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Rizal Law and Filipino History
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Rizal Law and Filipino History
Rizal Law and Filipino History
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1
Question
What is the main objective of the Rizal Law?
Answer
To instill moral character, personal discipline, civic conscience, and the duties of citizenship by studying the life, works, and writings of Dr. Jose Rizal.
2
Question
What does R.A. 1425 mandate schools, colleges, and universities to do?
Answer
Include courses on the life, works, and writings of Dr. Jose Rizal in their curricula and keep adequate copies of Rizal's original works in their libraries.
3
Question
Who was directed to work for the translation of Rizal's works into various dialects?
Answer
The Board of National Education.
4
Question
What did President Ramos direct DECS and CHED to do regarding R.A. 1425?
Answer
Immediately and fully implement R.A. 1425.
5
Question
What is a hero, according to the text?
Answer
An admirable leader who serves a noble cause, possesses exceptional talent, distinguished valor, and exercises a determinative influence over the spiritual life of his people.
6
Question
According to Dr. Onofre D. Corpuz, what are heroes characterized by?
Answer
Having a concept of a nation and struggling for its freedom, while also thinking of the future.
7
Question
Who are some of the Filipino historical figures recommended as National Heroes?
Answer
Jose Rizal, Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat, Andres Bonifacio, Juan Luna, Emilio Aguinaldo, Melchora Aquino, Apolinario Mabini, Gabriela Silang, and Marcelo H. del Pilar.
8
Question
Who was Segunda Katigbak?
Answer
Rizal's early relationship interest.
9
Question
Where did Rizal and Segunda Katigbak meet?
Answer
Lipa, Batangas.
10
Question
Who was Leonor Valenzuela?
Answer
A neighbor of Rizal in Intramuros whom he courted with letters using invisible ink.
11
Question
Why did Rizal and Leonor Rivera's relationship end?
Answer
Leonor Rivera got engaged to a British engineer named Henry Kipping.
12
Question
Who was Consuelo Ortiga y Perez?
Answer
The daughter of Don Pablo Ortiga Y Rey, Mayor of Manila, whom Rizal courted but stepped back from due to his engagement with Leonor Rivera and Juan Luna's affection for her.
13
Question
Who was Seiko Usi (O-Sei-San)?
Answer
A Japanese woman Rizal met in Tokyo, whom he had to leave due to his country-saving duties.
14
Question
Who was Gertrude Beckett?
Answer
A 'blue-eyed buxom girl' Rizal met in London, but the relationship was considered one-sided.
15
Question
Who was Josephine Bracken?
Answer
An 18-year-old Irish girl Rizal met in Dapitan, whom he regarded as his wife until his death.
16
Question
What significant event happened in Russia on February 19, 1861?
Answer
Czar Alexander II issued a proclamation emancipating 22,500,000 serfs.
17
Question
What is Imperialism?
Answer
The exploitation of smaller and weaker nations by powerful ones.
18
Question
What territories did Britain acquire during the period of British Imperialism (1837-1901) under Queen Victoria?
Answer
Britain acquired Hong Kong, Kowloon Peninsula, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Aden, Malaya, Singapore, Egypt, Australia, and New Zealand.
19
Question
What territories did the Third French Republic acquire during the period of French Imperialism?
Answer
France acquired Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
20
Question
What territories did Russia acquire during the period of Russian Imperialism (1865-1844)?
Answer
Russia acquired Siberia, Kamchatka, Kuriles, Alaska, Khanates, Khiva, Kokand, and Manchuria.
21
Question
What territories did Japan acquire during the period of Japanese Imperialism (1894-1910) under Emperor Meiji?
Answer
Japan acquired Taiwan, Pescadores, and Korea.
22
Question
What did Germany acquire during the period of German Imperialism in 1885?
Answer
Germany acquired the right to trade and established a coaling station in Yap Carolines.
23
Question
Which colonies did Spain lose in Latin America?
Answer
Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Cambodia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, and Uruguay.
24
Question
What were some of the evils of Spanish misrule in the Philippines during Rizal's time?
Answer
Instability of Colonial Administration, Corrupt Colonial Officials, No Philippine Representation in Spanish Cortes, Human Rights Denied to the Filipinos, No Equality before the Law, Maladministration of Justice, Racial Discrimination, Frailocracy, Forced Labor, The Guardia Civil.
25
Question
Name some of the corrupt colonial officials mentioned in the text and their respective years of service.
Answer
Rafael de Izquierdo (1871-73), Primo de Rivera (1880-83), Valeriano Weyler (1888-91), Camilo de Polavieja (1896-97).
26
Question
Who was the delegate representing the Philippines in the Spanish Cortes during the first period of representation (1810-1813) and what were his contributions?
Answer
Delegate Ventura delos Reyes. He took an active part in framing the 1812 Constitution and caused the abolition of Galleon trade.
27
Question
What characterized the Instability of Colonial Administration in the Philippines?
Answer
Frequent periodic shifts in colonial policies and periodic changes of colonial officials. The country was ruled by 50 governors general from 1835-1897.
28
Question
Why did conditions worsen for Filipinos after representation in the Cortes was abolished?
Answer
There was no means by which Filipinos could express the anomalies perpetrated by colonial officials.
29
Question
What human rights were denied to Filipinos under Spanish rule?
Answer
The freedom of speech, press, association, and other human rights (except freedom of religion) enjoyed by the people of Spain.
30
Question
How was there no equality before the law for Filipinos?
Answer
Filipinos were abused, brutalized, persecuted, and slandered, with heavier penalties in the Spanish Penal Code compared to Spaniards.