Geography and Nature (Philippines)

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  1. Complete the sentence about Manila with the correct year: By ______, a Tagalog-fortified polity called Maynila existed on the site of modern Manila.
  2. Complete the sentence about Manila with the correct year: Under the American occupation, Manila became the first chartered city in the country, designated by Philippine Commission Act No. 183 on July…
  3. Complete the sentence about Davao City with the correct year: Having consolidated his position, he founded the fortress of Pinagurasan in what is now the site of Bangkerohan Public Market in ______ wh…
  4. Complete the sentence about Zamboanga City with the correct year: On October 12, ______, Zamboanga became a chartered city under Commonwealth Act No. 39.
  5. Complete the sentence about Zamboanga City with the correct year: Zamboanga City is an independent, chartered city and was designated a highly urbanized city on November 22, ______.
  6. Complete the sentence about Taguig with the correct year: Taguig became a highly urbanized city with the passage of Republic Act No. 8487 in ______, which was ratified by a plebiscite.
  7. Complete the sentence about Taguig with the correct year: On September 4, ______, Melchor De Ribera of the Augustian Order became the 1st non-resident Vicar of Taguig.
  8. Complete the sentence about Pasig with the correct year: Pasig was formerly part of Rizal province, being transferred to NCR's jurisdiction upon the latter's creation in ______.
  9. Complete the sentence about Cagayan de Oro with the correct year: The region of Northern Mindanao, which included Cagayan de Oro, was granted as encomienda to a certain Don Juan Griego on January 25…
  10. Complete the sentence about Cagayan de Oro with the correct year: A skullcap sent to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in ______ was dated to be from between 350 and 377 AD.
  11. Complete the sentence about Makati with the correct year: Parts of Makati became a visita of the then-town of Santa Ana de Sapa in ______, during the Spanish colonial era.
  12. Complete the sentence about Makati with the correct year: The church, later known as San Pedro Macati Church, was completed in ______.
  13. 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.
  14. Complete the sentence about Iloilo City with the correct year: In ______, the Spanish settled in Iloilo, establishing it as the second Spanish colonial center in the Philippines after Cebu.
  15. Complete the sentence about General Santos with the correct year: In ______, by the end of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, two brothers hailing from Barcelona, Spain, Jose and Alberto Olarte…
  16. Complete the sentence about General Santos with the correct year: On October 29, ______, the Municipality of Makar was officially established under the American Insular Government Act No. 21 Section 4…
  17. Complete the sentence about Angeles City with the correct year: On May 12, ______, the new settlers tried to make Culiat a self-governing town but the friars resisted the move, led by Fray José Pometa…
  18. Complete the sentence about Angeles City with the correct year: Ten years later, on February 11, ______, Don Ángel filed a petition for the township of Culiat to secede from San Fernando, but it was d…
  19. Complete the sentence about Angeles City with the correct year: On May 7, ______, General Emilio Aguinaldo transferred the seat of the First Philippine Republic to Angeles.
  20. Complete the sentence about Angeles City with the correct year: On August 10, ______, U.S. forces began the attack on Angeles confident in capturing it in a few days.
  21. Complete the sentence about Tacloban with the correct year: On January 17, ______, Pope Francis visited Tacloban during his apostolic visit to the Philippines and celebrated Mass at Barangay San Jose…
  22. Complete the sentence about Puerto Princesa with the correct year: Spanish colonists founded the settlement on 4 March ______ as Puerto de la Princesa by Ezequiel Moreno, in the course of their explor…
  23. Complete the sentence about Puerto Princesa with the correct year: In May ______, the Port of Puerto Princesa became the center of Spanish naval operations in the area because the Bay met all the navy…
  24. Complete the sentence about Vigan with the correct year: In May ______, Vigan was officially recognized as one of the New7Wonders Cities together with Beirut, Doha, Durban, Havana, Kuala Lumpur, and L…
  25. Complete the sentence about Naga, Camarines Sur with the correct year: Under the Local Government Code of ______, a plebiscite is required within 120 days to ratify the proclamation and formally conve…
  26. Complete the sentence about Naga, Camarines Sur with the correct year: The town was established in ______ by order of Governor-General Francisco de Sande.
  27. Complete the sentence about Naga, Camarines Sur with the correct year: In July ______, Governor-General Guido de Lavezaris ordered the first Spanish expedition into Southern Luzon.
  28. Complete the sentence about Intramuros with the correct year: The Battle of Manila in ______ during World War II entirely flattened Intramuros.
  29. Complete the sentence about Intramuros with the correct year: Intramuros was designated a National Historical Landmark in ______.
