Pre-Colonial
Earliest known inhabitants of the Philippines, skilled seafarers and traders.
Who are the Austronesians?
This Spanish explorer claimed the Philippines for Spain in 1521.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The Treaty of Paris in 1898 ceded the Philippines to the U.S. from this country.
What is Spain?
Ancient script used by pre-colonial Filipinos.
What is Baybayin?
Succeeded Magellan; established the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
Who is Miguel López de Legazpi?
American commodore who led the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898.
Who is George Dewey?
Ancient Philippine society with a complex social structure, ruled by a datu.
What is the Barangay?
The Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade connected Manila with this country.
What is Mexico?
The first Civil Governor of the Philippines, appointed by the U.S. President in 1901.
Who is William Howard Taft?
Ancient burial site in Palawan with wooden coffins and artifacts.
What is the Tabon Caves?
Forced labor on indigenous Filipinos during Spanish rule was known as this.
What is "polo y servicio"?
The Jones Act of 1916 paved the way for what significant outcome in the Philippines?
What is the Philippine Independence?
Pre-Islam, widespread animistic belief system?
What is Anito?
The Spanish colonial government in the Philippines was administered by officials from this Spanish social class.
What is the Peninsulares?
First President of the Philippines under American rule.
Who is Manuel L. Quezon?