LESSON 2: Content and Contextual Analysis of Selected Primary Sources in Philippine History

Question 1

The historian’s primary tool of understanding and interpreting the past is the ___________

Answer 1

HISTORICAL SOURCES

Question 2

ascertain historical facts.

Answer 2

HISTORICAL SOURCES

Question 3

Two things needed in analyzing a Primary Sources

Answer 3

✔ The document itself.
✔ The era from which it comes.

Question 4

6 C’s that guide to effectively analyze primary sources.

Answer 4

1. Content
2. Citation
3. Communication
4. Context
5. Connections
6. Conclusions

Question 5

You must identify the main idea.

Answer 5

CONTENT

Question 6

Identify the creator of the document and the time it is created.

Answer 6

CITATION

Question 7

You must identify the biases of the author.

Answer 7

COMMUNICATION

Question 8

You must identify the event in its environment during the document is created.

Answer 8

CONTEXT

Question 9

Recognize the connection of the primary source to what you already know.

Answer 9

CONNECTIONS

Question 10

You must determine the contributions of the primary source to our own understanding of history.

Answer 10

CONCLUSIONS

Question 11

Is an essential factor to determine the historical importance of the text.

Answer 11

Context

Question 12

ACCORDING TO Fr. Juan de Plasencia, this is who governed them and were captains in their wars, and
whom they obeyed and reverenced…

Answer 12

DATO

Question 13

ACCORDING TO Fr. Juan de Plasencia tribal gathering is called in Tagalog

Answer 13

BARANGAY

Question 14

ACCORDING TO Fr. Juan de Plasencia THREE CASTES

Answer 14

NOBLES
COMMONERS
SLAVES

Question 15

ACCORDING TO Fr. Juan de Plasencia, these were the free-born whom they call maharlica.

Answer 15

NOBLES

Question 16

ACCORDING TO Fr. Juan de Plasencia The commoners were called

Answer 16

ALIPING NAMAMAHAY

Question 17

ACCORDING TO Fr. Juan de Plasencia They live in their own houses and are lords of their property and gold.

Answer 17

ALIPING NAMAMAHAY

Question 18

ACCORDING TO Fr. Juan de Plasencia, The slaves are called

Answer 18

ALIPING SAGUIGUILID

Question 19

According to Fr. Francisco Colin, There are three kinds and classes of people:

Answer 19

DATO
TIMAUAS
ORIPUN

Question 20

TAGALOG’S ALIPING SAGUIGUILID =

Answer 20

VISAYAN’S HALON

Question 21

Historical Importance of Text in Understanding Philippine History

Answer 21

✔ is an integral part of the past, and without it, memories, stories and characters have less meaning.
✔ It is all the details of the time and place in which a situation occurs.

Question 22

gathering the natives and placed them in one community.

Answer 22

Reduccion

Question 23

The new native settlement can be described in as much as how our present-day town or city is organized:

Answer 23

Reduccion

Question 24

It can be located at the center of the surrounding settlement.

Answer 24

PLAZA COMPLEX

Question 25

Municipality/ city hall

Answer 25

AYUNTAMIENTO

Question 26

refers to the perspective of the author toward a particular person or issue that has been shaped over some
time due to his/her experiences, motives, beliefs, origin, age, gender, social status and ideology.

Answer 26

Point of view