STS - Philippine history Flashcards
Modified True or False
There’s a lot of reliable written information about Philippine culture, society, and technology before the Spaniards arrived in 1521
False. There’s a litte
True or False
There were numerous scattered thriving, relatively sufficient and autonomous communities in the Philippines long before the Spanish arrived.
True
True or False
The early Filipinos had a simple but sufficient level of technology before the pre colonization era.
True
Modern men (Homo Sapiens) from the Asian mainland first came over land and across narrow channels to live in… 50,000 years ago.
Palawan and Batangas
They made simple tools or weapons of stone flakes for how many years?
40,000 years
They made simple tools or weapons of stone flakes for how many years?
40,000 years
They make adzes ornaments of seashells and pottery by the year?
3000 BC
By the first century AD, Filipinos were:
Weaving cotton
Smelting iron
Glass ornaments
Engaging in agriculture
What did the Filipinos learn to build for coastal trade which by the 10th century AD became a highly developed technology?
Boats
One of the finest products of engineering in the Philippines?
Banaue Rice Terraces
One of the finest products of engineering in the Philippines?
Banaue Rice Terraces
A refined plank-built warship made by Filipinos.
Caracoa
Early writing system in the Philippines
Baybayin
True or false
The lack of interest in and support for native industries like weaving eventually led to failure in surviving competition with foreign imports.
True
True or False
Medicine and Acupuncture is the most developed science-based profession during the Spanish regime.
False. Medicine and Pharmacy
True or False
Medicine and Acupuncture is the most developed science-based profession during the Spanish regime.
False. Medicine and Pharmacy
The oldest university in Asia.
University of Santo Tomas
The oldest university in Asia.
University of Santo Tomas
Modified True or false
The galleon trade made no impact on the Philippine economy.
False. It made a big impact.
Modified True or False
Science and technology advanced rapidly during the American regime.
True
Modified True or False
The Spaniards introduced secularized public schools as soon as the civil government was set up in the Philippines.
False. The Americans
Act number 74 which created the department of public instruction was promulgated by the Philippine commission on when?
January 21, 1901
When did the Philippine commission establish the bureau of government laboratories?
July 1, 1901
In 1905, it became the primary research center in the Philippines
Bureau of Science
