Pre Sanish Period Flashcards

1
Q

early Filipinos lived in settlement called

A

Balangay or barangay

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2
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barangay headed by chieftain known as a

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Datu

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3
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Alliances among barangays were common and these were formalized in a ritual called

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Sangduguan

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4
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The subjects served their chieftain during wars, voyages, and paid tributes called

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Buwis

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5
Q

Whenever a case cannot be readily decided upon the barangay court, they resorted to

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trial by ordeal

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6
Q

a primitive method of determining a person’s guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control

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trial by ordeal

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7
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was based on the belief that the Gods protected the innocent and punished the guilty.

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trial by ordeal

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8
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Suspects plunge into the river or lake with lances. He who come to the surface first was considered guilty

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River ordeal

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9
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Suspects pick a stone in boiling water and he whose arm or hand is burned the most is guilty

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Boiling water ordeal

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10
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Suspects are given lighted candles of the same sizes and the owner of the candle that died out first is the guilty

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Candle ordeal

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11
Q

was resorted to in case of marital troubles.

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Divorce

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12
Q

occupied a high position in early Philippine society.

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Women

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13
Q

Women often occupied prestigious position of the

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Babaylan

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14
Q

Signs of valor and many attributes

A

Tattoos

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15
Q

Most tattooed ere the ancient Bisayans

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Pintados

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16
Q

Visayas was called

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Islas de los Pintados (Islands of the Painted People)

17
Q

In 1989 an inscription was found in Luzon known as _________ dated 900 AD.

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“Laguna copperplate inscription”

18
Q

A number of words in Tagalog language are drawn from Sanskrit

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Budhî (conscience)
Bathalà (bhattara).
Dalità (one who suffers).
Dukhâ (poverty)
Guró (teacher)
Sampalatayà (faith).
Mukhâ (face)
Lahò (eclipse, disappear)
Maharlika “noble” from Sanskrit mahardikka.
Saranggola (kite)
Asawa (spouse)

19
Q

These beliefs were carried on up to the present generation of Filipinos, which has led some foreign authors to describe them a

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‘Pagano-Christians.’

20
Q

was responsible for the spread of Islam in Mindanao.

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Serif Kabungsuan

21
Q

the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines during the

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first half of the 16th century

22
Q

Usually, it was the Datu and the village elders who promulgated such laws, which were then announced and explained to the people by a town crier called the

A

umalohokan

23
Q

TheBabaylanswere reduced to a mere

A

quack doctor

24
Q

It was also ingrained by the Spaniards into the minds of our ancestors that the epitome of being a woman was to act like

A

Maria Clara

25
Q

Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, the native inhabitants were literate and had their own system of writing called

A

Baybayin

26
Q

was the founder and the first sultan of the Sulu sultanate.

A

Hashim Abubakar

27
Q

is a title of nobility in the Sulu sultanate.

A

sharif

28
Q

becameknown in history as the center of Islamic learning in this country.

A

Sulu

29
Q

The theory of ___ states that the language derived fromKaviorold Javanese

A

David Diringer

30
Q

suggests that the writings might be influenced by an Indian priests who were knowledgeable about the Brahms scripts.

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Fletcher Gardner