Science and Technology and Nation Building Flashcards
determines the socio-economic progress of a country.
state of science technology
is highly correlated to the capacity of a country to produce local industrial goods for domestic needs.
national progress
There are three Scientific Theories that claims the Philippines is:
part of a lost continent
volcanic origin
land-bridge theory
lost pacific called as
Lemuria or Mu
argues that the Philippines is connected to mainland Asia, and that 25,000 years ago you could walk across to Asia using these land bridges
land-bridge theory
Archeological findings show that modern men from the Asian mainland first came overland on across narrow channels to live where in the philippines
Batangas
Palawan
Subsequently, they formed a settlement in Sulu, Davao, Zamboanga, Samar, Negros, Batangas, Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan, and Cagayan.
men from asian mainland
the earliest human fossil remains in the Philippines was discovered in Palawan.
tabon man
It is estimated to be more than 20,000 yo. They made simple tools and weapons of stone flakes and later developed a method of
sawing and polishing stones
estimated to be more than 20,000 y.o , uncertain whether he was negrito or not
Tabon man
By around 3,000 B.C. they were producing __ ornaments of seashells and pottery.
adzes
a tool similar to an axe, with an arched blade at right angles to the handle, used for cutting or shaping large pieces of wood.
adze
flourished for the next 2,000 years until they imported Chinese porcelain.
pottery
Soon they learned to produce copper, bronze, iron, and gold metal ____ and ___
tools
ornaments
lasted from there third century B.C. to 11th century A.D
iron age
During this period Filipinos were engaged in the extraction, smelting, and refining of iron from ores until the importation of cast iron from Sarawak and later from China.
iron age
They learn to weave cotton, make glass ornaments, and cultivate lowland rice and dike fields of terraced fields utilizing ___ water in mountain regions
spring
They also learned to build ____ for trading purposes.
boat
building boat
what age
metal age
noted refined plank built warships called caracoa suited for inter-island trade raids in iron age
spanish chronicles
Filipinos from the ____ were trading with Champa
Butuan
Champa
Vietnam
Ma-I
Mindoro
the Ma-I were trading with whom as notedin records containing several references to Philippines
China