PRELIMINARY TERM - PART 1

Question 1

The term “Bikol” could have been derived from “______”, the name of a river which drains into San Miguel Bay.

Answer 1

“BIKO”

Question 2

The Bikol river starts from ________ downstream to its estuarine mouth at _______________.

Answer 2

Lake Bato
San Miguel Bay

Question 3

Possible origins also include the ______ or _______________ which line rivulets and the ancient native word biko meaning “______________”.

Answer 3

Bikul
Bikal bamboo tree
twisted” or “bent

Question 4

consists of a series of mountain ranges with varied peaks, valleys and deep gorges. Thus, a rugged area of land is uneven and covered with rocks, with few trees or plants.

Answer 4

Rugged Topography

Question 5

Region V comprises six provinces:

Answer 5

Province of Camarines Norte
Province of Camarines Sur
Province of Catanduanes
Province of Albay
Province of Sorsogon
Province of Masbate

Question 6

Capital of Camarines Norte

Answer 6

Daet

Question 7

Capital of Camarines Sur

Answer 7

Pili

Question 8

Vocabulario de la lengua Bicol by _________

Answer 8

Father Marcos de Lisboa (between 1602 and 1611)

Question 9

Capital of Catanduanes

Answer 9

Virac

Question 9

Capital of Albay

Answer 9

Legazpi

Question 10

Capital of Sorsogon

Answer 10

Sorsogon

Question 10

Capital of Masbate

Answer 10

Masbate

Question 11

One of the earliest Bikol publications

Answer 11

Vocabulario de la lengua Bicol

Question 12

First book published in Bikol

Answer 12

Catecismo de la Doctrina Cristiana

Question 13

Catecismo de la Doctrina Cristiana by _____________

Answer 13

Fr. Alonzo Jimenez in 1577

Question 14

is the standard idiom

Answer 14

Naga Bikol

Question 15

The Bikol region was known as _________

Answer 15

Ibalon

Question 16

arrived in Masbate in 1567

Answer 16

Mateo del Saz and Martin de Goiti.

Question 17

In 1636 the region was subdivided into

Answer 17

Partido de Ibalon
Partido de Camarines

Question 18

began colonization in 1569

Answer 18

Luis de Guzman

Question 19

Agustinian priests pioneered in the conversion of Bikol, the first natives of Luzon to be Christianized.

Answer 19

Alonzo Jimenez and Juan de Orta

Question 20

In ______ Camarines split into Norte and Sur but were reunited in ______; in ______ they were formally established as provinces.

Answer 20

1829
1893
1919

Question 21

Natives were first oppressed.

Answer 21

Andres de Ibarra who reached Bikol in 1570.

Question 22

Gold mines were exploited during his explorations of northern Bikol in 1571.

Answer 22

Juan de Salcedo

Question 23

The strict imposition in these provinces ordering the adoption of Spanish surnames.

Answer 23

1854 Claveria law

Question 24

1854 Claveria law by ______________-

Answer 24

Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa.

Question 25

On _______________ Clavería issued a decree sending long lists of Spanish and local surnames to the chiefs of the provinces.

Answer 25

Wednesday, November 21, 1849

Question 26

introduced the principales or local elite into local office

Answer 26

Eighteenth century reforms

Question 27

was the ruling and usually educated upper class in the pueblos of the Spanish Philippines

Answer 27

The Principalía or noble class

Question 28

was the ruling and usually educated upper class in the pueblos of the Spanish Philippines, comprising ______________

Answer 28

gobernadorcillo
cabezas de barangay

Question 29

assure full and timely collection of taxes; decree stipulated that cabezas de barangay or barangay heads be wealthy.

Answer 29

Simon de Anda’s 1781 Decree

Question 30

The Bikols were described by some Spanish chroniclers as very _________

Answer 30

fierce warriors.

Question 31

Sorsogon participated in ________________-

Answer 31

Samar’s Sumuroy Revolt in 1649.

Question 32

______________ and ______________ of Sorsogon were condemned by the local revolutionaries for accepting American posts.

Answer 32

Claro Muyot and Anastacio Camara

Question 33

In _________ the American military government was replaced by provincial civil governments under the Philippine Commission.

Answer 33

April 1901

Question 34

_________________________ arrived in Bikol to help execute the First Philippine Commission’s policy on public instruction in the first decade of the century.

Answer 34

Fifty three American Thomasites

Question 35

The said name came from Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War (1900-1916).

Answer 35

Sorsogon Institute

Question 36

On _________________ Japanese soldiers landed in Legazpi, and two days later marched into Naga.

Answer 36

December 12 1941

Question 37

The first ____________ against the Japanese in the Philippines was organized by __________ of ____________ in _____________.

Answer 37

guerilla force
Wenceslao Vinzons
Camarines Norte
December 1941

Question 38

In ________________, Douglas McArthur’s Sixth Army, aided by Filipino guerillas, defeated the Japanese in the region.

Answer 38

March and April 1945