CHAPTER 2

Question 1

Several expeditions came to the Philippines but the group of __________ successfully arrived on the island.

Answer 1

Ruy Lopez de Villalobos

Question 2

What are the three goals of Spanish Conquest?

First for _______, to support the power struggles and numerous wars in Europe.
Second, to develop _____ ______ for goods that are not available in Spain - such as pepper, spices, pepper, coffee, tea, sugar, and other cultural goods.
Lastly, to spread _______among the Filipinos.

Answer 2

1. Gold
2. Market Demands
3. Christianity

Question 3

What are the two levels of government?

Answer 3

1. Cabezas (barangay head)
2. Gobernadorcillo (pueblo head)

Question 4

The provisional Spanish government sent _______________ as Governor and captain general of the Philippines.

Answer 4

Carlos Maria de la Torre

Question 5

Who was the next King of Spain?

Answer 5

Prince Amadeo of Savoy

Question 6

Prince Amedeo replaced Carlos Maria de la Torre with ____________ to be the Governor Captain-General.

Answer 6

Rafael Izquendor

Question 7

It is an old practice in Spain where the king would reward loyalty or outstanding service with a grant of land including the right to receive income from the land and to govern the people

Answer 7

The Encomieda System

Question 8

What are the Three Types of Encomiendas?

Answer 8

1. Royal Encomiendas - tracts of land belonging to the king
2. Ecclesiastical Encomiendas- lands distributed to the different religious orders
3. Private Encomiendas granted to Spanish officers and men who helped in the conquest and colonization of the country

Question 9

Education was in the hands of the ________

Answer 9

Catholic Church

Question 10

To protect shipping, the first lighthouse, called the ______was built in 1834 at the mouth of the Pasig River.

Answer 10

Farola

Question 11

__________________was the first banking system in the Philippines.

Answer 11

The Banco Espanol Filipino

Question 12

The Royal Decree of____________ established the lottery in Manila.

Answer 12

January 29 1850

Question 13

It is a complete system of education in the country comprising elementary, secondary, and collegiate levels

Answer 13

Royal Decree of 1863

Question 14

It combines the existing beliefs of the natives as it resulted in a fusion of the Christianity and folk religion through a process known as ________

Answer 14

Syncretism

Question 15

The _______ are the source of corruption and abuses among natives.

Answer 15

Friars

Question 16

The Chinese was referred to as “_______” because most of them are from the Fujian, a province in China, where Amoy was the chief port and sengli means trader.

Answer 16

Sangleys

Question 17

Match the following:

1. Inquilino -
2. Kasama -
3. Jornaleros -

a. leaseholders of agricultural land
b. dayworkers
c. tenant cultivators also called as aparcedores which means sharecroppers

Answer 17

1. Inquilino - leaseholders of agricultural land
2. Kasama - tenant cultivators also called as aparcedores which means sharecroppers
3. Jornaleros - dayworkers