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Flashcards generated from lecture notes on Philippine history and government

Was there a full-blown revolt against the government in relation to the agrarian system during the Roxas administration?

False

Were agrarian problems resolved during the American period?

False

Are Bacolod City and Iloilo City considered as highly urbanized cities?

True

During the American colonization, did the government try to solve the agrarian problem by purchasing friar lands and selling them to tenants?

True

From which clan does Maria Lopez, wife of the then vice president Lopez, come from?

Javellana

Did the Sakdalistas enhance the agrarian system by taking charge of the Agricultural Machinery Equipment Corporation and the Rice and Corn Production Administration?

False

Did Manuel Quezon promote social justice to alleviate the property of the farmers and stop agrarian unrest in Central Luzon?

True

Did President Magsaysay enact that there would be an agricultural bank to provide low-interest loans to small farmers and share tenants?

True

Is the concept of the obligation to provide labor services to the datus among the early Filipinos essentially the same in meaning with the contemporary taxation?

False

Did the Land Tenure Administration (LTA) handle acquisition and distribution of large tenanted rice and corn lands over 600 hectares for individuals and 200 hectares for corporations?

False

Did the peasant guerrilla army Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon change its name into Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan and spearheaded insurgency?

True

What concept does agrarian reform pertain to?

reformation of land in Asia

What do you call the fundamental law of a nation or state?

constitution

What form of government does the 1935 Constitution pertain to?

commonwealth

What form of government does the 1973 Constitution pertain to?

parliamentary

What historical place marks the 1865 Avanceña House?

Camina Balay nga Bato

Which house-museum in Jaro, is the 200 year-old house of Maria Lopez who was the wife of the former vice president Lopez?

Casa Mariquit

What document is required for many government transactions prior to getting a business permit from a city?

barangay clearance

What is a tax imposed on the gratuitous transfer of property between two or more persons who are living at the time of the transfer?

donor's tax

What is considered as the oldest heritage house in Iloilo City?

Camina Balay nga Bato

What is known as the home of Angelicum School of Iloilo?

Lizares Mansion

What is the highest judicial court in the Philippines?

supreme court

What is the way to raise funds for government programs and services that benefit Filipino citizens?

taxation

What program or law refers to the redistribution of lands, regardless of crops or fruits produced, to farmer and regular farm works who are landless?

Agrarian Reform

What regulation is also known as the Republic Act No. 8424?

Tax Reform Act of 1997

What republic act provides security to tenants from arbitrary ejectment from the land they are cultivating?

Republic Act No. 54

What system developed in the beginning of the 19th century and replaced the encomienda system?

Hacienda

What tax is imposed on a person's income, emoluments, profits and the like realized in one taxable year?

Income tax

What tax is levied on the right of the deceased person to transmit his/her estate to lawful heirs and beneficiaries at the time of death?

estate

What tax is paid by the tax payer and can be shifted or passed on to others like the value- added tax (VAT)?

Indirect tax

What term refers to the inherent power of the state to impose and collect revenues to support the government?

Taxation

What type of tax is based on a fixed percentage of the amount of the property, income, or other bases to be taxed?

Proportional tax

What type of tax is levied by the local or public corporations such as real estate tax?

Municipal tax

What type of tax is paid and shouldered by the tax payer?

Direct tax

What type of tax of a fixed amount is imposed on an individual residing within a specified territory?

Personal tax

What type of tax, such as real estate tax, is imposed on property in proportion to its value?

Property tax

When did President Ferdinand Marcos declare Martial Law?

September 21, 1972

When did the inauguration of the first Philippine Republic happen?

January 23, 1899

When was Biak na Bato constitution promulgated by the Philippine Revolutionary Government?

November 1, 1897

When was the current Philippine constitution proclaimed, ratified and put into effect?

February 11, 1987

Which branch of the government is the legislative power vested on?

congress

Which concept refers to an act strengthening the social development arising out of defects in the agrarian structure?

CARP

Which constitution has a length of effectivity from 1973 to 1986?

1973

Which distinctive features represents a freedom constitution?

Restoration of democracy

What is also known as the Agricultural Tenancy Act of 1954?

Republic Act No. 1199

Which of the following is basically a condensed version of the 1935 Constitution?

1943 constitution

Which of the following is otherwise known as the Tax Reform Act of 1997?

Republic Act No. 8424

Which of the following is referred to a sound tax system that is characterized by a proper enforcement of clear and concise tax laws?

Administrative Feasibility

Which of the following is responsible for the conservation and preservation of the country's historical legacies?

National Historical Commission of the Philippines

Which of the following is the unique feature of Biak na Bato constitution?

Separation of the Philippines from the Spanish monarchy

Which of the following places is not yet declared as the National Heritage site?

Iloilo City

Which of the following practices declined when President Marcos declared Martial Law in September 21, 1972?

landlord system

Which of the following terms is known as the Jones Law of 1916?

Philippine Autonomy

Which of the following terms refers to the incidence of taxation?

Imposition

Which of the following was the first republican constitution in Asia?

Biak na Bato

Who enacted Republic Act No. 34 which established 70-30 sharing arrangements between landlord and tenants?

Ferdinand Marcos

Who was the president in the freedom constitution?

Corazon Aquino

Who was the President of the second Philippine Republic?

Jose Laurel

Who was the president that signed the Republic Act No. 1199?

Elpidio Quirino

Who was the symbolic head of state in the 1973 Constitution?

president