social document

d. Personal documents

30. This information about economic, social, or political significance.

a. narrative or literary
b. diplomatic or juridical

c. social documents

d.personal documents

31.Which among the choices is an example of diplomatic or juridical?

a. Census

b. news article.

c. novel

d. Judicial decision

32. Which among the choices is an example of social

documents?

a.agreements

b. census

c. film

d. judicial decision

33. Which from among the choices is not an example of narrative or literary?

a. legal agreements

b. news article

c.film

d. biography

34.It is also known as archaeological evidence, and it is considered one of the most important unwritten

pieces of evidence.

a. social evidence

b. personal evidence
c. material evidence

d. oral evidence

35. It is told through the tales or sagas of ancient people and folk songs or popular rituals.

a. social evidence

b. personal evidence

c. material evidence

d. oral evidence

36. Which from among the choices is not an example of material evidence?

a. jewelry

b. graves

c. roads

d. folk songs

37. What type of historical source is said to be original, first-hand, and written

during or close to the event or period.

a. primary

b. secondary

c. Tertiary

d. Nursery

38. What type of historical sources is said to be made by people long after the events being described

had taken place?

a. primary

b. secondary
c. tertiary

d. nursery

39. The reconstruction of the historical situation of the author is important

in historical criticism because:

a. We can better understand the standpoint of the author.

b.We can better understand the original meaning of the text.

c. All of the above.

d. None of the above

40. It examines the origin of the earliest text to appreciate the underlying circumstances upon which the

text came to be.

a. Historical Analysis

b. Historical Method

c. Historical Criticism

d. Historical Data

41. It determines the authenticity of the source.

a. External criticism

b. Internal criticism

c. Paleographical

d. Diplomatic

42. This test of authenticity involves deciphering and dating historical manuscripts.

a. External criticism

b. Internal criticism

c. Paleographical
d. Diplomatic

43. This test of authenticity involves critical analysis of historical documents to understand how the

document came to be, its transmission, relationship, and reality.

a. External criticism

b. Internal criticism

c. Paleographical

d. Diplomatic

44. The critic must be ascertained from the exact standpoint of the author.

a. External criticism

b. Internal criticism

c. Paleographical

d. Diplomatic

45. This is being done to distinguish a hoax or a misrepresentation from a genuine document

a. External criticism

b. Internal criticism

c.Test of authenticity

46. This is the start of the period of discovery and expansionism

a. 16th century

b. 17th century

c. 15thcentury

d. 14th century

47. Ferdinand Magellan is...

a. Portuguese navigator

b. Spanish navigator

c. Italian navigator

d. Portuguese chronicler

48. The following are Pigafettta' descriptions of the physical appearance of the early Filipinos except for

one.

a. tall

b. tawny

c. fat

d. painted

49. Magellan's crew completed the first circumnavigation in this year.

a.1519

b. 1521

c. 1520

d. 1522

50. What is an uraca?

a. boat

b. an ornament

c. palm wine

d. jar

51. The infamous Cavite mutiny happened in this year.

a. 1827

b.1872
c. 1877

d. 1822

52. He is the Governador-General during the time of the

mutiny.

a. Gov. Gen. Jose Montero

b. Gov. Gen. Pardo de Tavera

c. Gov, Gen. Juan Marcos

d. Gov. Gen. Rafael Izquerdo

53. Rebellion among a group people to oppose, change, or overthrow an organizadevation they were

previously loyal.

a. Mutiny

b. Rebellion

c. Revolt

d. Revolution

54. The Monastic Supremacy of the Philippines was published in Barcelona, Spain in this year.

a. 1888

b. 1899

c. 1889

d. 1898

55 . He said that Del Pilar's Monastic Supremacy in the Philippines had "no chaff,

it's all-grain."

a. Antonio Luna

b. Encarnacion Alzona
c. Juan Luna

d. Jose Rizal

56.Based on the account on the "Site of the First Mass". Magellan's interpreter was a native of this place.

a Baras

b. Canighan

c.Zamatra

d. Ceylon

57.TRUE or FALSE: Jose Montero y Vidal is a prolific Spanish historian who documented the event and

highlighted it as an attempt by the Indios to overthrow the Spanish government in the Philippines,

a. FALSE

b. TRUE

58. TRUE or FALSE: Gov. Gen. Rafael Izcado is the Governor-General of the Philippines when Cavite

Mutiny transpired.

a.TRUE

b. FALSE

59. TRUE OR FALSE: The native clergy was actively calling for secularization and transformation which

the idea primarily originated in Spain.

