RPH - Midterm Reviewer

The chronological records of significant events

What is history according to Webster’s Vest Pocket Dictionary?

E.H. Carr

Who defined history as the continuous process of interaction between the historian and his facts?

Relevant stories/narrative of the people

What does the term 'Kasaysayan' mean according to Zeus Salazar?

Manunggul Jar

A burial jar with anthropomorphic figures

Teodoro Agoncillo

Who is considered the Father of Filipino nationalist historiography?

Callao Man

The oldest human fossil remains found in the Philippines

Histography

The imaginative reconstruction of the past

Putong

What is the turban worn by men that indicates their social status called?

Kangan

What is the sleeveless jacket worn by men during the pre-colonial period called?

Bigay-kaya

What is the term for giving a dowry to the parents of the bride before marriage?

Bahay Kubo

What is the traditional house made of wood, bamboo, and nipa palm called?

Pegkawing

What is the wedding ceremony of Muslims officiated by a hadji called?

Islas del Pintados

What term did the Spaniards use to refer to the Visayans because of their tattoos?

Tumataban

What are the on-call slaves in the Visayas called?

Panghihimuyat

What is the term for paying the parents of the bride as compensation for their efforts?

Bigay-suso

What is the term for paying the wet nurse?

Pagkakasal

What is the wedding ceremony officiated by a priestess called?

Juan de Plasencia

Who wrote "Doctrina Cristiana," the first book ever printed in the Philippines?

Ayuey

What are the slaves who serve three days a week in the Visayas called?

Kawasateg

What is the term for giving a dowry to the close relatives of the bride in a Muslim wedding?

Tumarampok

What are the slaves who serve two days a week in the Visayas called?

Barangay

The basic unit of government during pre-colonial period.

Ruma Bichara

A council of elders from the Government of Muslims in Mindanao

Laraw

Mourning for a dead chief is called…

Sipa

Some ancients fasted and limited their nutrition to vegetables; among the Tagalogs, this is called…

Balata

Relatives of the dead who was murdered would not end their mourning until they have exacted vengeance or…

Pasiyam

The celebration held on the ninth night after the death of the person is called …

Austronesian

The languages of the Philippines are descended from _______ or Malayo-Polynesian language

diwdiw-as

A pipe made of seven bamboos reeds

Syllabary

Before the arrival of Spaniards, Filipinos used a _____ which was probably of Sanskrit or Arabic provenance.