Pre-Hispanic Philippine Barangay Trivia Challenge

Question 1

In pre-Hispanic Philippine society, who was the chief of a barangay?

Accepted Answer

Datu

Answer

Babaylan

Answer

Timawa

Answer

Maharlika

Question 2

Father Juan de Plasencia was a Spanish Franciscan missionary.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 3

What term was commonly used for the free commoner class in many Tagalog communities?

Accepted Answer

Timawa

Answer

Alipin

Answer

Datu

Answer

Panday

Question 4

Which social group in Plasencia's account referred broadly to dependents or servants?

Accepted Answer

Alipin

Answer

Maharlika

Answer

Timawa

Answer

Datu

Question 5

A barangay in pre-Hispanic Philippines originally referred only to a stone fortress.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 6

In many early Philippine communities, what was one important role of the babaylan or catalonan?

Accepted Answer

Serving as a spiritual ritual specialist

Answer

Leading foreign trade fleets

Answer

Collecting colonial tribute

Answer

Training cavalry units

Question 7

Which body of water vehicle is closely linked to the origin of the word barangay?

Accepted Answer

Balangay boat

Answer

Caravel

Answer

Galleon

Answer

Junk ship

Question 8

Pre-Hispanic barangays were usually small communities rather than large centralized states.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 9

What was the usual basis of a datu's authority in a barangay?

Accepted Answer

Hereditary leadership and personal influence

Answer

Election by a national parliament

Answer

Appointment by Spain

Answer

Ordination by the Church

Question 10

Which of the following best describes the maharlika in Tagalog society?

Accepted Answer

A noble warrior class

Answer

A dependent farming class

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A priestly order from Europe

Answer

A group of foreign merchants

Question 11

Father Plasencia's famous account focused on the customs of the Tagalogs.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 12

In early Philippine communities, which item was commonly used in trade before widespread colonial coin circulation?

Accepted Answer

Cowrie shells and gold

Answer

Plastic tokens

Answer

Paper banknotes

Answer

Steel coupons

Question 13

Which practice helped strengthen ties between barangays and families?

Accepted Answer

Arranged marriages among families

Answer

Mandatory military conscription

Answer

Weekly national elections

Answer

Roman-style senate debates

Question 14

The alipin class had exactly the same status everywhere in the archipelago.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 15

What was a common way disputes were settled within a barangay?

Accepted Answer

By the datu and community elders

Answer

By a colonial supreme court

Answer

By foreign governors in Manila

Answer

By university professors

Question 16

Which of these best reflects pre-Hispanic Philippine religion in many communities?

Accepted Answer

Belief in spirits and ancestral beings

Answer

Exclusive worship in stone cathedrals

Answer

Abolition of all rituals

Answer

State atheism under the datu

Question 17

Barangays were commonly linked by trade, marriage, and alliances.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 18

In many early communities, which material was especially valued as a sign of wealth and status?

Accepted Answer

Gold

Answer

Aluminum

Answer

Concrete

Answer

Petroleum

Question 19

Father Plasencia described pre-Hispanic Filipinos as living under a single unified king over the whole archipelago.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 20

Why is Father Plasencia's account important to historians?

Accepted Answer

It gives an early written description of Tagalog customs and society

Answer

It records the first Philippine constitution

Answer

It explains modern barangay elections

Answer

It was written by a pre-Hispanic datu

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