Barangay: 16th Century Philippine Culture and Society

Question 1

The smallest political unit of Tagalog society.

Answer 1

Barangay

Question 2

The colony name of Philippines after deriving the Filipinos from King Philip II.

Answer 2

Las Islas Filipinas

Question 3

Refers to tooth filling where one filled and the teeth were colored in different ways.

Answer 3

Sangka

Question 4

A tar-based coating that is applied by chewing it regularly that would give the appearance of polished ebony.

Answer 4

Tapul

Question 5

A teeth goldwork.

Answer 5

Pusad

Question 6

The Spaniards name for the Visayans.

Answer 6

Pintados

Question 7

A general term for tattoos.

Answer 7

Batuk/Patik

Question 8

It is where the skull shape which conforms to the local canons of beauty.

Answer 8

Skull Moulding

Question 9

A comblike set of thin rods bound to a baby’s forehead by bandages fastened at some point behind.

Answer 9

Tangad

Question 10

A pin that is inserted into a child’s penis for greater stimulation of their future sex partners.

Answer 10

Tugbuk

Question 11

A circumcision that is operated informally with no particular ceremony.

Answer 11

Tuli

Question 12

An uncircumcised.

Answer 12

Pisot

Question 13

6 Staple Food

Answer 13

1. Rice
2. Millet
3. Root Crops
4. Sago Palm
5. Banana
6. Finger Banana

Question 14

4 Drinks

Answer 14

1. Tuba
2. Kabarawan
3. Intus
4. Pangasi

Question 15

A boat to which Spanish called it as canoa.

Answer 15

Baroto

Question 16

The process of making cloth and other objects.

Answer 16

Weaving

Question 17

3 types of textiles

Answer 17

1. Abaca Cloth
2. Gapas
3. Pinayusan

Question 18

4 Musical Instruments

Answer 18

1. Small Lute
2. Bamboo Zither
3. Nose Flute
4. Red Jew’s Harp

Question 19

A word which meant mountain, countryside, terrain, climate, and homeland.

Answer 19

Banwa

Question 20

They are expected to govern their people, settle their disputes, protect them from enemies, and lead them in battle.

Answer 20

Datu

Question 21

They are originally offspring or descendants of a datu’s commoner wives or slave concubines.

Answer 21

Timawa

Question 22

Their status dependent on birthright, inheritance or acquired debt, commuted penal sentence, or by victimization by the more powerful.

Answer 22

Oripun

Question 23

A general term for warfare.

Answer 23

Gubat

Question 24

A Malay-Sanskrit pantheon of divinities.

Answer 24

Diwata

Question 25

Tagalog version of diwata.

Answer 25

Anito

Question 26

Visayan and Tagalog term for a spirit ritualist that is an elderly woman of high status or a male tranvestite.

Answer 26

Baylan
Catalonan

Question 27

A charm which caused the one who received it to obey like a slave.

Answer 27

Ropok

Question 28

A spear or G-string which caused leg pains or swelling in the victim as soon as they stepped over it.

Answer 28

Panlus

Question 29

It causes intestinal swelling in those who crossed the datu.

Answer 29

Bosong

Question 30

It is used to kill simply with a breath or the touch of a hand.

Answer 30

Hokhok

Question 31

It is used to pierce to somebody through just by pointing a finger at them from a distance.

Answer 31

Kaykay

Question 32

A higher-status who were more likely to do military service.

Answer 32

Maharlika

Question 33

The mass of society or the common people who owed tribute to the datu and service in general to the upper classes.

Answer 33

Tao