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The Portuguese Empire

Answer these questions related to the history and geography of the Portuguese Empire.
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What prince is given credit for kicking off the Age of Discovery in the early 1400s?
Henry the Navigator
What Portuguese explorer was the first European to reach India by sea?
Vasco da Gama
What modern-day country has more Portuguese speakers than Portugal itself?
Brazil
What Atlantic archipelagos were discovered by Portugal in the 1400s and today comprise the two autonomous regions of Portugal?
Azores
Madeira
Which modern-day mainland African countries where colonized by the Portuguese?
Angola
Guinea-Bissau
Mozambique
What is the most-populous urban area of Africa that was once ruled by the Portuguese?
Luanda
What African island nation was uninhabited until discovered by Portugal in 1456?
Cape Verde
In 1511 Portugal captured the region of Malacca, important for its role in the spice trade. In what modern-day country would you find Malacca?
Malaysia
What island was named after Saint Thomas?
São Tomé
What is the most populous city that was once a part of the Portuguese Empire?
São Paulo
What term is used to refer to the Portuguese-speaking parts of the world?
Lusophone
What Indian state was once a Portuguese colony but was invaded and recaptured by India in 1961?
Goa
What Chinese territory did Portugal control until 1999?
Macau
What Portuguese explorer led the Spanish expedition that sailed around the world in the early 1500s?
Ferdinand Magellan
What Portuguese-speaking country became independent from Indonesia in 2002?
East Timor
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22 Comments
OfficerDibble
+1
Level 86
Aug 9, 2019
Good quiz, my 5 won't last...
markthoma
+2
Level 72
Aug 9, 2019
Nice quiz, good questions, I learned a few things!
Isoli
+7
Level 68
Aug 12, 2019
Please accept Magalhaes for Magellan.
giuliano78
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Level 59
Oct 2, 2019
agreed
kalbahamut
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Level 79
Sep 21, 2019
Got everything except Madeira, but I might have also missed Lusophone if I didn't mistakenly try to type in Lusaka. However I remember Lusitania being the ancient Roman name for Portugal as it was also the name of the Portuguese-colonized planet in Speaker for the Dead.
Xenobiologista
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Level 59
Sep 4, 2020
Thats why I typed 'lusi' and then didnt get it...
Insdo
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Level 40
Sep 21, 2019
How come so many more people got Azores over Madeira? They are pretty much the same in terms of relevance and population
Yanni47
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Level 80
Sep 21, 2019
The Azores have more islands. Harder to miss.
Valenmiceli
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Level 63
Jul 22, 2020
Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Madeira...
bxtterflyfx
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Level 74
Jun 25, 2021
Almost all the Portuguese people in my city (suburb of Toronto) are from the Azores, never met anyone from Madeira
Pharley
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Level 75
Sep 21, 2019
What modern-day country has more Portuguese speakers THAN! Portugal itself?
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Sep 21, 2019
Okay
NV1
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Level 55
Jan 15, 2020
Only missed Luanda and Lusophone
npanain
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Level 59
Mar 12, 2020
please accept Fernão de Magalhães (or only Magalhães) as an answer for Ferdinand Magellan.
Hampus
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Level 56
Nov 12, 2020
"What modern-day country has more Portuguese speakers than Portugal itself?"

You should include Angola as a correct answer.

JackintheBox
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Level 82
Feb 10, 2021
Yep, there are more Portuguese speakers in Angola than there are people in Portugal.
Szatan
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Level 61
May 16, 2021
You misspelled one word in that question "Which modern-day mainland African countries where colonized by the Portuguese?" Should be were instead of where.
JWatson24
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Level 71
Jun 2, 2021
Wanna learn more about Magellan and Da Gama? If so, take a look at my "Explorers" series, where I map out where they traveled!
redburgendyy
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Level 21
Sep 21, 2021
i learnt something tambem, and i am portugues KKKKKKK
pewp3w
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Level 59
Nov 16, 2022
Isn't the caribbean island saint thomas also named after saint thomas?
PitifulExcuse
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Level 65
Jan 3, 2025
You present a powerful and cogent argument.
PietjePuk24
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Level 86
Jul 21, 2025
Missed oppurtinity to use the term Portophone to refer to the Portuguese-speaking parts of the world
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