Social, Political, Economic, and Cultural Issues in Philippine History

Question 1

Since the colonisation of the Philippines in the ______, the agrarian system has been characterised by a growing concentration of land ownership.

Answer 1

16th century

Question 2

Agricultural Land Reform Code

Answer 2

Republic Act No. 3844 of August 8, 1963

Question 3

division of products

Answer 3

70-30

Question 4

tenants are allowed to “lease” the land for a specific amount of time

Answer 4

leasehold tenancy

Question 5

ra 3844 institutionalized what kind of system of agrarian cases

Answer 5

judicial system

Question 6

Code of Agrarian Reform

Answer 6

Republic Act No. 6389 of 1971

Question 7

Creation of the Department of Agrarian Reform and Agrarian Reform Special Action Fund.

what republic act

Answer 7

Republic Act No. 6389, (Code of Agrarian Reform) of 1971

Question 8

Abolished share tenancy

what republic act

Answer 8

Republic Act No. 3844 of August 8, 1963 (Agricultural Land Reform Code)

Question 9

the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988

Answer 9

republic act no. 6657

Question 10

written instrument in which a government’s powers are defined, established, and limited

Answer 10

constitution

Question 11

latin word meaning fixed, established, or settled

Answer 11

constituo

Question 12

Body of rules and principles in accordance with which the powers of sovereignty is exercised

Answer 12

constitution

Question 13

enacted by a constituent assembly or granted by a monarch to his or her subjects

Answer 13

conventional or enacted

Question 14

product of long periods of development originating in customs, traditions, and judicial decisions

Answer 14

cumulative or evolved

Question 15

one given with a definite form at a particular time

Answer 15

written

Question 16

one which is entirely a product of political evolution, cannot be found in a single written document

Answer 16

unwritten

Question 17

regarded with special sanctity, cannot be amended easily

Answer 17

rigid or inelastic

Question 18

possess no higher legal authority over ordinary laws, can be amended easily

Answer 18

flexible or elastic

Question 19

income tax was introduced

Answer 19

1914

Question 20

inheritance tax was created

Answer 20

1919

Question 21

National Lottery was created to generate more revenue for the government.

Answer 21

1932

Question 22

creation of VAT or the Value Added Tax on products

Answer 22

corazon aquino

Question 23

included services as subject to VAT

Answer 23

fidel ramos

Question 24

enacted the E-VAT or Expanded Value Added Tax, increasing it from 10% to 12%

Answer 24

gloria arroyo

Question 25

Sin Tax Reform or the additional excise tax on liquor and cigarette

Answer 25

benigno aquion III

Question 26

TRAIN Law or Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law, lowered down the income taxes, but raised excise on sweetened beverage, petroleum products, cigarettes, mineral products, and documentary stamp taxes

Answer 26

rodrigo duterte

Question 27

tributos

Answer 27

tributes