Chapter 8 - Brazil Flashcards
The official language of Brazil is…
Portuguese
It was discovered and conquered by…
Pedro Cabral
The climate in Brazil depends on the…
Altitude of the region.
What river fertilizes most of Brazil farmland, and receives more than 1,000 tributaries?
The Amazon River.
Was the main export of Brazil in 1600 and can be used to make Ethanol:
Sugarcane.
Why at the end of the Slavery, many Italians moved to Brazil?
To work on the plantations.
Why most of Brazil’s population is mixed race?
Because Africans, Europeans, and Natives intermarriage a mixed race.
The _______________ Highway cuts through the Amazon Basin.
Transamazonica.
When slaves were freed, most of them escaped to the ______. The farther inland apart of Brazil. Their descendants live there now. Its one of faster growing places in Brazil.
Hinterlands.
Which are the steps of Brazil from Discovery to a Democratic Republic.
Discovery, Conquest, Colony, Kingdom, Revolution, Military republic, Democratic republic.
- A lot of Brazil’s culture is mixed with that of the African slaves, how?
Music, dance, food, way of dress.
