The Philippine Archipelago

Southeast

The Philippines is in what part of Asia?

200

According to UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), how many nautical miles does the Philippines have?

230 kilometers from Zambales

How many kilometers is the Philippines?

7641

The Philippines is composed of how many islands?

300,000 sq km

What is the land area of the Philippines in square km?

18

Administrative Division

-How many regions does the Philippines have?

82

Administrative Division

-How many provinces do the Philippines have?

149

Administrative Division

How many cities are in the Philippines?

1,493

Administrative Division

How many municipalities are in the Philippines?

42,044

Administrative Division

How many barangays are in the Philippines?

Mountains, Mountain Ranges, Volcanoes, Riverine System, Other bodies of water

What are the topographic features of the Philippines?

Sierra Madre

What is this mountain range?

-Is the backbone of Luzon which protects us from typhoons.

Cordillera

What is this mountain range?

Caraballo

What is this mountain range?

Mount Apo

What is this mountain?

Mount Pulag

What is this mountain?

-Is the 2nd highest mountain

Mount Makiling

What is this mountain?

Mount Banahaw

What is this mountain?

-It is believed that this is a ‘sacred sight’

-Where people find anting-anting

Mount Madia-as (Mari-it)

What is this mountain?

Mayon

What is this volcano?

Pinatubo

What is this volcano?

Bulusan

What is this volcano?

-Bicol

Taal

What is this volcano?

Kanlaon

What is this volcano?

Ragang

What is this volcano?

-Mindanao

Cagayan

What is this riverine system?

Rio Grande de Mindanao

What is this riverine system?

Pampanga

What is this riverine system?

Pasig

What is this riverine system?

Agusan

What is this riverine system?

-one of the largest in Mindanao

Jalaur

What is this riverine system?

-Iloilo

Halaudnon

In Bukidnon, what do you call the people that get water from the Jalaur River?

Panayanon

In Bukidnon, what do you call the people that get water from the Panay River?

Iraya

What is the mountain in Bukidnon which means ‘liblib’?

Iraynon Bukidnon

What do you call the people that lives near the Mountain Iraya?

Pagsanjan Falls

What do you call this other body of water?

Manila Bay

What do you call this other body of water?

Maria Cristina Falls

What do you call this other body of water?

-source of electricity in Region 10

Laguna De Bay

What do you call this other body of water?

Lake Sebu

What do you call this other body of water?

-T’boli

Lake Buhi

What do you call this other body of water?

-Camarines Sur

-where the Pandaka Pygmea can be found

Hornbill

What do you call this Philippine Fauna?

Deer

What do you call this Philippine Fauna?

Bayawak

What do you call this Philippine Fauna?

Waling-waling

What do you call this Philippine Flora?

-orchid

Tayabak

What do you call this Philippine Flora?

-can be found in the 1-peso coin

Rafflesia

What do you call this Philippine Flora?

-abundant during the rainy season

Kapa-kapa

What do you call this Philippine Flora?

Kapal-kapal baging

What do you call this Philippine Flora?

-can be found in the 5-cent coin

Nilad (plant)

Where is the word ‘Maynila” from?

Philippine Eagle

What is this national symbol?

Tarsier

What is this national symbol?

Pandaka Pygmea

What is this national symbol?

-found in Lake Buhi

Tamaraw

What is this national symbol?

Pilandok

What is this national symbol?

-aka mouse deer

Philippine Crocodile

What is this national symbol?

Minerals and Resources in the Philippines

Gold, Iron, Copper, Silver, Platinum,
Chromium, Manganese, Lead, Zinc,
Petroleum, Asbestos, Clay, Gypsum,
Lime, Salt, Sulphur, Marble, and Adobe
stone, as well as oil, are examples of ____________.

Abaca and Nipa

What are the main forest resources in the Philippines?

Wet and Dry Season

What are the two climates in the Philippines?

Pacific Ring of Fire

We are not safe from different geologic activities because we are within the ____________________________.

Luzon Earthquake

What is this geologic event that occurred in 1990?

Moro Gulf Earthquake

What is this geologic event that occurred in 1976?

Based on Myths

How did the islands form?

-The gods and the creation of universe

-The first knowledge about the world

-Topographical and physical features

-Calamities and natural events

-Establishment of natural order

-Origins of people, flora, and fauna

Pasi

Where did the word Pasig came from?

-husk/rice

Under

What is the definition of the word Idalom?

Hantik

Where did the city of Antique get its name?

Tipolo tree

Where did the city of Antipolo get its name?

Continental Drift Theory, Land Bridge Theory, Pacific Theory, Asiatic Theory

How did the islands form?

Based on Science

Continental Drift Theory

-16th century, 1912

-This theory believes that, “by virtue of plate tectonics or the ‘floating’ of continental plates towards or away from each other”

-Pangaea

Land Bridge Theory

-mid-1800s

-This theory believes that the Philippines is connected to the rest of Southeast Asia in the south, and mainland Asia in the north

Pacific Theory

-1900s

-This theory believes that the islands were formed by volcanic eruptions below the sea over 200 million years ago.

Asiatic Theory

-1950s

-This theory believes that the Philippines was the product of the process of diastrophism or the faulting and folding of the earth’s crust

Father Pedro Murillo Velarde Map

-It is the oldest existing map of the Philippines.

-created in 1734

-proves that the West Philippine is ours

Economic, Cultural, Socio-Political

How does Geography affect history?

Economic

-An example of how Geography affected history

-Pasig River, even before, has been important to us

Cultural

-An example of how Geography affected history

-Ethnic diversity

-Language barrier

Socio-Political

-An example of how Geography affected history

-Superiority/Stereotypes