a. TRUE

b. FALSE

60. TRUE or FALSE: Dr. Trinidad Hermenigildo Pardo de Tavera is a Filipino scholar and researcher who

wrote the Filipino version of the bloody incident in Cavite.

a. TRUE

b. FALSE
61. It is the key to understanding the different cultures and perspectives of small communities.

a. Artifacts

b. History

c. General History

d. Local History

62. It is the collection of unique past events of a certain locality that represent their identity, culture,

religion, governance, and way of living

a. History

b. General History

c. Local History

d. Artifacts

63. It iss one of the traditional functions of the museums.

a.Preserving

b. Creating

c. Imagining

d. Translating

64. It served as piece of evidence of human existence in the depiction of history.

a. Art works

b. Human Records

c.Museum

d. Artifacts
65. It holds collections in more than one subject and is sometimes known as a multidisciplinary or

interdisciplinary museums.

a. Natural Science

b. General Museum

c. Art Museum

d. Science Museum

66.This classification of museum is concerned with the natural world.

a. Natural Science

b. General Museum

c. Art Museum

d. Science Museum

67.It is concerned with the object as a means of unaided communication with its visitors.

a. General Museum

b. Science Museum

c. Art Museum

d. Natural Science

68. Which among the ethnic group in Mindanao is from the Muslim group?

a. T'boli

b. Bukidnon

c. Bagobo

d. Sangil

69.Upon the Spaniards' arrival to the Philippines, they were dismayed because of this reason.

a. The transportation is so poor

b. The island is underdeveloped

c. The strong presence of the Muslims.

d. The island is plagued with many discases

70.It is the reason of the Moro Wars involving the American troops and Muslim Hands in Mindanao.

a.. Economic

b. Religious

c. Political

d. Social

71.These indigenous cultural communities in the Philippines are believed to make up 10 percent of the

national population.

a. Bagobo

b. Lumads

c. Badjao

d. Bukidnon

72.They are the cultural communities in the Philippines that are neither Muslim nor Christian.

a. Bagobo

b. Lumads

c. Badjao

d. Bukidnon

73. These people live in the southern part of the province of Cotabato, in the area

around Lake Sebu that practices the "slash and burn" technique in agriculture.

a. Bagobo

b. T'boli
c. Badjao

d. Bukidnon

74. They are an animist ethnic group that lives along the Mayo River.

a. Bagobo

b. T'boli

c. Badjao

d. Mandaya

75.This group lives in the highlands of north-central Mindanao. They used to live in

communal houses with as many as fifty families.

a. Bukidnon

b. T'boli

c. Badjao

d. Mandaya

76.This group wraps their dead inside tree barks. Being enveloped as such, the dead

person's body is then suspended from treetops.

a. Bagobo

b. T'boli

c. Badjao

d. Bilaan

77. This group's culture is characterized by strict incest prohibitions, the formation of

vengeance groups, and the production of long epic poems called Tuwaang.

a. Bagobo

b. T'boli
c. Badjao

d. Mandaya

78.They are the most significant minority in the Philippines.

a. Bagobo

b. T'boli

c. Muslims

d. Mandaya

79.This group lives in the Pulangi area located in North Cotabato. They are also known as the "people of

flooded plain".

a. Bagobo

b. T'boli

c. Maguindanao

d. Mandaya

80. The Sea Gypsies of the Sulu and Celebes Seas.

a. Bagobo

b. T'boli

c. Badjao

d. Mandaya

81. They are called the "people of the lake."

a. Maranao

b. T'boli

c. Badjao

d. Mandaya
82.They are called "people of the current."

a. Bilaan

b. T'boli

c. Ilanon

d. Tausug

83.They are also called the sea gypsies of the Philippines and are considered "boat- people."

a. Sama

b. T'boli

c. Ilanon

d. Tausug

84. They are called the "half-breeds."

a. Bilaan

b. Kolibugan

c. Ilanon

d. Tausug

85. They are said to be the origin of the ethnic groups within Lanao del Sur to the

Maguindanao islands.

a. Bilaan

b. Kolibugan

c. Ilanon

d. Tausug

86.La liga Filipina, a propaganda movement put up a newspaper called_________ to fight violence and

injustice f Spaniards to the Filipinos.

a. La Esperanza

b. Diariong Tagalog

c. Kartilya

d. La Solidaridad

87.Who created the designs for the Philippine national flag?

a.Emilio Aguinaldo

b.Marcela Agoncillo

c.Julian Felipe

d.Apolinario Mabini

88.It is the date which marked the Philippine Independence Day when Emilio Aguinaldo waved the

Philippine Flag for the first time in Kawit, Cavite.

