RPH MIDTERM Flashcards
Spanish and Womens
-The custom of the period made women equal to men.
Pre- Spanish Era
-They could own and inherit property and sell it.
Women
could engage in trade and industry
Women
could succeed to the chieftainship of her community or baranggay in the absence of a
male heir.
Women
-has the right to give names to their children.
Women
-tagalog word baranggay derived from the ———- meaning a boat which transported
the Malay immigrants to the Philippines.
Malay balangay
-Each barangay—-INDEPENDENT—–ruled by a
chieftain
-Primary duty of the Chieftain:
*rule and govern his people justly
*promote their welfare.
*the chieftain was powerful and exercised the powers of executive, legislative, judiciary
*supreme commander
*aided in his role as lawmaker by a council of elders
*served their chieftain in times of war with other barangays
*helped in tilling and sowing the land.
*paid tribute to the chieftain
The Subjects
were highly respected in the community and
exempted paying tribute from rendering personal services to the chieftain.
The chieftain`s children and other relatives
gave advice to the chieftain in order to guide him in the administration of
justice.
the counsel of elders
-relations existed between baranggays there was ———– between them.
alliances or unity
-alliance was sealed through a process called
blood or sanduguan.
made the laws of the community.
Baranggay chieftain
-when he had a law in mind, he called the council of elders to ask its opinion. If the elders
approved the proposed law, the chieftain ordered a town cryer, called
UMALOHOKAN
the umalohokan would ring it as he went along in order to call the
attention of the people.
with a bell in one hand
AS MEMBERS OF THE JURY.
ELDERS OF THE
BARANGGAY
-the ancient court of justice was composed of the chieftain as
JUDGE
-board composed of elders from the neutral baranggays acted as
arbiters.
-witnesses usually took an —— to prove their honesty.
oath
“ MAY THE CROCODILE DEVOUR ME IF I TELL A LIE”, “MAY I DIE HERE AND
NOW IF DO NOT TELL THE TRUTH.
oath
-a man who had ——– was usually adjudged the winner.
more witnesses
-ancient Filipinos belief in ——- and the relation between the living and the dead
made him respect the memory of the dead.
the life hereafter or life after death
-when a relative died, he was placed in a coffin buried under his
house
-living relatives placed his ——– in the coffin.
cloth, gold, and other valuables
-upon the death of a person, the neighbors and relatives made——- under his house.
fires
were hired by the relatives in order to show their deep feeling of loss.
Professional mourners
a mourning man the former was called
Morotal
a mourning woman the later was called
MAGLAHI.
Mourning for a dead chieftain was called
LARAW.
-Pre-spanish Filipinos believed that the soul was
immortal.
-they believed in one supreme being called
Bathalang Maykapal or Bathala
THE GOD OF AGRICULTURE
IDIYANALE
THE GOD OF DEATH
SIDAPA
GOD OF FIRE
AGNI
GOD OF RAINBOW
BALANGAW
GOD OF WAR
MANDARANGAN
GODDESS OF HARVEST
LALAHON
GOD OF HELL
SIGINARUGAN
-the ancient Filipinos believed that the soul were venerated. This is called
“CULT OF THE
DEAD”
the memory of the dead were alive by carving idols
made of gold, stone and ivory.
The idol was called
LARAWAN OR LIKHA.
the Bisayan the idol were called
DIWATA
the Tagalog the idol were called
Anito
were not all good some were bad.
anitos
——— before the coming of the Spaniards.
no formal schools
The children of school age were taught
in their own homes by their —-, first teacher
mothers
-the children were taught in———- in their native syllabary or alphabet.
reading and writing
were also taught to the children.
music and religion
—– admitted that there was hardly man or woman
who did not know how to read and write.
Fr. Pedro Chirino
practiced agriculture, which was the main source of their livelihood.
Pre-spanish Filipinos
products were raised in agriculture by filipino
-rice,coconut, sugarcane,cotton, banana,hemp,orange and other products
the land was cleared by burning shrubs and bushes.
