FILIPINO MIGRATION
This is the name used to describe the first Filipinos who arrived in the Continental U.S. in 1587.
What are "Luzones Indios"/"Luzonians"?
This Filipino boxer is an eight-division world champion?
Who is "Manny Pacquiao"?
The year that documented the first Filipinos to arrive to the U.S.
What is 1587?
A polite way to say “yes” in Tagalog, used in formal conversations.
What is Opo?
This is the city and state that the first Filipinos arrived in.
What is Morro Bay, California?
The name of the currency used in the Philippines.
What is a Philippine Peso (₱)?
These are TWO economic contributions of the MANILAMEN to the sustenance of their communities and the broader local economy.
What is "Fishing & Agriculture"?
This word means “beautiful” in Tagalog, often used to compliment people or things.
What is maganda?
This is what the Filipino settlers that established the first PERMANENT Filipino communities in America were known as.
What are "Manilamen" or "Filipino stowaways"?
The traditional Filipino hand gesture used to show respect to elders.
What is "mano"?
The year that another group of Filipinos, escaped Spanish rule and settled in the marshlands of Louisiana, near New Orleans.
What is 1763?
This word is used for an older sister, or to show respect to an older female.
What is Ate?
The name of the Spanish galleon (ship) that the first Filipinos were aboard to get to the U.S.
What is the "Nuestra Señora de Buena Esperanza"?
The national flower of the Philippines.
What is a "sampaguita"?
The Filipino Stowaways established and resided in these small villages in the 18th century.
(2 possible answers)
What are "Saint Malo"/"Barataria Bay"?
This word is used in Filipino to describe someone who is boastful or brags a lot.
What is Mayabang?
The trade route that connected the Philippines to Mexico from 1565-1815.
What is the "Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade"?
The popular Philippine festival is held in January in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño (Holy Child)?
What is the "Sinulog Festival"?
This is the war that the Manilamen played an active role in local economies and even in the Battle of New Orleans.
hint: "War of ____"
What is the "War of 1812"?
This expression is used in the Philippines to say “It’s up to you” or “Whatever you want.”
What is Bahala ka?