Age Of DiscoveryTrivia Questions & Answers
8 age of discovery trivia questions, each with the correct answer and a short explanation.
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1. Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521, but who commanded the surviving ship Victoria that completed the first circumnavigation of Earth?
Answer: Juan Sebastián Elcano. Spanish navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano took command after Magellan's death and brought Victoria back to Spain in September 1522, completing the first circumnavigation.
2. Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation expedition was completed in 1522 by which surviving captain?
Answer: Juan Sebastián Elcano. Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521; Juan Sebastián Elcano took command of the Victoria and completed the first circumnavigation of the globe.
3. The explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in 1521 on the island of Mactan. In what present-day country is Mactan located?
Answer: Philippines. Magellan was killed on April 27, 1521, during the Battle of Mactan against the chieftain Lapu-Lapu on the island of Mactan in what is now the Philippines.
4. Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521. Who completed his circumnavigation of the globe?
Answer: Juan Sebastián Elcano. After Magellan's death at the Battle of Mactan, Juan Sebastián Elcano commanded the Victoria back to Spain, completing the first circumnavigation.
5. Vasco da Gama's 1498 voyage reached the Indian subcontinent by rounding Africa. At which Indian port city did he first arrive?
Answer: Calicut. Da Gama first landed at Calicut (Kozhikode) on the Malabar Coast in May 1498, opening the first direct sea route from Europe to Asia.
6. Explorer Vasco da Gama reached the port of Calicut on his first voyage to India in which year?
Answer: 1498. Da Gama's fleet arrived at Calicut (Kozhikode) on India's Malabar Coast in May 1498, completing the first direct sea route from Europe to Asia.
7. Which explorer completed the first circumnavigation of Africa from west to east, rounding the Cape in 1488?
Answer: Bartolomeu Dias. Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, proving a sea route to Asia existed, though Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498.
8. Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521. Who commanded the one surviving ship that completed the first circumnavigation?
Answer: Juan Sebastián Elcano. Juan Sebastián Elcano took command of the Victoria and brought her back to Spain in 1522, completing the first circumnavigation.
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