Kaingin system
land was plowed and harrowed followed by planting.
Tillage system
historian of the Magellan expedition
Antonio de Pigafetta
historian of the Magellan expedition,which reach the Philippine in
March 16, 1521
-Latest count shows more than a —— languages/dialects.
hundred
EIGHT MAJOR languages/ dialects of the Phlippines:
Sugbuanon, Tagalog, Iloko, Pangasinan, Hiligaynon, Pampangan, Manguidanaw,
Samarnon(Samar-Leyte)
-they are sister languages/belong to one big family of languages called
AUSTRONESIANS OR
MALAYOPOLYNESIAN.
-these languages came from —–
one parent language.
Abara
abaga/shoulder
agar
agaw/snatch
ama
ama/father
anaj
anay/termite
hat’ ang
bag’ ang/molar
manuk
mano’k/chicken
tijan
tiya’n/belly
valuh-old austronesian
walo/eight
-Tagalog and Pampangan are similar to
Malay
-the Spanish set foot on Philippine soil, they found the Philippines/Filipinos writing native in their
native syllabary or alphabet.
-Philippine alphabet——– every letter is pronounced as a ‘SYLLABLE`.
“SYLLABARY”
consisted of —– symbols, three of which are vowels and the rest consonants
17 symbols
who wrote a book about the ancient Filipinos with whom he had an early contact
when he said, that the early Filipinos wrote from top to bottom/from left to right.
Pedro Chirino
-two classifications in early literature
written and oral
oral literature
(maxims)
(riddles)
(boat song)
(War song)
(victory songs)
(cradle song)
(wedding song)
Sabi(maxims)
Bugtong(riddles)
Talindaw (boat song)
Kumintang (War song)
Tagumpay (victory songs)
Uyayi/hele (cradle song)
Ihiman(wedding song)
—story of the gods resemble
Hudhud/alim
In the —— Europe was experiencing some changes in life, it is because of the growth
of the industry and commerce, advances in sciences, improvement in the science of navigation,
invention of machines and marine instruments.
16th Century
POSITION ACCORDING TO/SURROUNDINGS
ORIENT
—PROFITABLE
LUCRATIVE
GROUP OF TERRITORIES UNDER THE RULE OF ONE STATE OR PERSON
EMPIRE
A PERSON OR A THING CONQUERED
CONQUEST
—A PLACE NEWLY COLONIZED
SETTLEMENT
—RULER WHO HAS COMPLETE POWER; AUTHORITATIVE COMMAND
DICTATOR
-secondly due to the desire of Europeans to know more about the
the countries of the orient
-the desires came about the stories told by the ——-of Europe who went to the
holy land to regain it from Muslims.
Christian crusaders
it lead many Europeans to admire the wonders of the orient. They traded with
Asian Countries
was the first to send expeditions to the Orient.
portugal
-In this trade the ——- enjoyed the
monopoly.
Venetians (citizens of Venice, which became a city of Italy)
and other peoples of Europe began to trade with the Oriental
countries.
spanish and portuguese
one of the famous Portuguese navigators was called the NAVIGATOR.
Prince Henry
-his desire to make Portugal a sea power, sent an expedition to the Azores island near the coast
of
Africa, 1421
-this expedition of portugal by prince henry discovered the islands of ——– and soon they were developed into
Portuguese colonies.
Madeira/Azores
-Later, Prince Henry led expeditions to the West Africa, using instruments and ships he
developed:
Astrolabe, Windrose, Caravel.
Eight of the volcanoes are considered active
—–Batanes
—Batangas
—Quezon
—-Albay
—Sorsogon
—Camiguin Island
—Lanao
—Davao
Mt. Iraya—–Batanes
Taal Volcano—Batangas
Mt. Banahaw—Quezon
Mt. Mayon—-Albay
Mt. Bulusan—Sorsogon
Mt. Hibok-hibok—Camiguin Island
Mt. Makaturing—Lanao
Mt. Apo—Davao
