MIDTERMS

Question 1

In the pre-colonial times, what payment of tribute that is an obligation to provide labor services to the Datus resembles taxation?

Answer 1

Buwis/Hangud/Buhis

Question 2

The Spaniards introduced the cost of ____ from the Filipinos to finance the maintenance of the Philippine Islands.

Answer 2

Tributos (Tributes)

Question 3

The implementation of these systems solved the problematic collection of taxes from dispersed settlements.

Answer 3

Reduccion and Pueblos system

Question 4

Who were those exempted from paying the tributos?

Answer 4

Principals, alcaldes, gobernadores, cabezas de barangay, soldiers, civil guard, government officials, and vargrants

Question 5

What replaced the the payment of tribute?

Answer 5

Cedula Personal

Question 6

It is a poll tax collected through a certificate of identification which started in 1884.

Answer 6

Cedula Personal

Question 7

The cedula is a requirement for every Filipino. True or False?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The cedula system not only was a burden to the Filipinos but also to the elites. True or False?

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Cedula increased Spain’s revenue collection. True or False?

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What were the two direct taxes added in 1878 and imposed on urban outcomes?

Answer 10

Urbana and Industria

Question 11

Annual rental of real estate

Answer 11

Urbana

Question 12

Tax on salaries, dividends, and profits

Answer 12

Industria

Question 13

What was imposed to Filipinos by the Spaniards other than paying tax?

Answer 13

Forced Labor

Question 14

A form of tax included in tribute with three reales used for church purposes

Answer 14

Sanctorum

Question 15

Imposed between 1635 to the middle of the 19th century, which was collected to crush Moro raids.

Answer 15

Donativo De Zamboanga

Question 16

Amounts to one-half real or one gantang of rice every year used in financing coastal patrols around Metro Manila and the western coast of Luzon.

Answer 16

Vinta

Question 17

A sum of money amounting to seven pesos, in order to be exempted from POLO (forced personal services)

Answer 17

Falla

Question 18

What years did the Americans continue to follow the Spanish system of taxation?

Answer 18

1898 to 1903

Question 19

What tax replaced the Urbana tax?

Answer 19

Land Tax

Question 20

What was passed as a reaction to the problems of collecting land tax?

Answer 20

Internal Revenue of 1904

Question 21

What changes were made to the cedula system?

Answer 21

The rate was fixed per adult male

Question 22

The industria tax was imposed on what communities?

Answer 22

business communities

Question 23

What act was passed by the Americans on 1913?

Answer 23

Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act

Question 24

What was the result of the Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act?

Answer 24

reduction in the revenue of the government

Question 25

Who urged that the tax receipts are to be increased?

Answer 25

Gov. Gen. Harrison

Question 26

When was the income tax introduced?

Answer 26

1914

Question 27

What tax was created in 1919?

Answer 27

Inheritance Tax

Question 28

What did the American government establish in 1932?

Answer 28

national lottery

Question 29

What happened to taxes during 1936 in the Commonwealth Period?

Answer 29

Income rate taxes were increased

Question 30

When was the cedula abolished?

Answer 30

1937

Question 31

A residence tax was implemented on every citizen the age of 18 and up in what year?

Answer 31

1940

Question 32

What code did the Commonwealth government draft in 1939?

Answer 32

National Internal Revenue Code

Question 33

The Filipino lower class still carried the burden of taxation during the Commonwealth period. True or False?

Answer 33

True

Question 34

Who continued the tax collection of the commonwealth government during World War II?

Answer 34

The Japanese

Question 35

What were the primary sources of taxation during the World War II?

Answer 35

Amusements, manufacturers, professions, and business licenses

Question 36

After the war, the country started to bounce back during whose presidential term?

Answer 36

Pres. Elpidio Quirino

Question 37

When was the Tax Commission created?

Answer 37

1959

Question 38

Under the Marcos regime the tax system improved. True or False?

Answer 38

False

Question 39

She reformed the tax system through the 1986 Tax Reform Program.

Answer 39

Pres. Corazon Aquino

Question 40

This program aimed to improve the responsiveness of the tax system and promote equity by ensuring that similarly situated individuals and firms bear the same tax burden.

Answer 40

1986 Tax Reform Program

Question 41

The Value Added Tax (VAT) was introduced during the Marcos regime. True or False?