a.June 12, 1898

b. June 12, 1899

c. June 12, 1896

d.June 12, 1895

89. The EDSA Revolution I or what we call People Power Revolution is celebrated on what date?

a.February 15

b.February 25

c.February 20

d.February 26

90.Who was the Spanish governor-general who ordered the deportation of Jose Rizal to Dapitan?

a. Gov. Gen .Camilo de Polavieja

b. Gov. Gen . Carlos Maria dela Torre

c. Gov. Gen. Fermin Jaudenes

d. Gov. Gen. Eulogio Despujol

91.The first woman to top the Philippine BAR Examination.

a.Tina Munoz Palma

b.Josefa Diokno

c.Geronima Pecson

d.Tecla San Andres Ziga

92.The eight rays represent eight provinces which revolted against the Spaniards. Which among the

following is not included to those provinces?

a.Bataan

b.Cavite

c.Tarlac

d.Nueva Ecija

93.A Filipino hero who is known for his pseudonym "Paralitico".

a.Apolinario Mabini

b.Andres Bonifacio

c.Emilio Jacinto

d.Gregoria de Jesus

94.When was the last presidential elections which resulted to the victory of Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte?

a .May 12, 2016

b. May 9, 2016

c. May 10, 2016

d. May 15, 2016

95.The newspaper established by Marcelo H. del Pilar which served as a propaganda material for the

reformists.

a.Diariong Tagalog

b.La Solidaridad

c.La Liga Filipina

d.Islas Filipinas

100.He is known as the founder and "Father of Katipunan", "Supremo", or the "Great Plebeian".

a.Antonio Luna

b.Andres Bonifacio

c.Emilio Jacinto

d.Gregorio del Pilar

101.He was one of the heroes of the Battle of Hill Eerie during the Korean War as a young lieutenant and

later served as a President of the Philippines.

a. Fidel V. Ramos

b. Ferdinand Marcos

c.Rodrigo Duterte

d. Benigno Aquino III

102.It was the Philippine Army contingent of the United Nations forces that fought in the Korean War in

1950–1953.

a. Philippine Action Force to Korea

b. Philippine Executive Forces to Korea

c. Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea

d. Philippine Expendables Forces to Korea

103. The former President of the US who supported the Tydings-Mcduffie Act of 1934.

a. George Washington

b. William Howard Taft

c. Franklin D. Roosevelt

d. Dwight D. Eisenhower

104.The president who passed RA 6657 or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law.

a. Corazon C. Aquino

b. Fidel V. Ramos

c. Ferdinand Marcos

d. Elpidio R. Quirino

105.Where was the Death March ended?

a.Pampanga

b.Tarlac

c.La Union

d.Bulacan

106.He was a former President of the USA who appointed General MacArthur to rule and govern the

Philippines.

a.Dwight D. Eisenhower

b.William Howard Taft

c.George Washington

d.Franklin D. Roosevelt
107.Who holds the highest position in the Philippines during the Spanish period whose function is to

exercise powers in behalf of the the Spanish Colonial Government?

a.Gobernadorcillo

b.Alcalde Mayor

c.Gobernador-Heneral

d.Cabilde

108.He was otherwise known as the President of the Masses.

a.Joseph Ejercito Estrada

b.Ramon Magsaysay

c.Ferdinand Marcos

d.Rodrigo Duterte

109.The eight (8) rays of the sun in the Philippine flag represent the first eight:

a.Provinces that revolted and struggled against the abuses of the Spanish friars and conquistadores.

b.Filipino heroes that led the Filipinos to revolt against the Spanish colonizers.

c.Filipino heroes that supported the American soldiers in a fight against Japanese invaders.

d.Provinces that revolted and struggled against the abuses of the Japanese Imperial Army

110. Who was the chief advisor of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo?

a.Apolinario Mabini

b.Pedro Paterno

c.Jose Rizal

d.Felipe Calderon

111.He exercises all executive, legislative and judicial powers in the small communities during the pre-

colonial era.
a.Datu

b.Sagigilid

c.Babaylan

d.Timawa

112.The president during the Revolutionary Government also known as the Malolos Republic.

a.Elpidio Quirino

b.Emilio Aguinaldo

c.Gregorio del Pilar

d.Andres Bonifacio

113.It is considered the National Language in the Philippines

a.Tagalog

b.Filipino

c.English

d.Pilipino

114.It is one of the pseudonyms of Dr. Jose Rizal.

a.Plaridel

b.Laong-laan

c.Magdalo

d.Hermano Pule

115.She was the first woman member of the Katipunan (July 1893).

