History Questions

1. From 1565 to 1898, the Philippines was under Spanish rule. The governor general was appointed
by the Viceroy of New Spain upon recommendation of the Spanish Cortes and governed on
behalf of the Monarch of Spain. Who was the very first governor general of the Philippines?
a. Guido de Lavezaris
b. Arthur MacArthur, Jr.
c. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
d. Francisco Javier de la Torre
2. The rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, have several small tributaries which feed into the system from
shallow freshwater lakes, swamps, and marshes, all surrounded by desert. These large rivers
were associated with what ancient civilization?
a. Mesopotamian Civilization
b. Egyptian Civilization
c. Harappan Civilization
d. Chinese Civilization
3. When Jose Rizal excelled as a top student at Ateneo de Manila, a school administered by the
Jesuit priests, he loved reading books and novels. Among other books, he read a novel by
Alexander Dumas. This was the first novel that he really loved. What was the title of that book?
a. The Three Musketeers
b. The Corsican Brothers
c. Twenty Years After
d. The Count of Monte Cristo
4. The Holocaust also known as the Shoah in Hebrew, was a genocide in which Nazi party of
Germany lead by Adolf Hitler and its collaborators killed about six million Jews. The victims
included 1.5 million children and represented about two-thirds of the nine million Jews who had
resided in Europe. Adolf Hitler was born in what country?
a. Germany
b. Austria
c. Poland
d. Spain
5. The very first book printed in the Philippines was made to propagate Christian teaching across
the archipelago. The book consists of 38 leaves and 74 pages of text in Spanish, Tagalog
transliterated into roman letters, and Tagalog in its original Baybayin script, under a woodcut of
Saint Dominic, with the verso originally blank, although in contemporary versions bears the
manuscript inscription, "Tassada en dos reales", signed Juan de Cuellar. What is this book?
a. Pasiong Mahal
b. Noli Me Tangere
c. El Filibusterismo
d. Doctrina Christiana/Christian Doctrine
6. In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man
or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull". The Minotaur dwelt at
 the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction designed by the
architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete. Who killed the
Minotaur?
a. Daedalus
b. King Minos
c. Theseus
d. Perseus
7. Islam is the oldest recorded monotheistic religion in the Philippines. Islam reached the
Philippines in the 14th century with the arrival of Muslim traders from the Persian Gulf,
Southern India, and their followers from several sultanate governments in the Malay
Archipelago. Who was the first Arabian trader/preacher to reach the Sulu
Archipelago and establish Islam in the Philippines?
a. Mohammed
b. Abu Bakr
c. Karim ul' Makhdum (Mahdum or Mudum)
d. Mohammad Ali
8. It was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an
estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 134653. It is thought
to have originated in the arid plains of Central Asia, where it then travelled along the Silk
Road, reaching Crimea by 1343.
a. Spanish flu
b. Bubonic Plague/The Black Death/The Black Plague
c. Tubercolosis Outbreak
d. AIDS
9. Pangaea/Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic
eras. It assembled from earlier continental units approximately 300 million years ago, and it
began to break apart about 175 million years ago. During those ages, a body of water
surrounded the supercontinent. What do you call this body of water?
a. Pangean Ocean
b. Pacific Ocean
c. Panthalassa
d. Urkontinent
10. During World War II, an atomic bomb was dropped in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6th of
August, 1945 by the United States Army Air Forces. What is the codename of the atomic bomb
that caused significant destruction to the city?
a. Fat Man
b. Little Boy
c. Enola Gay
d. Thin Man
11. During the Ancient Mesopotamian Civilization era, temple towers were built, having the form of
a terraced pyramid. These temples were believed to be dwelling places for the gods. Only priests
were permitted inside and it was their responsibility to care for the gods and attend to their
 needs. As a result the priests were very powerful members of the civilization. What do you call
these temples which were also known as mountains of god/gods?
a. Ziggurats
b. Pyramids
c. Babylonian Temples
d. Assyrian Temples
12. Marcelo H. del Pilar also known by his pen name Plaridel was a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist,
and freemason. Del Pilar, along with Jos Rizal and Graciano Lpez Jaena, became known as the
leaders of the Reform Movement in Spain. He succeeded Lpez Jaena as editor of the La
Solidaridad (Solidarity). Losing hope in reforms, he planned to lead a revolution against
Spain. He was on his way home in 1896 when he contracted a certain disease in Barcelona.
What was this disease which caused him die?
a. Cancer
b. Influenza
c. Tuberculosis
d. Chicken Pox
13. After hundreds of years, an agreement was made in 1898 that involved Spain relinquishing
nearly all of the remaining Spanish Empire, especially Cuba, and ceding Puerto Rico, Guam,
and the Philippines to the United States. The cession of the Philippines involved a payment
of $20 million from the United States to Spain. What is this treaty that was signed on
December 10, 1898, and ended the SpanishAmerican War?
a. Treaty of Versailles
b. Treaty of Tordesillas
c. Treaty of Zaragoza
d. Treaty of Paris
14. During the expeditions to the Spice Island, how many ships did Ferdinand Magellan use
during his voyage that eventually found the Philippines?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 4
d. 1
15. Ancient Egyptians worship their own gods and goddess, especially the god of the sun or the
creator god. What is the name of this god who was believed to be the ruler of all the gods?
a. Isis
b. Ra/Re
c. Horus
d. Seth
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