Religion

Question 1

Pre-colonial Filipinos believed in the _________ of
the soul and in life after death

Answer 1

immortality

Question 2

Bathalang Maykapal:

Answer 2

Creator

Question 3

(god of
agriculture)

Answer 3

Idinayale

Question 4

Sidapa

Answer 4

God of death

Question 5

Rainbow god

Answer 5

Balangaw

Question 6

War god

Answer 6

Mandarangan

Question 7

Fire god

Answer 7

Agni

Question 8

Goddest of the harvest

Answer 8

Lalahon

Question 9

God of hell

Answer 9

Siginarugan

Question 10

Goddes of love

Answer 10

Diyan Masalanta

Question 11

Goddes of love

Answer 11

Diyan Masalanta

Question 12

Also showed respect for animals and plants
like the crocodile, crow, tigmamanukin; some
trees were not also cut because they were
thought to be

Answer 12

divine

Question 13

Diseases were thought to be caused by the
_____ of the environmental spirits

Answer 13

temper

Question 14

Diseases were thought to be caused by the
_____ of the environmental spirits

Answer 14

temper

Question 15

Filipinos also venerated the dead by keeping
alive their memory by carving idols of stone,
gold, or ivory called ______ or larawan; food,
wine, and oth

Answer 15

likha

Question 16

adored idols called _______
or _________ to whom they made
offerings

Answer 16

anitos, diwatas

Question 17

priestesses such as the
____________ or
_________ acted as mediums to
communicate with these
spirits

Answer 17

babaylan/ baylana, katalona

Question 18

the dead was placed in a ___________ and
buried under the house complete with cloth,
gold and other valuable things

Answer 18

wooden coffin

Question 19

upon the death of the person, _____ were made
under the house and ________ acted as
sentinels to guard the corpse from sorcerers

Answer 19

fires, armed men

Question 20

were hired to accentuate
the depth of mourning

Answer 20

professional mourners

Question 21

Sometimes, the relatives of the dead wore
_______ around their arms, legs, and
necks and they abstained from eating meat and
drinking wine

Answer 21

rattan bands

Question 22

The ancients distinguished mourning for a
woman from that of a man – _______ (for women)
and ________ (for men)

Answer 22

morotal, maglahi

Question 23

Mourning for a dead chief is called ______ , and
this was accompanied by certain prohibitions
like engaging in petty quarrels, and wars,
carrying daggers with hilts in the normal
position, singing in boats coming from the sea
or river, and wearing loud clothes

Answer 23

laraw

Question 24

some ancients fasted and
limited their nutrition to
vegetables; among the
Tagalogs, this is called

Answer 24

sipa

Question 25

relatives of the dead who was
murdered would not end their
mourning until they have
exacted vengeance or

Answer 25

balata

Question 26

the celebration held on the
ninth night after the death of
the person is called ______,
in which a play called _____
is staged to honor the dead

Answer 26

pasiyam, tibaw

Question 27

Ancient Filipinos are quite superstitious and
put much stock into _______, and magic charms

Answer 27

auguries

Question 28

They interpreted signs in nature like the
flight of birds, the barking of dogs, the
singing of lizards, and the like, as good or
bad _____ depending on the circumstances

Answer 28

omens

Question 29

They also consulted with the ________, or
soothsayers, to tell their fortunes

Answer 29

pangatauhan

Question 30

These beliefs were not eradicated with the
coming of Western civilization and most of
them were practiced behind the backs of the

Answer 30

Christian missionaries

Question 31

The result was a blending of ______ and
______________ that made Filipino
Catholicism unique

Answer 31

pagan, Christian beliefs