LET REVIEWER SOCIAL STUDIES - SPANISH PERIOD - Reviewer - 1

Let us learn and remember some facts during the Spanish Regime in the Philippines. To make the most of your review, answer the questions first before looking for the right answers in the internet. In this way, you will learn from your mistakes and will never repeat them again in the actual LET.

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Choose the correct answer. If no answer is correct, write E.

1. According to historian Ambeth Ocampo, the Spanish dominion over the islands to be known later as Filipinas began only in 1565 with the arrival of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.

A. Both the first and the second underlined words are correct

B. Only the first underlined word is correct

C. Only the second underlined word is correct

D. The two underlined words are both wrong

2. The Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expeditions to the East Indies from 1519 to 1521

A. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

B. Ferdinand Magellan

C. Ruy Lopez de Villalobos

D. Garcia Jofre de Loaisa

3. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi's expedition consisted of the following ships EXCEPT:

A. San Pedro

B. San Lucas

C. San Antonio

D. San Juan

4. Who among the following does not belong to the group?

A. Alvaro de Saavedra Ceron

B. Ruy Lopez de Villalobos

C. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

D. Gomez Perez Dasmarinas

5. He was the first Governor-General during the Spanish colonial rule.

A. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

B. Ferdinand Magellan

C. Luis Perez Dasmarinas

D. Gomez Perez Dasmarinas

6. In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan named the islands of Leyte and Samar, Las Islas Filipinas in honor of the King of Spain.

A. Only the last underlined word is wrong.

B. All the underlined words are wrong.

C. All the underlined words are correct.

D. Only the second underline word is correct.

7. Lapu-lapu collaborated with Datu Zula, the chieftain of Sugbu (now Cebu) to defend Mactan Island against Ferdinand Magellan and his men.

A. The above statement is true.

B. The above statement can be true.

C. The above statement is false.

D. The above statement is somewhat true.

8. The only ship used by Magellan’s expedition that managed to return to Spain

A. San Juan

B. Trinidad

C. Concepcion

D. Victoria

9. The Galleon Trade is between

A. Acapulco and Manila

B. Madrid and Manila

C. Acapulco and Cebu

D. Madrid and Cebu

10. The New Spain refers to

A. Philippines

B. Mexico

C. Spice Islands

D. Cuba

11. During Spain’s 333 year rule in the Philippines, the colonists had to fight off the Chinese pirates, the most famous of which was ___.

A. Yamashita

B. Mr. Wong

C. Limahong

D. Lin Pei

12. The King of Spain during Miguel Lopez de Legazpi’s expedition to the East Indies

A. Phillip II

B. Charles II

C. Phillip I

D. Charles I

Answers:

1-A  2-B  3-C  4-D  5-A  6-B  7-C  8-D  9-A  10-B  11-C  12-D