Brazil

Question 1

Brazil is the [blank] country in South America

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Largest

Question 2

Most Brazilians descended from [blank] groups

Answer 2

3

Question 3

The first people in Brazil were [blank]

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Native Americans

Question 4

The Native Americans developed a way of life based on [blank], [blank], and [blank]

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Hunting, fishing, and small scale farming

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[Blank] settled in Brazil in the 1500s

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Portuguese explorers

Question 6

Portuguese explorers moved colonist from [blank] to [blank]

Answer 6

Portugal to Brazil

Question 7

Portuguese explorers brought [blank] for slaves

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Africans

Question 8

Brazil had good climate and soil which made for a good [blank] plantation

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Sugar cane

Question 9

Other parts of brazil contributed to the [blank]

Answer 9

Colonial economy

Question 10

Inland Brazil had [blank]

Answer 10

Cattle ranchers

Question 11

In the [blank] people discovered gold and gems in South East mining boom

Answer 11

1600 - 1700s

Question 12

In [blank] South Eastern Brazil became a major coffee producer

Answer 12

1800s

Question 13

Did Brazil gain independence with a fight?

Answer 13

No

Question 14

When did Brazil gain independence?

Answer 14

1822

Question 15

When Brazil gained independence did the economy change?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

Brazil was the [blank] country to end slavery in the Americas

Answer 16

Last

Question 17

Brazil has been governed by [blank] and [blank]

Answer 17

dictators and elected officials

Question 18

Brazil now has a [blank] and a [blank]

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Elected president and a legislature

Question 19

The Brazilians participate by [blank]

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voting

Question 20

The people who came to Brazil brought their own [blank] that blended into Brazil’s culture

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Traditions

Question 21

More than half Brazilians consider themselves to be [blank] descendants

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European

Question 22

Brazil has the largest Japanese [blank] besides Japan

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Population

Question 23

[Blank] of Brazilians are mixed Africans and Europeans

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40%

Question 24

[Blank], [blank], [blank], and [blank] have people who have moved to Brazil

Answer 24

Spain, Germany, Italy, and Poland

Question 25

What is Brazil's official language?

Answer 25

Portuguese

Question 26

Are their more Spanish or Portuguese in South America?

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Portuguese

Question 27

What are other languages spoken in Brazil?

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Spanish, English, French, Japanese, and Native Languages

Question 28

Brazil is 75% [blank religion]

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Roman Catholic

Question 29

Urban poor recently become more [blank religion]

Answer 29

Protestant

Question 30

Macumba

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Belief that combines African and Indian religions with Christianity [some practice this]

Question 31

Some aspects of life reflect the mix of [blank]

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Cultures

Question 32

Brazilians celebrate [blank]

Answer 32

Carnival

Question 33

Brazil's mix of traditions come from where?

Answer 33

European and Brazilian traditions

Question 34

Immigrant influences can be found where?

Answer 34

In food

Question 35

Vatapa

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African seafood dish

Question 36

Feijoada

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A stew of black beans and meat

Question 37

Brazil's large size creates [blank] and [blank] for the country

Answer 37

Opportunities and challenges

Question 38

Brazil has [blank] economy in South America

Answer 38

Largest

Question 39

Is Brazil a wealthy or poor country?

Answer 39

Both it has wealthy and poor areas

Question 40

How many regions can we divide Brazil into based on people, economy, and landscape?

Answer 40

4

Question 41

Most Brazilians live in the [blank]

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Southeast

Question 42

19 million people live in and around [blank]

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San Paulo

Question 43

[Blank] is the largest urban area in South America?

Answer 43

San Paulo

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Mega City

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A giant urban area that consist of cities and suburbs

Question 45

What is Brazil's 2nd largest city?

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Rio

Question 46

What is the population of Rio?

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12 million

Question 47

When was Rio the capital of Brazil?

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1822 - 1960

Question 48

Rio is a major [blank] city

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Port

Question 49

Rio is [blank] with tourist

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Popular

Question 50

What is the richest region of Brazil?

Answer 50

Southeast

Question 51

The Southeast is rich in [blank]

Answer 51

Natural Resources

Question 52

The Southeast is a major [blank] growing region

Answer 52

Coffee

Question 53

Most of Brazil's industry is in [blank]

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Farming

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The Southeast has [blank] stricken areas

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Poverty

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Favelas

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Huge slums

Question 56

Most people living in favelas have come from other regions looking for [blank]

Answer 56

Jobs

Question 57

What is Brazil's poorest region?

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Northeast

Question 58

What are Brazil's 4 regions?

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Southeast, northeast, interior, and amazon

Question 59

Most people move from the [blank] to large cities

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Northeast

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What are the bad things about the northeast?

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Bad healthcare, many there can't read, farming and livestock is difficult due to drought

Question 61

What in the northeast attract tourists?

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Beautiful beaches and old colonial cities

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When were the colonial cities built?

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During the sugar plantation years

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What did the colonial cities look like?

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They had brightly colored buildings, cobblestone streets, and elaborate churches

Question 64

The interior region of Brazil is a [blank] land with [blank] land

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Frontier land with abundant land

Question 65

What kind of climate does the interior region of Brazil have?

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Mild

Question 66

Because the interior region of Brazil has a mild climate it has [blank]

Answer 66

Agriculture

Question 67

Do a few or a lot of people live in Brazil's interior region?

Answer 67

Few

Question 68

Where do most people live?

Answer 68

The capital of the interior Brasilia

Question 69

Government officials thought that moving the capital to Brasilia would do what?

Answer 69

Develop the interior region

Question 70

What is the population of Brasilia and what was its population meant to be?

Answer 70

Is = 2 million | Supposed to be = 500,000

Question 71

What part of Brazil does the Amazon cover?

Answer 71

Northern

Question 72

Manaus

Answer 72

Major port and industrial city

Question 73

What is the population of the Amazon?

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1 million

Question 74

What do they rely on for transportation and communication in the Amazon?

Answer 74

The river

Question 75

Where are isolated villages located?

Answer 75

Within the rain forest

Question 76

Until [blank] they have not had contact with the outside world

Answer 76

Recently

Question 77

What in the Amazon are bringing people together?

Answer 77

Logging, mining, and new roads

Question 78

What are the highs and lows for the knew development?

Answer 78

High = Provides income low = destroys rain forest and creates tension between Indians, workers, and government