Republic of the Philippines

SACRED HEART COLLEGE

Higher Education Department
Lucena City

Name: _____________________________ Score: _____________

Year and Course: ____________________ Date: ______________

I. Multiple Choice. Select the letter of the best answer. Strictly No Erasure.

_____1. Which of the following subfields of History talks about the study of the relations between two or more countries and
how they settle disputes and misunderstandings?
A. Political History B. Diplomatic History
_____2. How do you evaluate a source especially if your source is a written source such as a letter or a diary?
A. You ask 4 important questions to evaluate it. B. You use methods of scientific dating.
_____3. What theory on the origin of our country explains that the Philippines came into existence owing to the simultaneous
eruptions of volcanoes beneath the ocean floor?
A. Pacific Theory B. Asiatic Theory
_____4. Our country’s exact location is exactly at 4º  23’’ and 21º 25’’ _______ of latitude & 116º &127º East of longitude.
A. South B. North
_____5. What body of water bounds our country in the West and North?
A. Bashi Channel B. South China Sea

II. Fill – in the Blanks. Supply the following with the missing information. Strictly No Erasure.

6. History can be categorized to either written or ____________ History.

7. The invention of _____________ distinguished the Historic from the Pre-historic.
8. ____________ signifies the most dominant concept in a given time frame.
9. The ____________ theory is somewhat connected to the Wave of Migration theory of Beyer.
10. The period in History where river-valley civilizations flourished is known as the _______________ Period.
11. The Pre-historic period is further divided into __________ periods.
12. Without any of the elements of history, a ____________ is not possible.
13. The Philippines as well as the island of ____________ shares the same flora & fauna as stated by the theory of Mu.
14. The Philippines is unique for culturally assimilating __________ cultural legacies.
15. The term kasaysayan is from the two tagalong terms, _____________&______________.

III. Enumeration.

a. Reasons why the Philippines’ is a unique nation

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b. Types of scientific dating
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c. Criticisms in History
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d. samples of Nonwritten Sources
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IV. Essay. Answer briefly for 5 points. (26 – 30)

1. One Filipino Historian noted that Filipinos have a very limited sense of History. Do you agree that the Filipinos have a
very limited sense of History? If so, what can be done to rectify such?