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1. GEOGRAPHICAL FOUNDATION
HISTORICAL FOUNDATION

2. GEOGRAPHICAL FOUNDATION
 THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO IS COMPOSED OF
7, 107 ISLANDS.
 IT IS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
 Y’ AMI LIES IN THE NORTHERNMOST
PART, WHILE SALUAG LIES IN THE
SOUTHERNMOST PART.
 THE PACIFIC OCEAN LIES IN THE EAST OF THE
PHILIPPINES, WHILE THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IS
ON THE WEST.

3. THE NATIONAL TERRITORY
 THE NATIONAL TERRITORY OF THE PHILIPPINES
IS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE I OF THE 1987
CONSTITUTION AND BASED ON THE
ARCHIPELAGO DOCTRINE.
 ARCHIPELAGO DOCTRINE – PROVIDES THAT AN
ARCHIPELAGIC COUNTRY’S TERRITORY SHALL BE
COMPOSED OF ALL THE ISLANDS COMPOSING
THE ARCHIPELAGO.

4. TOPOGRAPHY
 LONG COASTLINE – 10, 850 STATUTE MILES, ABOUT
TWICE THE LENGTH OF THE U.S COASTLINE
 HIGHEST MOUNTAIN – MOUNT APO IN MINDANAO
 LOWEST DEPTH – “PHILIPPINE DEEP” ALONG THE
PACIFIC COAST OF OUR ARCHIPELAGO
 MANILA BAY – ONE OF THE FINEST HARBORS IN THE
ORIENT
 LONGEST RIVER – CAGAYAN RIVER IN LUZON
 LARGEST LAKE – LAGUNA DE BAY IN LUZON
 THE PHILIPPINES IS CHARACTERIZED BY ACTIVE
VOLCANOES, MAKING US A PART OF A WESTERN
PACIFIC ARC SYSTEM.

5. CLIMATE AND NATURAL
RESOURCES
 3 MAIN SEASONS:
 WET SEASON – JUNE TO OCTOBER
 COOL DRY SEASON – NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY
 HOT DRY SEASON – MARCH TO MAY
 IT IS BLESSED WITH PLAINS AND VALLEYS WERE
CROPS GROW ABUNDANTLY.
 PALAY
 CORN
 COCONUT
 ABACA
 TOBACCO
 SUGAR CANE
 FRUITS
 VEGETABLES

6.  MINERAL RESOURCES
 METALLIC
 NICKEL
 COBALT
 SILVER
 GOLD
 COPPER
 MANGANESE
 NON – METALLIC
 LIME
 CEMENT
 GRAVEL
 MARBLE
 GRANITE
 ASPHALT
 ASBESTOS

7.  THE PHILIPPINES ALSO BOASTS OF SOME RARE
SPECIES OF ANIMALS.
 TARSIER OF BOHOL
 TAMARAW IN MINDORO
 MONKEY-EATING EAGLE
 MOUSE-DEER OF PALAWAN
 IT IS HOME TO 2,000 SPECIES OF FISH AND 850
SPECIES OF BIRDS.
 THE PHILIPPINES ALSO YIELDS ABOUT 20,000
SPECIES OF MARINE LIVES SUCH AS
SHELLS, CORALS AND PEARLS.
 THE RECOGNIZED LARGEST NATURAL PEARL IN
THE WORLD WAS THE “PEARL OF ALLAH” FOUND
BY A MUSLIM DIVER IN MINDANAO IN 1934.

8. POLITICAL REGIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES
 REGION 1 (ILOCOS REGION)
 REGION 2 (CAGAYAN VALLEY)
 REGION 3 (CENTRAL LUZON)
 REGION 4 (SOUTHERN TAGALOG)
 REGION 5 (BICOL REGION)
 REGION 6 (WESTERN VISAYAS)
 REGION 7 (CENTRAL VISAYAS)
 REGION 8 (EASTERN VISAYAS)
 REGION 9 (ZAMBOANGA
PENINSULA)
 REGION 10 (NORTHERN
MINDANAO)
 REGION 11 (DAVAO
REGION)
 REGION 12
(SOCCSKSARGEN)
 REGION 13 (CARAGA)
 ARMM(AUTONOMOUS
REGION IN MUSLIM
MINDANAO)
 CAR(CORDILLERA
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
 NATIONAL CAPITAL
REGION

9. HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
SOCIAL CLASSES
RICH CLASS
MIDDLE CLASS
POOR CLASS

10. FILIPINO CHARACTER TRAITS
 NEGATIVE TRAITS
 EXTREME FAMILY CENTEREDNESS
 EXTREME PERSONALISM
 LACK OF DISCIPLINE
 PASSIVE AND LACK OF INITIATIVE
 COLONIAL MENTALITY
 THE “KANYA-KANYA” SYNDROME OR “CRAB
MENTALITY”
 LACK OF SELF-ANALYSIS AND SELF-
REFLECTION
 FATALISTIC

11.  POSITIVE TRAITS
 CAMARADERIE AND FEELINGS OF CLOSENESS TO
ONE ANOTHER
 STRONG FAMILY ORIENTATION
 JOY AND HUMOR
 FLEXIBILITY, ADAPTABILITY AND CREATIVITY
 HARDWORK AND INDUSTRY
 FAITH AND RELIGIOUSITY
 ABILITY TO SURVIVE
 FREEDOM LOVING
 LOYALTY TO FRIENDS AND COUNTRY
 HOSPITALITY
 RESPECT FOR ELDERS