Philippines is the world’s second largest archipelago made up of more than 7,100 islands. It is located on the western edge of the Pacific’s Ring of Fire, the Philippines has hundreds of volcanoes. It is the fifth largest English-speaking nation behind the United States, India, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom.
NAME: …………………………………………
Date: …………………………….
Questions:
3. …………………………………. were the area’s earliest inhabitants in prehistoric times.
4. Philippines have two official language ………………………………….and …………………………….
5. ……………………………………..has been ranked as the city with the highest population density in the world.
6. Spanish colonization began with ………………………………………………………. in 1521.
7. President Ferdinand Marcos was ousted in ……………………………by the “people power”.
8. The University of Santo Tomas in Manila was founded in ………………………………….
9. Christmas season in the Philippines starts in September and ends with ………………………………………………in January.
10. The country has total ………………………………….islands.
Answers:
3. The Negritos
4. Filipino, English
5. Manila
6. Ferdinand Magellan
7. 1986
8. 1611
9. the Feast of the Three Kings
10. 7,641