PRE-FINALS Indigenous People in the Philippines

Question 1

What are the different indigenous groups, and where are they from

Answer 1

northern Luzon—————————IGOROT
southern island of Mindanao —– LUMAD
central islands and Luzon————-MANGYAN

Question 2

Any of various ethnic groups in the mountains of northern Luzon, Philippines,
all of whom keep, or have kept until recently, their traditional religion and way
of life.

Answer 2

IGOROT

Question 3

IGOROT languages belong to the ____ subgroup of the Philippine languages,
which belong to the ________ family.

Answer 3

northern Luzon
Austronesian (MalayoPolynesian)

Question 4

Cultural elements common to the Igorot peoples as a whole include ____ in iron and brass, ______, and ____.

Answer 4

metalworking
weaving
animal sacrifice

Question 5

The Igorot peoples are _____. They were known in earlier days for their ___ and ______.

Answer 5

Austronesians
wars
practice of headhunting

Question 6

the indigenous cultural communities (ICC) in the Philippines are believed to make up about ten percent of the national population. Also known as cultural minorities, they had been pushed to the mountains and forests by lowlanders ever since towns and cities were built.

Answer 6

LUMAD

Question 7

In ____, fifteen of the more than eighteen ICC in Mindanao adopted the term Lumad, a Bisayan word for ______to distinguish themselves from the Christians and Muslims in Mindanao.

Answer 7

1986
“native” or “indigenous,”

Question 8

_________, enacted during _____time, used the term to differentiate these ethnic communities from the ______people

Answer 8

Republic Act 6734
Corazon Aquino’s
Bangsamoro

Question 9

Lumad are non-______ or non-______, although “the orientation of their cultural developments … appears to be toward the Muslim groups”______.

Answer 9

Muslim, Christian
(Jocano, 1998)

Question 10

The anthropologist _______ stresses that “in most cases, language is the only differentiating element in ethnic cultures, particularly among those which occupy adjacent and contiguous territory.

Answer 10

Felipe Landa Jocano

Question 11

Most of the ICC in Mindanao speak languages belonging to the
_____ family of languages, except the _____,_____ and ______

Answer 11

Manobo
Blaan, T’boli, and Teduray.

Question 12

is an umbrella term that refers to several indigenous communities on the
island of Mindoro in the Philippines. There are eight recognized groups: Iraya,
Alangan, Tadyawan, Tawbuid, Bangon, Buhid, Hanunuo, and Ratagnon.

Answer 12

MANGYAN

Question 13

Mangyan is the generic name for the____indigenous groups
found on the island of _____, southwest of the island of Luzon,
the Philippines, each with its own tribal name, language, and
customs.

Answer 13

eight
Mindoro

Question 14

A certain group of Mangyans living in Southern Mindoro calls
themselves ______, meaning ___,____, or ___
a term that they use to stress the fact that they are strict in the sense of ancestral preservation of tradition and practices.

Answer 14

Hanunuo Mangyans
“true”, “pure” or “genuine”

Question 15

The Supreme Being who gave life to all human beings merely by gazing at them.

Answer 15

Mahal na Makaako

Question 16

Owner of a garden where all spirits rest.

Answer 16

Binayi

Question 17

The spirit aided by 12 fierce dogs. Erring souls are
chased by these dogs and eventually drowned in a cauldron of
boiling water. He is Binayo’s husband.

Answer 17

Bulungabon

Question 18

Is a sacred female spirit, caretaker of the rice spirits or the
kalag paray. She is married to the spirit ______. The kalag paray
must be appeased, to ensure a bountiful harvest. It is for this reason
that specific rituals are conducted in every phase of rice cultivation.
Some of these rituals include the panudlak, the rite of the first
planting; the rite of rice planting itself; and the rites of harvesting
which consist of the magbugkos or binding rice stalks, and the
pamag-uhan, which follows the harvest.

Answer 18

BINAYO
Bulungabon