M1 Analysis of Primary Sources

Question 1

What was the earliest known written document in Philippine history?

Answer 1

Laguna Copperplate Inscription

Question 2

The Laguna Copperplate Inscription was dated when?

Answer 2

900 CE

Question 3

Who was the Dutch anthropologist who decoded the Laguna Copperplate Inscription? When?

Answer 3

Antoon Postma, 1992

Question 4

What script was the Laguna Copperplate Inscription written in?

Answer 4

Kawi

Question 5

What is the Laguna Copperplate Inscription about?

Answer 5

It tells of a cancellation of debt.

Question 6

What is another name for the Golden Tara?

Answer 6

Agusan Image

Question 7

Where and when was the Golden Tara found?

Answer 7

Agusan del Sur at 1917

Question 8

The Golden Tara is a (1)-karat gold statuette dating between (2) and (3) centuries. It is currently housed in the (4).

Answer 8

1. 21
2. 9th
3. 10th
4. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

Question 9

It is the study of past events

Answer 9

History

Question 10

These two historians each have
articulated a need for rewriting history, particularly people’s history.

Answer 10

1. Renato Constantino
2. Fr. John N. Schaumer

Question 11

He wrote his book with the objective of writing a history that comes from the point of view of the Filipinos, especially the grassroots.

Answer 11

Renato Constantino

Question 12

He agreed on the point of writing a people’s history but for him, he believes that other lenses or frameworks be used in studying history.

Answer 12

Fr. John N. Schaumer

Question 13

What are the major lapse of our country’s history?

Answer 13

1. Heavy influence of American colonial historiography
2. Hispanic stance of historical resources

Question 14

According to this person, there were misrepresentations as the responses coming from different provinces were not
represented.

Answer 14

Schaumer

Question 15

As there are many historical discourses on the deeds of our recognized heroes, he takes a precarious stance toward this arguing that the so-called historical deeds lacked critical evaluation.

Answer 15

Constantino

Question 16

Firsthand or direct evidence to an event

Answer 16

Primary sources

Question 17

Sources made specifically during the time period being examined.

Answer 17

Primary sources

Question 18

Interpretations of the primary sources

Answer 18

Secondary sources

Question 19

Historical sources which include literary works, diplomatic or legal documents, and social documents.

Answer 19

Written sources

Question 20

Historical sources which pertain to artifacts and oral testimonies

Answer 20

Unwritten sources

Question 21

It entails studying the text, practically outlining all information that the document
says.

Answer 21

Content analysis

Question 22

Studying the background of the author, the situation or environment during that time, and the purpose for the creation of the document.

Answer 22

Context analysis

Question 23

What was the excerpt from the work of Antonio Pigafetta entitled?

Answer 23

Primo Viaggio Intorno Al Mondo

Question 24

Pigafetta’s work was published sometime in the (1), roughly (2) after his death.

Answer 24

1. 1550s
2. two decades

Question 25

Pigafetta’s work documents the Magellan expedition of (1) which originally was intended to locate the (2) route to the (3).

Answer 25

1. 1519-1522
2. Westward
3. Spice Islands

Question 26

Pigafetta’s excerpt narrates, among others, the battle of Mactan up to the —.

Answer 26

escape of the Spanish survivors

Question 27

When and where was Antonio Pigafetta born?

Answer 27

Italy in 1491

Question 28

Pigafetta served in Magellan’s expedition in (1) as the (2). He recorded the events that transpired during the expedition even after the death of the captain in (3).

Answer 28

1. 1519
2. chronicler
3. 1521

Question 29

Pigafetta was fortunate to be one of the (1) men to return to Spain aboard the ship (2) captained by (3) in 1522.

Answer 29

1. 18
2. Victoria
3. Juan Sebastian Elcano

Question 30

What year did Pigfetta die?

Answer 30

1531

Question 31

Pigafetta’s report Primo Viaggio Intorno Al Mondo was distributed to the (1) nobility, and was published in the 1550s by Italian historian (2).

Answer 31

1. European
2. Giovanni Battista Ramusio

Question 32

What was the original language of Pigafetta’s report?

Answer 32

Italian

Question 33

Who translated Pigafetta’s report in the module you read?

Answer 33

James Alexander Robertson

Question 34

Full citation of Pigafetta’s work cited in the module

Answer 34

Excerpt from Antonio Pigafetta’s, Primo Viaggio Intorno Al Mondo in, in E.H. Blair and J.A. Robertson. The Philippine Islands, vol XXXIII, pp. 175-187