EDSS 101 Quiz 3 v. 2

This was how the Philippine archipelago had been formed millions of years.

• tectonic activities

• conflict between two giants

• asteroid shower

• any of these

All of the following plates moved to form what is now the Philippine archipelago EXCEPT

• Eurasian Plate

• Pacific Plate

• Australian Plate

• American Plate

A popular theory of the Philippines’ origin is that it was part of Asia’s continental shelf known as

• Philippine Shelf

• Eurasian Shelf

• Indian Shelf

• Sunda Shelf

Which island is connected to the Eurasian plate?

• Batanes

• Mindoro

• Palawan

• Sulu

How old was the fossil found in the Tabon Cave of Palawan

• 12,000 years

• 22,000 years

• 32,000 years

• 42,000 years

What race was the origin of the majority of the Filipino nation?

• Arian race

• Austronesian race

• African race

• Mongolian race

All of these were caves where Paleolithic tools were found EXCEPT

• Antipolo Cave

• Duyong Cave

• Guyong Cave

• Tabon Cave

When did the ancient inhabitants of the Philippines begin to use pottery?

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

• Metal Age

• Colonial Period

All of these groups traded with our ancestors EXCEPT

• Chinese

• Indians

• Africans

• Arabs

Which is a generic term for pre-colonial rulers of barangays?

• sultan

• rajah

• lakan

• datu