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Quiz about Magellan and His Historic Voyage

Magellan and His Historic Voyage Quiz

This quiz is about Ferdinand Magellan and his voyage around the world which most scholars consider as the greatest navigational feat in history.

A multiple-choice quiz by manvinder01. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
manvinder01

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
113,551

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

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Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

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Question 1 of 20

1. When and where was Magellan born? Hint

1473 on a ship in the Southern Atlantic.

1466 in southern Portugal

1480 in northern Portugal

1472 in western Spain

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Question 2 of 20

2. When and to where did Magellan make his first sea trip? Hint

1501 to Brazil

1505 to India

1511 to Morocco

1508 to Moluccas

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Question 3 of 20

3. In 1513 after returning to Portugal, he joined a military expedition to Morocco. Which event in his life took place during this expedition? Hint

He defected to Spain.

He suffered a wound that made him limp for the rest of his life.

He defected to France.

He became blind.

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Question 4 of 20

4. After returning to Portugal from Morocco, where did Magellan want to lead an expedition to? Hint

Spice Islands by sailing through the Panama Isthmus

Spice Islands by sailing south of South America

Philippines by sailing south of South America

Philippines by sailing through the Suez Canal

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Question 5 of 20

5. Whom did Magellan approach after King Manuel I of Portugal refused to support his proposed voyage? Hint

Louis XI of France

Charles I of Spain

Louis XII of France

Pope Alexander VI

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Question 6 of 20

6. When and from where did the great voyage start? Hint

Sep 20, 1519 from southern Spain

Jan 14, 1522 from France

Sep 19, 1517 from Portugal

Oct 20, 1520, from northern Spain

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Question 7 of 20

7. Which of these was not a ship in Magellan's fleet which undertook the voyage? Hint

San Antonio

Trinidad

Santiago

Costa Rica

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Question 8 of 20

8. Who revolted against Magellan after about a month in the Voyage? Hint

The crew of the ship Victoria

French Vice Admiral of the ship Costa Rica

Spanish captain of the ship San Antonio

His Portuguese Navigator Ruy Faleiro

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Question 9 of 20

9. Which was the first stop in the voyage? Hint

Puerto San Julian, Argentina

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lisbon, Portugal

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad

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Question 10 of 20

10. Magellan's fleet anchored in March 1520 in southern Argentina, for the rest of the winter (Southern hemisphere!). Which of these problems did he NOT face during the next few months? Hint

The crew of San Antonio mutinied and returned to Europe

A storm destroyed the Santiago

All the ships got separated

A mutiny broke out shortly after they anchored

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Question 11 of 20

11. Magellan named the ocean the Pacific, which means peaceful, because it appeared calm compared with the stormy Atlantic. What did the Spanish call it ?

Answer: (One Word ( _______ Sea))

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Question 12 of 20

12. For how many days did the fleet sail in the Pacific Ocean without seeing any land (except two unhabited islands)? Hint

100

101

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Question 13 of 20

13. After resupplying his ships in Guam where did the fleet next set sail to? Hint

Philippines

New Zealand

Dutch East Indies

India

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Question 14 of 20

14. After reaching their next destination, tragedy struck the fleet and Magellan was killed during a local battle. When and where did the battle take place? Hint

May 28, 1521 in Manila

Apr 27, 1521 in Mactan

Jul 19, 1521 in Macau

Oct 4, 1521 in Guam

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Question 15 of 20

15. After the battle the fleet abandoned one of their ships the Concepcion. What was the reason? Hint

It was destroyed beyond repair in the battle

Magellan's ghost was believed to haunt the ship

Too few men left to manage three ships

They exchanged it for food and clothes

16. Finally, the two remaining vessels reached their original destination- the Spice Islands and loaded the ships with spice. The leaders of the two ships decided to undertake the return journey separately. Who was the captain of the Trinidad which sailed eastward across the Pacific? Hint

Juan Sebastian del Cano

Gonzalo Gomez de Espinosa

Antonio Pigafetta

Francisco Serrao

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Question 17 of 20

17. The Victoria sailed westward towards Spain under the command of which famous sailor? Hint

Gonzalo Gomez de Espinosa

Antonio Pigafetta

Francisco Serrao

Juan Sebastian del Cano

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Question 18 of 20

18. Finally on Sep 6, 1522 the Victoria reached Sanlucar de Barrameda in Spain three years after setting off and thus completing the first globe-circling expedition in history of mankind. How many of the original crew were on board? Hint

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Question 19 of 20

19. Amongst the people who returned was an Italian. He had faithfully written down the events of the voyage in his journal which became the chief source of information about the expedition. Also he was at that time the only person who gave credit to Magellan for the success of the voyage. Who was he? Hint

Antonio Pigafetta

Amerigo Vespucci

Umberto Nobile

Juan Sebastian del Cano

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Question 20 of 20

20. Which of these was NOT named after Ferdinand Magellan? Hint

A telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory

A small strait at the southern tip of South America

A Portuguese aircraft bomber

An unmanned space probe by NASA

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When and where was Magellan born?

Answer: 1480 in northern Portugal

He was born into a noble family and became a messenger to Queen Leonor of Portugal at the age of twelve.

