PHILIPPINE PRE-COLONIAL LIT Flashcards

1
Q

Laws are _______ or ________

1.
2.
3.

A

Legislation
Judicial Process
Trial by Ordeal

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2
Q

are long narrative poems that dealt with the protagonists’ or
heroes’ series of heroic achievements or events.

A

EPICS

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3
Q

_____ on the other hand is performed during the pasiyam

A

tibaw

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4
Q

Houses during pre-colonial and why

A

Bahay kubo (build to suit tropical climates)

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5
Q

Philippine pre-colonial culture was basically _______ in structure and form

A

Malayan

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6
Q

Filipinos believed in the

A

immortality of the soul and in life after death

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7
Q

these dealt with various subjects including

A

love, war, legends, the memory of the deceased, and war heroes

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8
Q

Economy of pre-colonial ph

A

Agriculture
Livestock
Fishing
Mining
Lumbering and Shipbuilding
Trading

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9
Q

T/F: Beforehand the Spaniards arrived or set foot on Philippine shores, our ancestors already had their
own literature emblazoned in the history of our race.

A

T

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10
Q

pre-colonial literature may be classified into

A

floating or oral and written literature

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11
Q

They also believed in the _______________________ whom they worship and made _____ to according to ____

A

existence of a number of gods
offerings
according to rank

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12
Q

most of the pre-colonial drama was held in the

A

sambahan or places of worship

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13
Q

Mode of Dressing for female

A

female attire consisted of baro or camisa (jacket with sleeves) and saya or patadyong (a long skirt)

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14
Q

are narratives about life, quest, love, horror, and comedy where one can get lessons about life.

A

FOLK TALES

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15
Q

the __________ was a debate in verse in which a problem is resolved; it developed into the duplo during the Spanish period and then into the balagtasan in 1924 during the American period

A

karagatan `

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16
Q

T/F: Spain colonized the Philippines for more than two centuries.

A

F; 3 CENTURIES/333 YEARS

17
Q

The society is made up of __ classes namely

A

-nobles (datu and their families)
-mahadlika or maharlika (freemen) (old people in society)
-the alipin (the dependents)

18
Q

unit of government was the ________, which consisted of from __ to ____ families. The term came from the ______ word _________, meaning _____

A

barangay; 30-100; Malay; Balangay; boat

19
Q

Filipinos were fond of composing ___________, which is why the country is unique for having more than twenty epic poems

A
20
Q

are narratives that describe and portray in symbolic language the origin of the basic elements and assumptions of a culture.

A

MYTHS

21
Q

why do men and women wore ornaments; ______ were also fashionable during this period

A

to look attractive; tattoos

22
Q

T/F: Alibata was the first Filipino alphabet which was replaced by the Roman alphabet.

A

F; BAYBAYIN

23
Q

songs, dance and the drama probably

A

developed simultaneously

24
Q

Mode of Dressing for male

A

male attire was composed of the kanggan (sleeveless jacket) and bahag (loincloth)

25
Q

before the arrival of the Spaniards, Filipinos used a syllabary which was probably of ______________________

A

Sanskrit or Arabic provenance

BAYBAYIN

26
Q

are one of the eldest types of Philippine literature that appeared in the Pre-Spanish time.

A

FOLK SONGS

27
Q

are narrative prose which aim to entertain and tell the story of how an object, place, or name
originated.

A

LEGENDS

28
Q

Folk songs _____ and _____ the ___________ of the ____________________

A

Folk songs reflect and preserve the culture of the early Filipinos.

29
Q

there are more than one _____ languages in the Philippines, ___ of which are considered ___________________

A

hundred ; eight ; major languages

Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, and Waray.