Complete the sentence about Baguio with the correct year: Baguio was established as a hill station by the United States in ______ at the site of an Ibaloi village known as Kafagway.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. 1900
Baguio is a highly urbanized city in the Cordillera, known as the City of Pines. The United States established it as a hill station in 1900 on the site of an Ibaloi village called Kafagway, and it was the only American hill station in Asia. As US rule in the Philippines only began after 1898, the options 1885 and 1890 are too early.
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