a.Marina Dizon

b.Gabriela Silang

c.Gregoria de Jesús

d.Segunda Katigbak
116.Who named the country 'Islas de San Lazaro'?

a.Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

b.Diego Barbosa

c.Alvaro Saavedra

d.Ferdinand Magellan

117.Who was the last Sultan of Sulu?

a.Tarhata Kiram

b.Haji Butu

c.Jamalul Kiram II

d.Abu Bakr

118.The Philippine President whose economic policy was called "Filipino First Policy".

a.Manuel A. Roxas

b.Elpidio Quirino

c.Manuel L. Quezon

d.Carlos P. Garcia

119.Who was called "The First Filipino Diplomat" ?

a.Felipe Agoncillo

b.Miguel Cuaderno

c.Felipe Calderon

d.Robert Cortez

120.Who wrote the "Kartilla", considered the 'bible' of the Katipunan movement?

a.Emilio Jacinto
b.Apolinario Mabini

c.Andres Bonifacio

d.Valentin Diaz

121.He is the first Filipino president of the University of the Philippines-Diliman.

a.Jose Calderon

b.Jose Aquino

c.Rafael Palma

d.Ignacio Villamor

122.What was the name of the Filipino soldier who led the Cavite Mutiny of 1872?

a.Sergeant Lamadrid

b.Gen. Mariano Noriel

c.Lt. Taviel de Andrade

d.Fr. Jose Burgos

123.One of Dr. Jose Rizal's objective as a propagandist is the assimilation of the Philippines to Spain.

a.False

b.True

c.Fake News

d.Misleading

124.When were the 24-hour nationwide emergency hotlines launched?

a.July 29, 2016

b.August 5, 2016

c.July 30, 2016

d.August 1, 2016
125.We celebrate the Araw ng Kagitingan every_______________.

a.June 24

b.February 25

c.April 9

d.December 30

126.He is an American general who surrendered his approximately 75,000 troops at the Fall of Bataan.

a.General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV

b.General Douglas MacArthur

c.General George M. Parker

d.General Edward King Jr.

127.Who was the last general of the Filipino-American revolution to surrender to the Americans?

a.Artemio Ricarte

b.Simeon Ola

c.Miguel Malvar

d.Cornelio Felizardo

128.The composer of the Philippine National Anthem, Lupang Hinirang.

a.Julian Felipe

b.Ador de Leon

c.Macario Sakay

d.Jose Palma

129.It is the law which allowed the establishment of American Civil Government in the Philippines.

a.Jone's Law of 1916

b.Taft's Law

c.Tydings-McDuffie Law

d.The Spooner Amendment

130.What was the name of Diego Silang's wife, who continued the revolt against the Spaniards in the

Ilocos region after Diego's death?

a.Manuela

b.Geronima

c.Gabriela

d.Luciana

131.He is known as the "Brains of the Katipunan".

a.Antonio Luna

b.Apolinario Mabini

c.Andres Bonifacio

d.Emilio Jacinto

132.It is the town is Zamboanga del Norte where Dr. Jose Rizal was exiled for four years before he was

executed.

a.Ipil

b.Dagonoy

c.Dipolog

d.Dapitan

133.After the death of her husband Andres Bonifacio, Gregoria de Jesus was later married to whom?

a.Julio Nakpil

b.Franciso Trinidad

c.Felipe Calderon
d.Jose Calugas

134.Who was the hero of the Battle at Tirad Pass?

a.Antonio Luna

b.Macario Sakay

c.Diego Silang

d.Gregorio del Pilar

135.The oldest legal code retrieved in the Philippines

a.Code of Hammurabi

b.Bushido Code

c.Code of Kalantiaw

d.Morse Code

136.Which of the following was not a reform sought from the Spanish government by the propagandists?

a. Restoration of Filipino representation in the Cortes

b. Change of government from absolute to limited monarch

c. Basic human rights for the Filipinos

d. Change of government from absolute to limited monarch

137.It was a surprised military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base

on the morning of December 7, 1941.

a.Hiroshima Bombing

b.The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot

c.Bombing of Pearl Harbor

d.Battle of the Philippine Sea

138.It is the first political party in the Philippines.

a.Federal Party

b.Nacionalista Party

c.Makabayan Party

d.Liberal Party

139.He is known as the "Brains of the Revolution".

a.Emilio Jacinto

b.Gregorio del Pilar

c.Andres Bonifacio

d.Apolinario Mabini

140.Writer of the Spanish poem Filipinas, from which Lupang Hinirang was adapted from.

a.Jose Palma

b.Ador de Leon

c.Julian Felipe

d.Macario Sakay