Lesson 3: Pigafetta's First Voyage Around the World

Question 1

What are the 4 ways we can check the authenticity of a historical work?

Answer 1

1. Background of the author
2. Historical background of the document
3. Content and contextual analysis
4. Contributions and relevance

Question 2

Italian scholar and explorer who joined the expedition to Spice Islands

Answer 2

Antonio Pigafetta

Question 3

When was Pigafetta born?

Answer 3

Between 1480 and 1491

Question 4

This contract was aimed to settle disputes between Portugal and Spain.

Answer 4

Treaty of Tordesillas

Question 5

Why were Portugal and Spain pitted against each other?

Answer 5

To claim new territories coveted by European aristocrats

Question 6

Why did Magellan abandon his Portuguese loyalty?

Answer 6

To find a new route to Indonesia and India (westward instead of East)

Question 7

Who was the king of Spain that Magellan converted to?

Answer 7

King Charles 5th

Question 8

What were the 5 ships used to travel?

Answer 8

1. San Antonio
2. Santiago
3. Concepcion
4. Victoria
5. Trinidad

Question 9

Out of the 5 ships, which ship remained?

Answer 9

Victoria

Question 10

When did Magellan arrive at the island of Zamal?

Answer 10

March 16,1521

Question 11

Zamal is now known as?

Answer 11

Samar

Question 12

Homonhon was known before as?

Answer 12

Humunu

Question 13

When did Magellan arrive at Humunu and was greeted with hospitality?

Answer 13

March 18, 1521

Question 14

Who named the Philippines before?

Answer 14

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 15

What was the primitive name of the Philippines?

Answer 15

Archipelago of San Lazarus

Question 16

When was the first mass conducted in PH?

Answer 16

March 31, 1521

Question 17

Where was the first Catholic mass conducted?

Answer 17

Mazaua (Limasawa)

Question 18

When did Magellan land in Cebu and was killed there?

Answer 18

April 7, 1521

Question 19

He wrote about F. Magellan’s travels and the Filipinos first encounters with Europeans.

Answer 19

Antonio Pigafetta

Question 20

Pigafetta’s writing led to the discovery of what ocean?

Answer 20

Pacific ocean

Question 21

This is the natural sea channel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Answer 21

Strait of Magellan

Question 22

Through Pigafetta’s writing, the world had its first account of?

Answer 22

Circumnavigation