Georgaphy in History

Question 1

Importance of place as an element of history

Answer 1

CONTEXTUALIZATION

w/ time and place

Question 2

Ex: where was he first PH mass?

Cebu, Homonhon, Butuan, Limasawa?

Answer 2

Limasawa

Question 3

Who coined the term ‘geographic determinism’?

Answer 3

Charles Louis MONTESQUIEU

But was pre-hinted by Plato and Aristotle

Question 4

What is geographic determinism?

Answer 4

People (behavior and culture) are heavily INFLUENCED by their ENVIRONMENT

Question 5

What’s the problem with the idea that “environment produces culture”?

Answer 5

RACISM

Question 6

Who is the father or racism?

Answer 6

Johann Freidrich BLUMENBACH

Question 7

What s the 5 race scheme?

What’s the problem with it?

Answer 7

Caucasian (Europe) 
Mongolian (North Asia) 
Malay (SEA) 
Ethiopian (African) 
Indian (Native American)

Says people degenerate from 'best' class 
Studied skulls

Question 8

Why were Spain and Portugal the racing empires?

Why didn’t China and India cross over?

Answer 8

Facing Atlantic- Naval development

Himalayas formed borders

Question 9

What was the title of Rizal’s essay in defense of the Filipinos?

LIdlF

What did Spaniards think?

Answer 9

La Indolencia de los Filipinos

Siesta, gently waking up Filipinos

Question 10

Three important things to remember about the PH?

Answer 10

1) archipelagic
- multi-ethnic
- made revolution harder cause of language barriers
- long coastlines mean good protection & strategic positions

2) have lots of mountain ranges
3) have lots of river systems

> gave way to ILANUO & ILAYA ; pre-bars gay settlements