2. When and to where did Magellan make his first sea trip?

Answer: 1505 to India

He went to India with the fleet of Portugal's first viceroy to India. In 1506, Magellan led an expedition to eastern Africa. He later returned to India and fought naval battles against the Turks .

3. In 1513 after returning to Portugal, he joined a military expedition to Morocco. Which event in his life took place during this expedition?

Answer: He suffered a wound that made him limp for the rest of his life.

4. After returning to Portugal from Morocco, where did Magellan want to lead an expedition to?

Answer: Spice Islands by sailing south of South America

Magellan believed such a route would be faster than the eastward voyage around Africa and across the Indian Ocean. However, the Portuguese King Manuel I disliked Magellan and refused to support the proposed voyage. Magellan then studied astronomy and navigation.

He met Ruy Faleiro, an astronomer with revolutionary ideas who further cemented Magellan's resolve to find a shorter route to the Spice Islands.

5. Whom did Magellan approach after King Manuel I of Portugal refused to support his proposed voyage?

Answer: Charles I of Spain

He went to Spain in 1517. There, he presented his proposal for visiting the Spice Islands. By 1518 he was successful in convincing Charles I of Spain to support such a voyage. The king promised Magellan a share of the profits from the voyage to the Spice Islands, plus a regular income.

However Spaniards were wary of Magellan mainly because he recruited many Portuguese sailors to crew his ships. The king forced Magellan to replace most of the Portuguese sailors with Spanish ones.

6. When and from where did the great voyage start?

Answer: Sep 20, 1519 from southern Spain

Magellan set sail from Sanlucar de Barrameda in southern Spain. Magellan commanded a total of about 240 men and a fleet of five ships.

7. Which of these was not a ship in Magellan's fleet which undertook the voyage?

Answer: Costa Rica

The five ships were the Concepcion, San Antonio, Santiago, Trinidad, and Victoria.

8. Who revolted against Magellan after about a month in the Voyage?

Answer: Spanish captain of the ship San Antonio

The Spanish captain of the San Antonio challenged Magellan's authority, and Magellan had the captain arrested.

9. Which was the first stop in the voyage?

Answer: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

They stayed there for two weeks and then sailed south in search of a passage to the Pacific Ocean. In late March 1520, after failing to find a passage across South America they anchored for the winter at Puerto San Julian in southern Argentina.

10. Magellan's fleet anchored in March 1520 in southern Argentina, for the rest of the winter (Southern hemisphere!). Which of these problems did he NOT face during the next few months?

Answer: All the ships got separated

Magellan's fleet resumed their voyage on Oct 18, 1520. Just three days later they discovered the passage to the Pacific--a passage known ever since as the Straits of Magellan. This raised the dipping morale of the fleet and on November 28, the three remaining ships sailed out of the strait and into the Pacific.

11. Magellan named the ocean the Pacific, which means peaceful, because it appeared calm compared with the stormy Atlantic. What did the Spanish call it ?

Answer: South

Because to them it was south of the Panama Isthmus.

12. For how many days did the fleet sail in the Pacific Ocean without seeing any land (except two unhabited islands)?

Answer: 98

During the journey through the Pacific they were so short on supplies that they ate rats, ox hides, and sawdust to avoid starvation. Nineteen men died before the fleet reached Guam on March 6, 1521.

13. After resupplying his ships in Guam where did the fleet next set sail to?

Answer: Philippines

Magellan converted many of the local Filipinos to Christianity. Now the Philippines is the only officially Christian country in Asia.

14. After reaching their next destination, tragedy struck the fleet and Magellan was killed during a local battle. When and where did the battle take place?

Answer: Apr 27, 1521 in Mactan

Magellan was killed when he took part in a battle between rival Filipino groups on the island of Mactan.

15. After the battle the fleet abandoned one of their ships the Concepcion. What was the reason?

Answer: Too few men left to manage three ships

Just more than 100 crew members remained. Therefore, the Concepcion was abandoned.

Answer: Gonzalo Gomez de Espinosa

The crew of the Trinidad never made it back to Spain and were imprisoned by the Portuguese.

17. The Victoria sailed westward towards Spain under the command of which famous sailor?

Answer: Juan Sebastian del Cano

Like the Trinidad, the Victoria experienced great hardship, and many of the crew died.

Answer: 18

Also there were 3 Indonesians.

Answer: Antonio Pigafetta

Pigafetta was the only person who praised Magellan for his courage and navigational skill. However, for the Spanish, del Cano was the hero. The Portuguese considered Magellan a traitor as he worked for Spain, and the Spaniards condemned Magellan after they received reports of his errors in navigation.

20. Which of these was NOT named after Ferdinand Magellan?

Answer: A Portuguese aircraft bomber

Strait of Magellan, is a narrow strait that separates the islands of Tierra del Fuego from the mainland of South America.
The Magellan Telescope Project is a collaboration between the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (OCIW), University of Arizona, Harvard University, University of Michigan, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to construct two 6.5 Meter optical telescopes in the southern hemisphere. The telescopes are located at Las Campanas Observatory, at an altitude of 8000 feet in the Chilean Andes.
In 1990, the U.S. space probe Magellan began orbiting Venus, using radar to map the planet's surface.

Source: Author manvinder01

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