Exam 1 Flashcards
(36 cards)
What are the voting patterns for Vietnamese and Filipinos?
Very conservative
What are the voting patterns for Asians, Blacks, and Hispanics?
Left leaning
What percent of white Americans have no non-white friends?
3/4th; 75%
T/F: The Iraqi veterans were upset at the Ferguson PD’s equipment.
True
Who said the pictures taken in Ferguson reminded them of Soweto, South Africa?
David Lyon (civil rights photographer)
Cliven Bundy and Bunkerville, NV: April 2014
Pointed fire arms at police officers.
1965 Immigration Reform Act’s 3 Main Goals
Family reunification, recruit professionals, and refugees
Philippines geographically (location, language)
SE Asia; Malayo-Polynesian language group
What are the 3 main island groups of the Philippines?
Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao
1st written reference to Filipinos
10th century “Mindoro merchants” & 12th Century warships in Fukien province
What are the 4 main functions of the boats?
Fishing, trading, warfare, trade-raiding (mangayaw)
Seafaring society
Polynesians: skilled sailors, navigators
Navigation= stars, winds, currents, mountains, fish, birds
Warrior society: Greek triremes, Viking longships
Butan Balangay vs. Caracoa
Caracoa is a warship
Balangay is for transport
SPANISH Galleons vs. Caracoa in speed?
Caracoas are much faster at 12-14 knots
SPANISH Galleons are at 5 knots
Population of Barangays
About 1000
Philippine economy
Trade (no monetary system)
Enrique the Malay
Spoke Malay and Cebuano
Circumnavigated the globe with Magellan
What are Aswangs?
Vampires
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)
- Portuguese nobility, defected to Spain and became SPANISH
- convinced King of Spain to fund expedition to the Philippines
- Chamorros in Guam, practice of bringing gifts, massacre of Chamorros, captured Datu and brought him to Cebu. Killed in Mactan Island.
Contact with Filipinos (1521)
Sees gold, silks and porcelains. Datu Lapu-Lapu of Mactan Island & Cebuanos kill Magellan. Ships were too far out. No SPANISH conquest for 44 years.
Antonio Pigafetta
Historian with Magellan
Datu Lapu-Lapu of Mactan Island
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Manila Galleon Trade
Manila-Acapulco-China trade; silks, porcelains from China; silvers from Mexico; labor from Philippines.
How did the Manila Galleon?
Coined by Wm Schurz, 1571 rescue of Chinese ships by Legazpi in Mindoro, Chinese returned with gifts to thank Spanish, beginning of the galleon trade.
Chinese= merchants
Potosi= largest silver mine in the world
Manila= trade center “Wall Street”
Chinese, Filipinos, Spanish and Japanese in Manila.