  30. Complete the sentence about Intramuros with the correct year: Legazpi declared the area of Manila as the new capital of the Spanish colony on June 24, ______, because of its strategic location and ric…
  31. Complete the sentence about Intramuros with the correct year: In ______, a fleet of Chinese pirates led by Limahong attacked the city and destroyed it before the Spaniards drove them away.
  32. Complete the sentence about Rizal Park with the correct year: The execution of Filipino patriot José Rizal on December 30, ______, at the site helped galvanize support for the Philippine Revolution ag…
  33. Complete the sentence about Rizal Park with the correct year: The inauguration of the Third Philippine Republic and the formal recognition of Philippine independence by the United States took place th…
  34. Complete the sentence about Fort Santiago with the correct year: José Rizal, the Philippine national hero, was imprisoned here before his execution in ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Fort Santiago with the correct year: In ______, the ornate gate of Fort Santiago was erected together with some military barracks.
  36. Complete the sentence about Fort Santiago with the correct year: The Luzon earthquakes of ______, which destroyed much of the city of Manila, destroyed the front edifice of the fort changing its chara…
  37. Complete the sentence about Manila Cathedral with the correct year: On April 27, ______, Pope John Paul II raised the shrine to the status of minor basilica through his motu proprio Quod Ipsum Manilen…
  38. Complete the sentence about Manila Cathedral with the correct year: The church was elevated to a cathedral in ______, coinciding with the canonical erection of the Diocese of Manila.
  39. Complete the sentence about San Agustin Church with the correct year: Construction began in ______, based on a design by Juan Macías.
  40. Complete the sentence about Mayon Volcano with the correct year: The volcano with its surrounding landscape was declared a national park on July 20, ______, the first in the nation.
  41. Complete the sentence about Mount Pinatubo with the correct year: Located on the tripoint of Zambales, Tarlac and Pampanga provinces, most people were unaware of its eruptive history before the pre-er…
  42. Complete the sentence about Mount Apo with the correct year: Apo Geothermal Project Environmental Impact Assessment ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Chocolate Hills with the correct year: More protection was provided by "Proclamation No. ______", signed by President Fidel V.
  44. Complete the sentence about Chocolate Hills with the correct year: A resort was built between the Chocolate Hills, sparking controversy in March ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about Banaue Rice Terraces with the correct year: Anthropologist Otley Beyer has estimated that the terraces are over ______ years old, but several researchers dispute this and c…
  46. Complete the sentence about Boracay with the correct year: International travel magazine Travel + Leisure ranked Boracay as the Best Island in the World in ______.
  47. Complete the sentence about Boracay with the correct year: In ______, Boracay headed the magazine's list of "Top 10 destinations to watch".
  48. Complete the sentence about Palawan with the correct year: Palawan was mentioned as "Pulaoan" or "Polaoan" by Antonio Pigafetta in ______ during Magellan's expedition.
  49. Complete the sentence about Coron, Palawan with the correct year: In ______, the name was changed into Coron, its present name which is used to this date.
  50. Complete the sentence about Siargao with the correct year: In ______, President Noynoy Aquino allocated transparent funds for the modernization of Siargao's airport, the first ever modern development…
  51. Complete the sentence about Mindanao with the correct year: Around ______ BC, Austronesian people spread throughout the Philippines.
  52. Complete the sentence about Lake Taal with the correct year: A Management Plan was crafted and approved by the PAMB in ______ and now serves as the blueprint for the lake’s conservation.
  53. Complete the sentence about Pasig River with the correct year: Efforts to revive the river began in December ______ with the help of Danish authorities.
  54. Complete the sentence about Pampanga River with the correct year: The ______ flooding was so extensive that it flooded out 14 provinces throughout Northern and Central Luzon, plus Metro Manila and Sou…
  55. Complete the sentence about San Juanico Bridge with the correct year: The bridge was slightly damaged by Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Super Typhoon Yolanda, in November ______ but was quickly repa…
  56. Complete the sentence about San Juanico Bridge with the correct year: The ₱80 million project dubbed as the San Juanico Bridge Lighting Project was approved by the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterpris…
  57. Complete the sentence about Samar with the correct year: Since ______, the island is divided into three provinces: Western Samar, Northern Samar, and Eastern Samar.
  58. Complete the sentence about Samar with the correct year: The first European sighting of the island was by Ferdinand Magellan on March 16, ______.
  59. Complete the sentence about Samar with the correct year: During martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, the Sag-od massacre happened in ______.
  60. Complete the sentence about Leyte with the correct year: The number of Spanish Filipino families increased to 56 by year ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Leyte with the correct year: On 20 October ______, General Douglas MacArthur waded ashore on Leyte, saying, "I have returned", but the Japanese continued to resist strongly…
  62. Complete the sentence about Mindoro with the correct year: In ______, the number of Spanish-Filipino families greatly increased to 47.