Answer 41

False; Aquino's term

Question 42

What tax reform program was established during Ramos administration in 1992?

Answer 42

Comprehensive Tax Reform Program

Question 43

What tax law was signed in 2005?

Answer 43

Expanded Value Added Tax (E-VAT)

Question 44

This Tax Reform put an excise tax on liquor and cigarettes

Answer 44

Sin Tax Reform

Question 45

The administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo promised tax reform through the implementation of the TRAIN Law. True or False?

Answer 45

False; Pres. Rodrigo Duterte

Question 46

RA 10963

Answer 46

Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN Law)

Question 47

When was the Train Law signed?

Answer 47

December 19, 2017

Question 48

Meaning of KKK

Answer 48

Kataastaasang, Kagalanggalangang, Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan)

Question 49

A secret Philippine Revolutionary society by the Anti-Spanish colonialism Filipinos

Answer 49

KKK

Question 50

Who initiated KKK?

Answer 50

Andres Bonifcacio

Question 51

When was the KKK organized?

Answer 51

January 1892

Question 52

When was the KKK discovered?

Answer 52

August 1896

Question 53

When and where did the first cry occur according to Dr. Pio Valenzuela's First account?

Answer 53

In Balintawak on August 26, 1896

Question 54

When and where did the first cry occur according to Dr. Pio Valenzuela's second version?

Answer 54

Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896

Question 55

He was a relative of Gregoria de Jesus

Answer 55

Gen. Santiago Virata Alvarez

Question 56

According to Santiago Alvarez, the cry happened on ____.

Answer 56

August 24, 1896 at Bahay Toro

Question 57

According to Gen. Guillermo Masangcay, the cry took place in ____.

Answer 57

Balintawak on August 23, 1896.

Question 58

She is known as the "Lakambini ng Katipunan"

Answer 58

Gregoria de Jesus

Question 59

Gregoria de Jesus' said that the first cry happened _____.

Answer 59

Near Caloocan on August 25, 1896

Question 60

Who was the aouther of La Soberania Monacal En Filipinas?

Answer 60

Marcelo H. Del Pilar

Question 61

What were the Pen names of Marcelo H. Del Pilar

Answer 61

Plaridel, Piping Dilat, Pupdoh, Dolores Manapat

Question 62

What were the 5 religious orders?

Answer 62

Augustinians, Franciscans, Jesuits, Dominicans, Recollects

Question 63

"A government by friars"

Answer 63

Frailocracia or Frailocracy

Question 64

Full-blooded Spaniards born in Spain

Answer 64

Peninsulares

Question 65

Full-blooded Spaniards born in the Philippines

Answer 65

Insulares

Question 66

Person of mixed Spanish, Chinese, and Austronesian descent

Answer 66

Tornatras

Question 67

Person of Mixed Spanish and Austronesian descent

Answer 67

Mestizo de Espanol

Question 68

Person of Mixed Chinese and Austronesian ancestry

Answer 68

Mestizo de Sangley

Question 69

Full-blooded Chinese

Answer 69

Sangley

Question 70

Full-blooded Austronesian

Answer 70

Indio

Question 71

Full-blooded aeta, batak or mamanwa

Answer 71

Negrito

Question 72

Who was the ecclesiastical governor of the church that sided with the Filipinos

Answer 72

Monsignor Pedro Pelaez

Question 73

What killed Pedro Pelaez?

Answer 73

Earthquake

Question 74

When was the Gomburza executed?

Answer 74

February 17, 1872 in Bagumbayan

Question 75

Who ordered the death of the GOMBURZA?

Answer 75

Gov. Rafael de Isquierdo

Question 76

What movement did Graciano Lopez Jaena, Marcelo H. Del Pilar, and Jose Rizal lead?

Answer 76

Propagandist

Question 77

The basis of monastic wealth is the lack of union between the people and the government. True or False?

Answer 77

True

Question 78

Who called the Cavite Mutiny an "insurrection"?

Answer 78

El Eco Filipino

Question 79

Who was the governor of Cavite that dispatched two soldiers to inform the Manila authorities about the uprising?

Answer 79

Fernando Rojas

Question 80

When did the Cavite Mutiny happen?

Answer 80

January 20, 1872

Question 81

What was the reason behind the Cavite Mutiny?

Answer 81

the removal or benefits for Filipino workers