Understanding the Definition of Indigenous
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What does the term 'Indigenous' refer to in scientific contexts?

  • Inhabiting a land from earliest times
  • Emotions unique to humans
  • People associated with a place by birth
  • Organisms and their habitats (correct)

Which term is a synonym for 'Indigenous' meaning 'existing or occurring inside a particular country'?

  • Native
  • Domestic (correct)
  • Endemic
  • Aboriginal

What defines an ethnolinguistic group?

  • Isolation throughout colonial era
  • Common ethnicity and language (correct)
  • Shared language only
  • Common ethnicity only

Which group of people in the Philippines has retained much of their traditional pre-colonial culture and practices?

<p>Indigenous peoples (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to 'inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists'?

<p>Aboriginal (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do most ethnic groups share according to the text?

<p>First language (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the defining characteristic of an indigenous group according to the text?

<p>Practicing its original culture (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Based on the text, what is a minority language?

<p>A language spoken by the minority of the population in an area (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'indigenous' derive from according to the text?

<p>Latin origin (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which best describes an indigene according to the text?

<p>A native plant or animal of a specific area (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What aspect may cause a group not to fit the complete definition of indigenous as per the text?

<p>Loss of traditional language (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does a minority language's status depend, as mentioned in the text?

<p>On the population makeup and area it is spoken in (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the challenges faced by indigenous communities in the Philippines?

<p>Assimilation into mainstream culture (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term could be used as a synonym for 'indigenous' based on the text?

<p>Native (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the distinctive practices of the Igorot people?

<p>Mummification (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do the Igorot people stand out among other indigenous groups in the Philippines?

<p>They live in mountainous regions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What makes the Philippines a fascinating melting pot of cultures?

<p>Presence of diverse indigenous groups (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'marginalize' mean?

<p>Treat as insignificant or peripheral (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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