Early Philippine Writings

Question 1

As the Philippine society began its _________ stage,
early Filipinos began to express what they saw in their
world.

Answer 1

Incipient

Question 2

Early Philippine writings were ____________ or
crude drawings representing animals and other objects.

Answer 2

Pictographs

Question 3

In the hills of Angono, Rizal what appears to be ancient
pictographs dating __________ were found.

Answer 3

5000 BCE

Question 4

Discovered in
1965, the _______________ are believed to be the
oldest known artworks in the Philippines.

Answer 4

Angono Petroglyphs

Question 5

In ____, they were
declared a National Cultural Treasure

Answer 5

1973

Question 6

In ____ they were
listed on the World Inventory of Rock Art.

Answer 6

1985

Question 7

The Angono-Binangonan Petroglyphs
(formerly referred to as the Angono Petroglyphs) comprise _______________ figures

Answer 7

geometric and anthropomorphic
(human form)

Question 8

Geologically, the petroglyphs
were engraved on a volcanic ash deposit called the __________________ – fine-grained and brownish to buff in color.

Answer 8

Guadalupe
Tuff

Question 9

is defined as human-made markings on surfaces of
immovable rock, which serves as a visual expression of
those belonging to past cultures’ complex thoughts and
beliefs.

Answer 9

Rock art

Question 10

In
the Philippines, there are at least __ reported rock art
sites, the foremost of which are found in Rizal
Province.

Answer 10

20

Question 11

With the entry of Indian influence from contacts with
Indianized states such as CHAMPA and the SRI VIJAYAN
Empire, a writing system called ___________ was developed.

Answer 11

The Baybayin

Question 12

Philippine baybayin was said to be influenced by ________________ which was in turn influenced by Sanskrit from
India.

Answer 12

kavi or kawi of Java

Question 13

Baybayin materials written on delicate materials such as
___________________ were easily destroyed
with the passage of time.

Answer 13

tree leaves, bark, and bamboo slats

Question 14

However ancient baybayin
survives today in the pottery etched by early Filipinos.
Among them was the

Answer 14

Calatagan Clay pot

Question 15

According to scholar ____________, the Baybayin text
was Bisayan and it informs the reader that the vessel is a
sacred item used in communicating with the spirit world.

Answer 15

Rolando Borinaga

Question 16

The most famous archaeological piece containing
precolonial baybayin was the ________________ which was
found on a riverbed in Lumban, Laguna.

Answer 16

Laguna Copper Plate

Question 17

Written in Old
Malay, it contains a proclamation that a certain official
was forgiven of his debt of _______________ of gold.

Answer 17

865 grams

Question 18

It further
proclaims that the descendants of the debtor were exempted
from _______ because of the debt

Answer 18

slavery

Question 19

The
writings in the Laguna Copper Plate were deciphered by _______________, a Dutch
anthropologist living in Mindoro

Answer 19

Antoon Postma

Question 20

When the Spanish colonizers arrived chroniclers like ________________ noted that most of the population was
literate and could read and write in Baybayin.

Answer 20

Fr. Francisco Colin

Question 21

Even with Spanish colonization, Baybayin continued to be
used in religious texts like the

Answer 21

Doctrina Christiana

Question 22

Doctrina Christiana was published by the Dominican in Manila in _____.

Answer 22

1593

Question 23

__________ was used as one of the symbols of
the Katipunan and the ________ letter K is emblazoned on many Katipunan
flags

Answer 23

Baybayin