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[Solved] What nationality was Magellan?

The Quiz: What nationality was Magellan?

A British
B Portuguese
C Spanish

Magellan was born in Sabrosa, Portugal. After King Manuel I repeatedly refused to support him in a westward voyage, Magellan renounced his Portuguese nationality in 1517 and offered his services to Spain.

The correct answer to this quiz is Portuguese.

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[Solved] Who set sail from this city and led the first circumnavigation of the globe?

The Quiz: Who set sail from this city and led the first circumnavigation of the globe?

A Ferdinand Magellan
B Christopher Columbus
C Vasco da Gama

The Portuguese explorer organized a Spanish expedition to the East Indies in 1519 by, counterintuitively, sailing west. The fleet of five ships set sail from Seville, Spain—the location of our homepage image. Almost three years later, the remnants of the expedition returned, having encircled the globe. While Magellan didn’t survive the entire voyage, his efforts made history.

The correct answer to this quiz is Ferdinand Magellan.

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[Solved] How many of Magellan’s five ships returned to Seville?

The Quiz: How many of Magellan’s five ships returned to Seville?

A 1
B 2
C 3

Magellan gets the credit, but his successor as voyage leader, Juan Sebastián Elcano, was really the first captain to circumnavigate the globe. Elcano’s ship, the ‘Vittoria,’ was the only one to make the entire journey back to Seville.

Elcano was awarded an annual pension and the Marquisate of Buglas in the Philippines. A globe and the phrase ‘primus circumdedisti me’ (Latin for ‘you first encircled me’) were added to his coat of arms.

The correct answer to this quiz is 1.

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[Solved] Evaluate the extent to which the Government has contributed to

The Quiz: Evaluate the extent to which the Government has contributed to

social grants
– nutrition
school fees
health care
housing

Answer: social grants – the government gives grants in many forms: unemployment insurance, financial help for families with low economic resources, low-interest credit.

Nutrition – the government provides school lunch to public schools under nutritional guidelines. The government also provides food stamps to poor families.

School fees – the government subsidizes primary and secondary education, either with public schools, or school vouchers. For tertiary education, the government offers student loans at low interest rates, and scholarships.

Health Care – the government provides Medicaid for poor families, and Medicare for the elderly. It also regulates the price of prescription drugs to some extent.
Housing – the government provides public housing to poor families, and also help families to access mortgages at lower interest rates.

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[Solved] Who was the last person to go directly from Vice President to President?

The Quiz: Who was the last person to go directly from Vice President to President?

Richard Nixon
Bill Clinton
Lyndon B. Johnson
George H. W. Bush

There have been fifteen vice presidents who went on to become the president. They have all assumed the office as a result of either death, assassination, resignation, or election in their own right. The last person to go directly from Vice President to President was George H.W. Bush, who served as Ronald Reagan’s Vice President from 1981 until 1989. He then won the 1989 presidential election, defeating Michael Dukakis. During his presidency, George H.W. Bush saw the end of the Soviet Union following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the dismantling of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The correct answer to this quiz is George H. W. Bush.