Practice question

Passage: "In the sixteenth century, an age of great marine exploration, Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail around the world. Though Magellan himself was killed in the Philippines before the voyage ended, one ship and seventeen sailors under the Basque navigator Elcano completed the westward journey to Spain, proving the world is round." According to the passage, who completed the voyage after Magellan died?

  1. Ferdinand Magellan
  2. Elcano and seventeen surviving sailors
  3. The king of Portugal
  4. No one finished the voyage

Answer: B — Elcano and seventeen surviving sailors

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