Brazil

Question 1

Is Brazil large or small in size?

Answer 1

Largest in SA

Question 2

Who were the first people to arrive in Brazil?

Answer 2

Portuguese explorers (people from Portugal)

Question 3

What crop was grown a lot in Brazil due to the good climate in soil in the Northeast?

Answer 3

Sugar

Question 4

Who were brought to work on the sugar plantations?

Answer 4

Colonists brought Africans to work as slaves

Question 5

What did the sugar plantations replace along the Atlantic coast?

Answer 5

forests

Question 6

What did many Portuguese settlers create inland?

Answer 6

cattle ranches

Question 7

What was discovered in the southeast during the 1600 and 1700?

Answer 7

Gold and precious gems

Question 8

What drew people from all over the world to Brazil?

Answer 8

A mining boom

Question 9

The Southeastern Brazil became a major_______ region.

Answer 9

Coffee producing

Question 10

When did Brazil gain it’s independence from Portugal? Was it a messy battle?

Answer 10

1822 and it was an easy transition

Question 11

Brazil became the last country in the America’s to _____

Answer 11

end slavery

Question 12

How is Brazil’s rule today?

Answer 12

Elected president and legislator. Dictators and Elected officials in the past

Question 13

What is the official language of Brazil?

Answer 13

Portuguese

Question 14

What are some commonly spoken languages in Brazil?

Answer 14

English, Spanish, French, and Japanese

Question 15

What are most of the Brazilian’s religion?

Answer 15

Roman Catholic, 75% are catholic

Question 16

What is a religion that combines the beliefs and practices of African and Indian religions with Christaianity?

Answer 16

Macumba

Question 17

What is Carnival?

Answer 17

A celebration before the Christian season of lent, Brazilians dance to Samba

Question 18

What is a style of dance that was adapted from an African dance?

Answer 18

Samba

Question 19

How many regions can Brazil be divided into today?

Answer 19

4: Southeast, Northeast, Interior, and Amazon

Question 20

Which region do most of the people of Brazil live?

Answer 20

Southeast

Question 21

What is the name of the largest city in the Southeast region and the 4th largest city in the world?

Answer 21

Sao Paulo with 21 million people

Question 22

What is another name for a giant urban area?

Answer 22

Megacity

Question 23

What is name of the second largest city in Brazil?

Answer 23

Rio de Janeiro capital of Brazil from 1822-1960

Question 24

What is Rio de Janeiro known for today?

Answer 24

Being a major party city

Question 25

Which region of Brazil is the richest region?

Answer 25

Southeast region

Question 26

What crop is mostly grown in the Southeast region?

Answer 26

Coffee

Question 27

Even though the Southeast is rich, they is a lot of ______.

Answer 27

poverty

Question 28

What is another name for the huge slums in Brazil?

Answer 28

Favelas

Question 29

Which region in Brazil is the poorest?

Answer 29

Northeast region

Question 30

Why is the Northeast region so poor?

Answer 30

1. people cannot read or write 2. health is poor 3. droughts occur making farming and livestock raising hard

Question 31

What are some tourist attractions of the Northeast region of Brazil?

Answer 31

Painted buildings, cobblestone streets, and elaborate catholic churches

Question 32

Which region of Brazil has few people living there because it is a frontier land?

Answer 32

Interior region

Question 33

Which region is Brazil's capital located?

Answer 33

Brasilia is in the Interior region

Question 34

Why was Brasilia built?

Answer 34

To help develop the interior region with modern building and busy highways

Question 35

Which region covers the Northern part of Brazil?

Answer 35

Amazon

Question 36

How many people live in the Amazon region?

Answer 36

2 million people, Manaus is a major city

Question 37

What is the Amazon river used for?

Answer 37

Transportation, communication, logging, mining

Question 38

What are some advantages of the development of the Amazon rain forest?

Answer 38

1. provides income | 2. farmers, loggers, and miners can make a living

Question 39

What are some disadvantages of the new developments in the Amazon rain forest?

Answer 39

1. Destroys large areas of the rain forest | 2. threatens animals and plant survival