Portuguese Voyages Quiz

The Portuguese prince known as Henry the Navigator was responsible for what?

• Sailing around the tip of Africa

• Being an expert sailor

• Exploring South America

• Building a navigation school

Which Portuguese explorer sailed for Spain, was the first to circumnavigate the globe, AND has a Strait named after him?

• Pedro Alvares Cabral

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

Who was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope before having to turn back?

• Vasco da Gama

• Joao Fernandes Lavrador

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Pero de Barcelos

Which Portuguese explorer was named admiral of thirteen ships destined to follow da Gama's route to India?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Pedro Alvares Cabral

• Goncalo Velho Cabral

• Diogo Cao

Who was the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Pero de Barcelos

• Joao Fernandes Lavrador

This was established when Spain and Portugal started to challenge one another for the same land.

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• the Equator

• Treaty of Paris

• Greenwich Meridian

Who was the first known European to set foot in Brazil?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Pedro Alvares Cabral

• Diogo Cao

• Goncalo Velho Cabral

Which Portuguese explorer was the first to sight the islands of the Azores in 1427?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Diogo Cao

• Diogo de Silves

• Joao Fernandes Lavrador

Christopher Columbus also lived in Portugal for a while and trained at Prince Henry's navigation school.

• False

• True

Which Portuguese explorer was the first to explore large areas of north-eastern North America, including Labrador, in 1498?

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Pero de Barcelos

• Joao Fernandes Lavrador