St. Paul College Foundation, Inc.
Bulacao Campus, Cebu City
College of Education
Semi-Final Examination
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Reading in the Philippine History
Name: ________________________ Program: _________________ Score: __________
Class Schedule: __________________ Date: ______________ Instructor: Mr. Rennil Bornia
I. Identification. Identify the following.
____________ 1. A set of facts, propositions, or principles offered to explain things or occurrences that
are observed.
____________ 2. The period before written records, divided into the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and
the Iron Age, on the basis of the materials used for weapons and tools.
____________ 3. A period in the Earth’s history when ice sheets covered the surface of the earth
causing the sea levels to drop to 200 meters, to the level lower than they are today.
____________ 4. What fossil material found in Tabon Caves of Palawan in 1962?
____________ 5. They came to Southeast Asia by boats from Southern China, they had brown skin
(kayumanggi) and an early Stone Age culture.
____________ 6. They came to the Philippines by crossing the “land bridges” and said to come from
south by way of Palawan and Borneo.
____________ 7. They were the ancestors of the settlers that traded with ancient China and early
Southeast Asian communities.
____________ 8. The word elephant is called ____ in the Philippines 200,000 years ago.
____________ 9. Composed of the chiefs of their families, were the early society’s upper class and
highly respected in their community.
____________ 10. The society’s middle class during the ancient period of Philippine history.
____________ 11. The basic unit of government.
____________ 12. The town crier that announces the approval of the law to the community.
____________ 13. The act of contesting a point of law in a court; court case or proceedings.
____________ 14. The customs and achievements of a particular time or people, refined
understanding of the arts and other human intellectual achievement.
____________ 15. A decorative object or detail that adds quality or distinction to a person, place, or
thing.
____________ 16. A design on the skin by pricking it with a needle and staining it with an indelible
pigment.
____________ 17. Our ancestors possessed a system of writing or alphabet called _______ where
every letter is pronounced as a syllable.
____________ 18. An alliance was sealed through a ritual .
_____________ 19. A boat which transported Austronesian immigrants to the Philippines.
_____________ 20. Who made the laws of the community?
II. Enumeration.
A. 5 Examples of Agriculture – Main Source of Sustenance
B. 2 Ways of Land Cultivation
C. 3 Examples of Industries during the ancient times.
D. 3 Social Classes of the ancient Filipinos.
E. 1 Example of Women’s position in society.
F. 3 Examples of Clothing wear by ancient Filipinos.
III. Draw and label the 14 consonants of Syllabary inside the perimeter