RPH_MID_LESSON 3: ANTONIO PIGAFETTA: FIRST VOYAGE

1. Who led the expedition that Antonio Pigafetta joined?

• • Juan Sebastián Elcano

• • Christopher Columbus

• • Ferdinand Magellan

• • Vasco da Gama

1. What was the name of the only ship that completed the circumnavigation?

• • Trinidad

• • Santiago

• • Victoria

• • Concepción

1. In what year did the expedition return to Spain?

• • 1519

• • 1522

• • 1521

• • 1525

1. What was Pigafetta’s role in the expedition?

• • Navigator

• • Captain

• • Cartographer

• • Assistant to Magellan

1. What was the main goal of Magellan’s expedition?

• • To find a new route to the Spice Islands

• • To colonize the Philippines

• • To discover America

• • To explore Africa

6. Why is Pigafetta’s journal considered historically important?

• • It documents the first European settlement in Asia

• • It provides a firsthand account of the first circumnavigation

• • It was written in Latin

• • It contains maps of Europe

6. What does Pigafetta’s account reveal about precolonial Philippine society?

• • It was primitive and lacked structure

• • It had a complex social and cultural system

• • It was entirely nomadic

• • It was isolated from trade

6. What perspective does Pigafetta’s journal reflect?

• • Indigenous

• • Neutral

• • European

• • Asian

1. How can Pigafetta’s journal help us learn about old Philippine life?

• • Talks about European trade

• • Shows local ways of living

• • Lists Spanish rules

• • Tells war stories

1. What shows a person’s rank in Visayan society, based on Pigafetta’s writing?

• • Wearing tree bark

• • Crying when sad

• • Drinking rice wine

• • Having tattoos