SYMBOLS & NATIONAL IDENTITY
What is the national flower of the Philippines?
Sampaguita
Which city is known as the “Queen City of the South”?
Cebu City
Which country ruled the Philippines for more than three centuries?
Spain
What language became widely used as the medium of instruction during the American period?
English
What is the smallest continent by land area?
Australia
What is the national tree of the Philippines?
Narra
In which province can you find the Banaue Rice Terraces?
Ifugao
What system required Filipino communities to provide labor for colonial projects?
Polo y Servicio
What American educational institution was established to train Filipino teachers?
Philippine Normal School
What imaginary line divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
What is the national bird of the Philippines?
Philippine Eagle
Which city is known as the “City of Pines”?
Baguio City
What economic system involved granting land and authority over inhabitants to Spanish grantees?
Encomienda
What group of American teachers arrived in the Philippines in 1901?
Thomasites
What imaginary line is located at approximately 0° longitude?
Prime Meridian
What is the national fruit commonly associated with the Philippines?
Mango
In which province is the Puerto Princesa Underground River located?
Palawan
What group of Filipino priests became associated with the movement for secularization?
GOMBURZA
What government was established as a transitional government before Philippine independence?
Commonwealth Government
What is the largest desert in the world?
Antarctic Desert
What is the national language of the Philippines?
Filipino
Which province is famous for the Chocolate Hills?
Bohol
What 1872 event became an important turning point in the development of Filipino nationalism?
Cavite Mutiny
What law provided for a ten-year transition toward Philippine independence?
Tydings-McDuffie Act
What mountain range traditionally forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia?
Ural Mountains