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Cards (32)

  • Who were the first inhabitants of Cordillera Central?
    Negritos
  • Which language pair is closest to each other?
    Bontok-Kankanaey
  • What does it mean that Spaniards did not colonize the Cordillera?
    Occupation and influence by Spaniards on the region are limited.
  • How many years ago were the Ifugao terraces constructed?
    2000 years ago
  • What label was used by both Spaniards and Americans for all Cordillera Central inhabitants?
    Igorot
  • Which label was NOT used for the inhabitants of Central Cordillera during Spanish rule?
    Igorot
  • When did the use of Igorot as a label start?
    Spanish colonial period
  • When was the Cordillera Central organized as Mountain Province?
    1908
  • What label did Americans use for people who clung to cultural traditions?
    Non-Christians
  • Which of the following was NOT a basis for labeling/naming during colonial times?
    Economic conditions
  • Which province was NOT part of the old Mountain Province created in 1908?
    Apayao
  • How many sub-provinces were created under the 1908 Mountain Province?
    4
  • What does Igorrote literally mean?
    “from the mountain”
  • How did the term Igorot earn negative meanings?
    Igorots' resistance to Spanish colonialism was interpreted by Spaniards as expressions of backwardness, savagery, and paganism.
  • Which term is NOT geographically defined among the following?
    Salvaje
  • What was the first colonially defined political organization that grouped several villages into single administrative territories?
    Commandancia Politico-Militares
  • Who are the Igorots, according to David Barrows?
    Includes all people in the Cordillera Central
  • Who are the Igorots, according to Dean Worcester?
    Includes all people in the Cordillera Central
  • How were people of the Cordillera Central identified based on their “degree of civilization”?
    Terms included Non-Christians, Tribes, and Headhunters.
  • What does being “Ibaloy” or “Ayangan” signify?

    It is a label based on ethnolinguistic grouping.
  • What does "Igorotness" expressed in T-shirts like “Igorotak” reflect?
    • Pride in historical resistance to colonialism
    • Cultural distinctiveness
  • How are languages in the Cordillera related?
    • They are part of Central Cordillera languages.
    • Closest language pair is Bontok-Kankanaey.
  • Based on latest carbon dating, when were the Ifugao terraces constructed?
    2000 years ago
  • What does it mean when it is said that the Cordillera was not colonized by Spaniards?
    Occupation and influence by Spaniards on the region are limited.
  • What label was applied to all Cordillera Central inhabitants during the colonial period?
    Igorot
  • Which group identified in Blumentritt's list is found in Kalinga?
    Guinaanes
  • In what year was the Cordillera Central, except Abra, organized as Mountain Province?
    1908
  • What name replaced the “Non-Christian Tribes” of the Philippines after the war?
    Cultural Minorities
  • When was the old Mountain Province divided into four new provinces?
    1966
  • What regional identity was popularized in the 1980s during the call for autonomy?
    Cordilleran
  • What student organization in Metro Baguio provided a venue for ethnic expression?
    BIBAK
  • What dam project in the 1970s ignited opposition from affected areas?
    Chico River Dam project