  63. Complete the sentence about Negros with the correct year: Upon arriving on the island in April ______, the Spanish colonizers called the land Negros, after the dark-skinned natives they had observed.
  64. Complete the sentence about Negros with the correct year: In ______, however, the island became a military district with Ilog as its first capital.
  65. Complete the sentence about Camiguin with the correct year: The first Spanish settlement was established in ______ in what is now Guinsiliban.
  66. Complete the sentence about Camiguin with the correct year: Sagay, located south of Catarman, was formally established as a town in ______.
  67. Complete the sentence about Batanes with the correct year: In ______, the British explorer, privateer, and naturalist William Dampier visited the islands and named them in honour of prominent Dutch an…
  68. Complete the sentence about Philippine eagle with the correct year: In ______, it was declared a national emblem under President Fidel V.
  69. Complete the sentence about Tamaraw with the correct year: The tamaraw was originally described as Anoa mindorensis by French zoologist Pierre Marie Heude in ______.
  70. Complete the sentence about Tamaraw with the correct year: A little over a decade after, the tamaraw was elevated to species status as Anoa mindorensis in ______.
  71. Complete the sentence about Tamaraw with the correct year: The tamaraw was first documented in ______ on the island of Mindoro.
  72. Complete the sentence about Tamaraw with the correct year: Before ______, most people avoided settling on Mindoro due to a virulent strain of malaria.
  73. Complete the sentence about Tamaraw with the correct year: By ______, the tamaraw's range was reduced to three areas: Mount Iglit, Mount Calavite, and areas near the Sablayan Penal Settlement.
  74. Complete the sentence about Philippine cobra with the correct year: Naja philippinensis was described by American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor in ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about Philippine cobra with the correct year: A study of 39 patients envenomed by the Philippine cobra was conducted in ______.
  76. Complete the sentence about Waling-waling with the correct year: In ______, a motion was filed in the House of Representatives of the Philippines to declare the waling-waling as the country's national…
  77. Complete the sentence about Waling-waling with the correct year: In ______, a bill was passed by the Philippine Senate declaring the waling-waling as a national flower alongside the sampaguita.
  78. Complete the sentence about Sampaguita with the correct year: In ______, Carl Linnaeus first described the plant as Nyctanthes sambac in the first edition of his famous book Systema Naturae.
  79. Complete the sentence about Sampaguita with the correct year: In ______, William Aiton reclassified the plant to the genus Jasminum.
  80. Complete the sentence about Sampaguita with the correct year: Jasminum sambac is the subject of the danza song La Flor de Manila, composed by Dolores Paterno in ______.
  81. Complete the sentence about Sampaguita with the correct year: The design of the ceremonial torch for the ______ Southeast Asian Games, designed by Filipino sculptor Daniel Dela Cruz, was inspired by t…
  82. Which place completes this sentence about Manila? Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after ______.
  83. Which place completes this sentence about Quezon City? Quezon City served as the capital of the Philippines from 1948 until 1976, when the designation was returned to ______.
  84. Which place completes this sentence about Taguig? Taguig is located alongside the northwestern shores of Laguna de Bay and is situated in the southeastern portion of Metro ______.
  85. Which place completes this sentence about Pasig? Located along the eastern edge of Metro ______, Pasig borders the province of Rizal and is traversed by the Pasig River, from which it takes its name.
  86. Which place completes this sentence about Makati? Parts of Makati were once subject to the pre-Hispanic Kingdom of Namayan, whose capital is now in the Santa Ana district of ______.
  87. Which place completes this sentence about Legazpi, Albay? Approximately 560 km southeast of ______ by road it covers 161.6 km on the western shore of Albay Gulf and serves as the principal gateway to…
  88. Which place completes this sentence about Puerto Princesa Underground River? On November 11, 2011, ______ Underground River was provisionally chosen as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
  89. Which place completes this sentence about Puerto Princesa Underground River? The ______ Subterranean River is the second-longest underground river in the world.
  90. Which place completes this sentence about Puerto Princesa Underground River? Until the 2007 discovery of an underground river in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, the ______ Subterranean River was reputed t…
  91. Which place completes this sentence about Palawan? The capital and largest city is ______ which is geographically grouped with but administered independently from the province.
  92. Which place completes this sentence about Siargao? Siargao is a tear-drop shaped island in the Philippine Sea situated 196 kilometers southeast of ______.
  93. Which place completes this sentence about Pasig River? As a result, the ______ River received the Asia Riverprize by the International River Foundation in 2019.
  94. Which place completes this sentence about Leyte? Specifically; Matalom had 2 Spanish-Filipino families, Dulag had 14, Tanauan had 29, while ______ had 11.

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