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41 Cards in this Set
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Location of Philippines |
Between latitudes 4° and 23° North and longitudes 116° and 127° East |
Northeast |
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North and west waters |
South China sea |
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Eastern sea |
Philippine sea |
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South |
Celebes sea |
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Size of Philippines |
300k square kilometers (115,800) square miles |
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Number of inhabited |
1000 |
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Northernmost part of Phil |
Y'ami Isle 78 miles south of Taiwan |
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Southernmost part of Phil. |
Saluag Isle 34 miles east Borneo |
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Policy implemented by Spanish |
Divide et impera |
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Southwest mosoon winds |
May to October |
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Northeast Monsoon winds |
November to February |
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Dry season |
December to May |
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Typhoon |
June to December |
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Cause of typhoon |
It is found within the typhoon belt of Pacific |
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Longest continuous range |
Sierra Madre |
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Number of volcanoes |
402 |
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Active volcanoes |
22 |
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Most active |
Mt. MAYON |
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Cause of Volcanic erruotions |
Located in the Pacific ring of fire or the earthquake belt |
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Longest river |
Rio Grande de Cagayan |
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Largest river systems |
Rio Grande de Mindanao and Agusan river system |
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One of the finest harbors |
MANILA DE BAY |
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Largest plain |
Central plain of luzon |
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Dominant metallic resource |
Copper |
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Natural gas discovered in? |
Malampaya |
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As consequence of melting of ice |
Land bridge theory |
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Of volcanic origin |
Volcanic theory |
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Remnant of the continent of Lemura or Mu |
Remnant of a lost continent theory |
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Wave Migration theory |
Australoid-Sakay type of men came to the philippines |
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Landa Jocano's theory |
Formative period, Incipient period, emergent period |
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Solheim' theory |
Archaic, incipient, formative, established |
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Filipino people |
Christian, muslim, indigenous, Chinese |
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Fastest growing region in terms of population size |
ARMM |
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Most dense |
NCR |
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Amor-Propio |
Self esteem, self love |
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Euphemism |
Stating unpleasant in pleasant way |
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Frugal and thrifty |
Ilocanos |
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Feel superior |
Tagalogs |
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Indolent |
Visayan |
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Love for freedom |
Muslim |
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Planted in 80% of the farmlands |
Rice corn and coconuts |
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