Geography G6 Q1 L6 P1

What is the definition of territory?

• An area under the control of a ruler or state

• A large body of water

• The study of landforms

• A type of weather phenomenon

Why is territory significant?

• It is the home and foundation for a country's political, economic, and social activities

• It determines the size of a country's military

• It is a measure of a country's population

• It is a term used in geography

What does the national territory of the Philippines comprise?

• The Philippine archipelago, its terrestrial, fluvial, and aerial domains, and its territorial sea

• Only the land area of the Philippines

• The airspace above the Philippines

• The waters surrounding the Philippines

What are insular shelves?

• Submarine platforms or plateaus attached to the mainland or coastal islands

• Areas of land under the surface soil

• The airspace above the territorial sea

• The soil underneath the surface soil

What are internal waters?

• All sea areas lying between and connecting the islands of the Philippines

• The airspace above the territorial sea

• Areas of land under the surface soil

• The soil underneath the surface soil

What is the territorial sea?

• That part of the sea extending outward 12 nautical miles from the baseline

• The airspace above the territorial sea

• Areas of land under the surface soil

• The soil underneath the surface soil

What is the historic right in relation to Philippine territory?

• A title created by international law through a historical process

• A title derived from the cession of sovereign rights over a territory

• A treaty between the United States and Spain

• A treaty between the United States and Great Britain

What is the legal title in relation to Philippine territory?

• A title derived from the cession of sovereign rights over a territory

• A title created by international law through a historical process

• A treaty between the United States and Spain

• A treaty between the United States and Great Britain

What was the significance of the Treaty of Paris?

• Spain ceded the Philippine Islands to the United States

• The Philippines acquired the Sulu Archipelago from Spain

• The Philippines acquired the Turtle Islands and Mangsee Islands from Great Britain

• The Philippines acquired Sabah from Malaysia

What was the significance of the Treaty of Washington?

• The United States acquired Cagayan Sulu and Sibutu from Spain

• The Philippines acquired the Turtle Islands and Mangsee Islands from Great Britain

• The Philippines acquired Sabah from Malaysia

• The Philippines acquired the Sulu Archipelago from Spain