Site of the First Mass: Butuan or Limasawa Flashcards
An uninhabited island where Magellan and his men landed to rest and secure more food and water.
Homonhon
True or false: The presence of arable lands supports that Butuan is the site of the first mass.
True
True or false: The assertion that the first mass was held in Limasawa was backed up by the National Historical Institute/ National Historical Commission of the Philippines.
True
What is Zubu known today?
Cebu
What is the nationality of Magellan?
Portuguese
What month did Magellan and his men reach the Philippines?
March
What day of the week did Magellan and his men reach the Philippines?
Saturday
What was the first island in the Philippines did Magellan and his men saw?
Samar
True or false: The ten balanghais suspected to have been used by Magellan’s troops to reach the island of the first mass were excavated in Limasawa.
False
The Butuan papers argue that Mazaua must have been the barrio ____ of the present-day Butuan City.
Masao
True or false: The place “Limasawa” was mentioned by both Pigafetta and Francisco Albo.
False
True or false: Gold was considered the currency of the Butuan kingdom before the Spaniards came to the Philippines.
True
What is another term for blood compact or sanduguan?
Casicasi
What name did Magellan give to the Philippines?
Archipelago de San Lazaro
Ladrone or Ladrones (Island of Thieves) is known as what place in the Pacific today?
Mariana Islands (Guam)
Who was the pilot of Magellan’s flagship named Trinidad whose logbook was also used as primary evidence in Magellan’s expedition
Francisco Albo
Raja Siaua (Siagu) was the ruler of what place?
Butuan
True or false: Limawasa island has no worthwhile “hunting grounds,” unlike Masao/Butuan.
True
True or false: For 300 years during the Spanish colonial period, the Catholic Church in the Philippines believed in the Butuan tradition as the location of the first mass in the country.
True