Module 2: Archipelago of the Philippines

Mito

Ang maituturing na bilang sagradong salaysay na pinagmumulan ng kaalaman tungkol sa pagkakalikha ng daigdig at tao.

Heolohiya Batay sa Agham

Ang buong kapuluan ay nakahimlay sa sugpungan ng tatlong naglalakigang plate: Philippine Sea Plate, Pacific Plate, Eurasian Plate, Indo-Australian Plate.

Mt. Pinatubo Eruption (1991)

It is considered to be the worst natural disaster of the 20th century as the global temp when down by 0.5 celcius

Taal Volcano Eruption (1754)

Also one of the noted disaster because according to a Jesuit Chronicler, the eruption lasted for 7 months. It used to be "raw" an open body of water that became a closed one.

Sardinella Tawilis

Type of fish that can only be found in Taal volcano

Maliputo

Another type of fish that can only be found on Taal volcano and it can also be seen in the fifty peso bill

Great Luzon Earthquake (1990)

An earthquake during the 20th century with a magnitude of 7

Murillo Velarde (1784)

Mother of all maps of Philippines. 12 million pesos money used to auctioned siya tas now in the possession of the Philippines na siya. First map w/ scientific evidence.

Panakot Island

This was the (now Spratly Islands) disputed island shown in the map of Velarde

1987 Constitution of the Philippines

The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the Philippines.

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNCLOS

Exclusive Economic Zone

Kosensepong legal na tumutukoy sa sukat na 200 nautical miles mula sa baselines ng baybayin.

Article 77

kung walang eksplorasyon ang bansa sa mga coastal state nito, walang kahit na sino ang may karapatang gawin ito, liban kung may pahintulot

Lugar

Isa sa mga elemento ng kasaysayan, kung kaya't malaking bahagi sa pagaaral ng kasaysayan ang heograpiya. Sa tulong ng heograpiya, natutukoy ang eksaktong lokasyon ng mga kaganapan na siyang nakatutulong upang mapagtibay at maging kompleto ang pangkasaysayang naratibo.

Hilaga, ekwador, 4 degrees 23, 21 degrees 25 H, ekwador, 116 degrees hanggang 127 degrees, S, meridian

Matatagpuan sa ang lokasyon at topograpiya ng Pilipinas sa:

_____ ng _______; at ang eksaktong lokasyon nito ay ________ hangang ___________ ng ______ at __________________ S ng meridian;

Timog-Silangang Asya

matatagpuan saang rehiyon ang Pilipinas?

7,641

Exact number of islands in the Philippines

Monsoon Winds

Kind of wind that affects the climate of the Philippines

Amihan

November to May Monsoon winds

Habagat

May to October Monsoon winds

421, 58, 131000

____ rivers, ___ pook, _______ hectares of land

Laguna de Bay

Largest lake in the Philippines

Lanao lake

2nd largest lake