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610 Q2 Flashcards

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The parts of the carnauba palm that are useful to the Brazilians:

A

leaves, roots, trunks, stems, fruit, wax, and sap

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Sugar plantations began in Brazil’s what region in 1960?

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northeast

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Rubber trees got their name from where?

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the way their sap removed pencil marks

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4
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In Brazil, the class of a person is mostly based on that persons what?

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Social and Financial Standing

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Traders seeking to take brazilwood to take to Europe and made permanent settlements in Brazil were from where?

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Portuguese

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6
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Rubber trees grow in what region of Brazil?

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Amazonia

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Brazilian slaves were set free when?

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When slave records were burned

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Brazil leads the world in what production?

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Sugar and coffee

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9
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Source of a bright red dye?

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Brazilwood

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Brazil’s boom-bust cycles:

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Result from its dependence on selling to other countries

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When prices fell and little money came in, Brazil experienced a what?

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Bust

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12
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In 1960 the capital of Brazil was what?

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moved from Rio de Janerio to Brasilia

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Most of Brazil’s Indians live in which region?

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Amazonia

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The boom ended in Brazil when what plantations started in Asia?

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Rubber plantations

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15
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Ditch or aqueduct

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bica

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16
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Ember in Portuguese?

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brasa

17
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Brazilians brought what group of people to the sugar plantations after the Indians wouldn’t work?

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Africans

18
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What people came first to Brazil?

A

Spanish

19
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Brazilians with African heritage live in what region of Brazil?

A

Northeast

20
Q

Added to rubber for strength?

A

sulfur

21
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What groups of people have a hard time finding work in Brazil?

A

Africans and Indians

22
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When prices were high and money poured in, Brazil experienced a what?

A

boom

23
Q

sap from rubber tree?

A

latex

24
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Products around which Brazil’s boom-bust cycles have centered:

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gold, diamonds, sugar, coffee, and rubber

25
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Wax from leaves

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Carnauba

26
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Brazil is called a melting pot, why?

A

many different people live together

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