Early Societies in the Philippines

Question 1

They are known for the rice terraces

Answer 1

Ifugao, Bontoc, and Kalinga

Question 2

A wonder of engineering with massive towering walls and skillfully devised irrigation

Answer 2

Rice Terraces of the Cordillera

Question 3

Early Societies in Mindanao

Answer 3

Lumad and Muslims

Question 4

Cebuano term meaning native or indigenous

Answer 4

Katawhang Lumad

Question 5

They are group of non-Islamized (neither Muslim or Christian) indigenous people of the southern Philippines

Answer 5

Lumad

Question 6

They are considered as “vulnerable groups”, they live in hinterlands, forests, lowlands and coastal areas.

Answer 6

Lumad

Question 7

They are concentrated in Davao del Sur and South Cotabato and practice indigenous rituals despite adaptation to the way of life of modern Filipinos

Answer 7

Bilaan or B’laan

Question 8

Cotabato Manobo is their language spoken

Answer 8

Manobo

Question 9

They are the first settlers of the Zamboanga peninsula, are river dwellers or Suba-nuns

Answer 9

Subanen

Question 10

Subanen’s village chief who acts as the village judge and is concerned with all communal matters

Answer 10

Timuay

Question 11

They are located on the provinces of Bukidnon, Agusan del Sur, Misamis Oriental, Iligan City, and Lanao del Norte

Answer 11

Higaonon

Question 12

It means “people of the wilderness”

Answer 12

Higaonon

Question 13

Majority of the inhabitants of the region are of Visayan lineage

Answer 13

Kalagan

Question 14

It refers to as a group of people or as a society in a certain place in Mindanao meaning “A Way of Life” or Pamaaging panginabuhi-an

Answer 14

Kamayo

Question 15

Located in the municipality of Basilig, Hinatuan, Tagbina, San Agustin, Lingig and other parts of Caraga region, Compostella valley and Davao provinces.

Answer 15

Kamayo

Question 16

A group of about two dozen people living within the deep and mountainous rainforests of Mindanao

Answer 16

Tasaday

Question 17

They are called “Linat Batang”, they continue to hunt and gather, dwell in caves, use stone tools and wear garments of a kind of fern plant

Answer 17

Tasaday

Question 18

Garnments of Tasaday

Answer 18

curcoligo

Question 19

These people belong to the Negrito tribe and are nomadic

Answer 19

Mamanwa

Question 20

They are referred to as”the first people upstream”

Answer 20

Mandaya

Question 21

They are referred to as “the first people to ascend the mountains or go upstream”

Answer 21

Mansaka

Question 22

Their original home is in Sangihe - an archipelago located between Sulawesi and Mindanao, but they migrated northwards

Answer 22

Sangir or Sangil

Question 23

Their name is derived from “suba” meaning river - river people

Answer 23

Subanon

Question 24

They live in the high elevation of mountain ranges of South Cotobato and Sultan Kudarat Provinces, south of Mindanao

Answer 24

T’boli

Question 25

Worn by T'boli women, it is an unusual tie-dyed and woven abaca cloth used for dresses during ceremonies and festivities

Answer 25

Tinalak

Question 26

An instrument used by the T'boli, it is a long, slender spindle - shaped two stringed guitar

Answer 26

Hegalong

Question 27

A T'boli house which is located near the banks of Lake Sebu or on hilly portions

Answer 27

Gunu Bong

Question 28

A multilingual ethnic group and the largest mainly non-Christian ethnic group in the Philippines

Answer 28

Muslim/Moro

Question 29

A Spanish word dubbed on the people who lived in the region of Bangsamoro

Answer 29

Moor

Question 30

They are the leader of the Muslim community

Answer 30

Sultans or Datu