Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

pop culture finals > chapter 5 > Flashcards

chapter 5 Flashcards

1
Q

The country’s total land area is ________ square miles (298,170 km square)

A

115,124

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

The Philippine archipelago’s location at the _____ edge of Asia

A

far southeastern

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

The current population of the Philippines is_____ at mid year or 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.

A

117,337,368

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

The archipelago is made up of over 7,100 islands of which only ____ are more than one square mile (2km square) in area.

A

460

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

t or f

The rest of the islands are inhabitable, and some disappear at high tide.

A

t

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

The geographic location of the Philippines meant that many aspects of region’s religious and cultural influences could be selectively adopted into the pre-existing culture.
Freedom to pick and choose from other cultures have helped to produce the very unique combination, that is the Philippines.

A

t or f

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

___ is ethnically and geographically divided into a number of subregions and is the home to three of the country’s six major language dialects

A

Luzon

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

___ which was the 1521 landing spot for Ferdinand Magellan during his exploratory voyage around the world and where he lost his life in a battle with a local chieftain.

A

cebu

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

To the far South is the large island of ____ that extends from a southwesterly arm known as ___ archipelago up to the main portion of the massive island that is a home to uneasily mixed population of non-Christian tribal groups, indigenous Muslims and recent Filipino Christian migrants.

A

Mindanao
sulu

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

very diverse geographically with a number of major river basins, gulfs, and bays, and it is known to a number of ethno-linguistic groups.

A

mindanao

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

t or f

Majority of the population is the Christianized “lowland” Filipinos.

A

t

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

t or f

Filipinos are not usually differentiated or distinguished according to which dialect they speak.

A

false; usually

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

The distinction being that the dialects are variations of a single linguistic root, since they all belong to the _____ language Family.

A

Malayo-Polynesian

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

people today prefer to call the Malayo-Polynesian family the “_____” family.

A

Austronesian

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

The language is geographically concentrated in the South Pacific islands and parts of southern Asia including the ____

A

Philippines, Madagascar, much of Malaysia, and the Central and South Pacific island groups (excluding Australia)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

t or f

Filipino Christian on Mindanao identify themselves by geographic residences

A

t

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

t or f

the Muslim people base their identity on religion, and the nation’ s indigenous peoples, whose pre-Christian and pre-Islamic religious beliefs and cultures give them distinct identities.

A

t

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Tagalog speakers live in the ____ area and adjacent regions of Central Luzon to the north and southern Tagalog provinces to the south.

A

metropolitan Manila

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

t or f

Tagalog forms the basis of Pilipino/Filipino, which over the last few decades has made real progress in becoming a true national language, despite the resistance of other dialects whose speakers resent the Manila/Tagalog dominance of the nations political, economic and cultural life.

A

t

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Central Luzon, which covered the provinces of____and two highly urbanized cities (Angeles City and Olongapo City)

A

Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Southern Tagalog which covered the provinces of _____ and the highly urbanized City of Lucena

A

Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, Quezon, Rizal, Romblon and Aurora

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

the native dialect of the Filipinos living along the coastal plains and agricultural valleys of northern Luzon.

A

ilocano

23
Q

Ilocanos have a reputation for being very tamad and extremely frugal.

A

false; hard working

24
Q

____ are known for their spicy foods that make abundant use of chili peppers and their consumption of the coconut vodka lambanog.

A

Bicolanos

25
Q

If the stereotype of the Ilocano is one hardworking frugality, the Visayan is the __

A

Archetypal opposite.

26
Q

The ___ of the central islands has helped to produce a culture that values music, fun, and gregarious personal relations.

A

abundant marine resources and rich volcanic soils

27
Q

Linguistically, the Visayan Islands are divided into a number of dialects:

A

Ilongo of Panay Island, Cebuano from Cebu, and Waray-Waray spoken on the islands of Leyte and Samar.

28
Q

t or f

Most Mindanao’s Christian population is comprised of relatively recent migrants, who came from all over the Philippines to settle in this second smallest island in the country.

A

false; largest

29
Q

The nation’s Muslim population is divided into five ethnic subgroups

A

boat-dwelling Badjaos; the Tausugs of the Sulu Archipelago; Samals of the Zamboanga peninsula of Mindanao; the Maranaos, who reside in the vicinity of Lake Lanao; and the Maguindanaoans

30
Q

They do not have distinct dialect of their own but to speak of their original home provinces.

A

mindanao

31
Q

Religiously and culturally, the Muslims have much more in common with the neighboring ____ than they do with their fellow Filipinos against whom they have waged independence struggle for a number of years.

A

Malaysians and Indonesians

32
Q

an overwhelmingly Christian country.

A

ph

33
Q

The denomination of Christianity that became most embedded in Filipino culture is ___, which was introduced in the Philippines during the earlycolonialperiod by the Spanish.

A

Catholicism

34
Q

was introduced to the southern Philippines from neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia and Indonesia.

A

islam

35
Q

In present day Philippines, most of the Muslim population in the Philippines reside in the __

A

southern islands of Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan.

36
Q

Contemporary Muslim Filipino communities are often collectively known as ___.

A

Moros

37
Q

Most Moros practice __ Islam, while a small minority practice __

A

Sunni
Shi’a and Ahmadiyya.

38
Q

The most dominant religious characteristics of archipelago’s scattered communities was

A

animism

39
Q

the worship of spirits in nature

A

animism

40
Q

a vague belief of numerous gods

A

Deism

41
Q

The most common lesser deities were the

A

Anitos/Diwatas

42
Q

Filipino concept of natural and supernatural worlds and one’s relationship to them is immediate since one’s own ancestor may be an __

A

anito

43
Q

a combination of indigenous traditions, adopted Western forms, and a vibrant contemporary folk art.

A

The Philippine art

44
Q

Western influenced art can be found at 2 cultural levels.

A

At the high end of culture,

Art level at the mass or folk level of Philippine culture

45
Q

artists produce sophisticated works comparable with any others in the international modern art scene.

A

At the high end of culture,

46
Q

seen in resplendent decorations for religious occasions and festivals; in urban popular art, and on highly decorated jeepneys.

A

Art level at the mass or folk level of Philippine culture is

47
Q

Art in the early American period was dominated by

A

Fernando Amorsolo and Sculptor Guillermo Tolentino.

48
Q

rustic landscapes of bountiful harvests, contented farmers, and smiling young women framed in warm tropical sunlight.

A

fernando amorsolo

49
Q

based his style on classical forms.

A

Guillermo Tolentino

50
Q

believes that the subject should include the ugliness of life.

A

victorio edades

51
Q

He and his fellow modern artists introduced a full range of feelings and passion to the canvas as well as modern styles of art such as cubism, abstraction, and figurative expressionism.

A

victorio edades

52
Q

he captured the mood and social concerns of the times with his cubism and neo-realist works of urban life.

A

Vicente Manansala

53
Q

he features the actual residents of their town brings national and international praise.

A

Carlos “Botong” Francisco

54
Q

he represented the new style of artist using a number if mediums, such as painting, printmaking, and etching as well as the mixed media of photography and painting to present his social statements most effectively.

A

Ben Cabrera

pop culture finals (4 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions