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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the navigator who was put in charge of finding the sea route to India by King Manuel I?
Cristopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Diogo Cão
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which instruments did the navigators use?
The quadrant and the compass
The astrolabe, the compass and the sun measurement
The quadrant, the astrolabe, the compass and the sun measurement
The compass and the sun measurement
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who discovered Brazil?
Vasco da Gama
Fernão de Magalhães
Bartolomeu Dias
Pedro Álvares Cabral
- 4. Multiple Choice
The first European to reach the cape was the Portuguese explorer...
Bartolomeu Dias
Gil Eanes
Cristopher Columbus
Fernão de Magalhães
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Portuguese navigator who passed the Cape Bojador for the first time was...
Afonso de Albuquerque
Gil Eanes
Tristão Teixeira
Bartolomeu Dias
- 6. Multiple Choice
What shape did the sails of the caravel have?
Triangular
Round
Square
- 7. Multiple Choice
What did the astrolabe measure?
The altitude of the sun and stars
The longitude of the sun and stars
The temperature of the water
- 8. Multiple Choice
Where did Vasco da Gama pray before he set out to India in 1497?
Fátima
Bragança
Lisbon
Nazaré
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who are the Portuguese heroes represented in the monument?
Magellan, Dias, King Manuel II
Gama, Silves, Cabral and Magellan
Gama, Dias, Cabral, Magellan and Prince Henry
- 10. Multiple Choice
When did Bartolomeu Dias make it around the Cape of Good Hope?
In 1468
In 1478
In 1488
In 1498
- 11. Multiple Choice
When and where did Prince Henry die?
Sagres 1460
Sagres 1470
Sagres 1466
Sagres 1465
- 12. Multiple Choice
When did Vasco da Gama reach India?
1488
1498
1478
1489
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