Brazil: A Racial Paradise
Capoeira & Besouro
The Have-Nots
Soccer Madness
Portuguese Vocabulary
100
The title of Elisa Larkin Nascimento's book that describes the social slight-of-hand that disguises the realities of Brazilian racial inequality.

What is "The Sorcery of Color"?

100
Original name of main character before he transforms into the fighter Besouro.

What is "Manoel"?

100
In the 1950s, migrants from this region of Brazil began pouring into Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro and it became a "favela".

What is the "Northeast"?

100
The name of the person who is considered to be the "Father of Brazilian Soccer (Football)".

Who is Charles Miller?

100
O Neymar é ___________ e a Marta é _________. (The Portuguese words for "man" and "woman").

What are "homem" e "mulher"?

200
Gilberto Freyre's idea that the Portuguese were singularly non-racist in their colonial enterprise because they mated with Black women.

What is "Luso-Tropicalism"?

200
Name one of the Orixás that appeared during the transformation scene of Besouro.

Who are "Ogúm", "Oxúm", "Iansã" and "Oxossi"?

200
The infamous leader of a band of outlaws in the Sertão region of Brazil.

Who is "Lampeão"?

200
According to Joseph Page, the special aspects of Brazilian soccer (name one of the four things mentioned in the text).

What is: "slyness", "a faith in magic", "improvisation and individuality", and "joy shared by players and spectators"?

200
O Neymar e a Marta são _________________. (Portuguese terms for "soccer players").

What is "jogadores de futebol"?

300
A famous rap artist in Brazil who writes songs criticizing the government and calls for racial equality. He refuses to leave the favela.

Who is "MV Bill"?

300
In the film "Besouro", name of the Orisha that appeared in the market scene and caused havoc.

Who is "Exú"?

300
The nickname for Recife due to its slums, high levels of unemployment, hunger, and sickness.

What is the "Calcutta of the Western Hemisphere"?

300
The name of the campaign that began to combat racism in professional soccer.

What is "We Are All Monkeys" (Somos Todos Macacos)?

300
O Idris Elba é ______ e _________. 

(Portuguese words for "tall" and "handsome".)

O Alexandre Pires é _______ e _______.

(Portuguese words for "short" and "handsome".)

What is "alto" e "bonito"?

What is "baixo" e "bonito"?

400
The former slave woman who married her master in Diamantina, Minas Gerais and is associated with the concept of "passing".

Who is "Chico da Silva"?

400
Name of the main instrument used in Capoeira circles or "rodinhas".

What is the "berimbau"?

400
According to Page, life in slums like Rocinha is an exercise in _________________.

What is "social Darwinism"?

400

A famous soccer player in Brazil who is credited with inventing the bicycle kick and was given the nickname "Black Diamond".

Who is "Leonidas da Silva"?

400
O Besouro é _________ e __________. 

(Portuguese words for "strong" and "fast".)

Ele é lutador de ____________________.

(Name of style of fighting).

What is "forte" e "rápido"?

What is "Capoeira"?

500
The process implemented by the Brazilian government from 1884 to 1939 in an attempt to "improve the Brazilian race".

What is "whitening" or "branqueamento"?

500
The three three myths related to the origins of Capoeira in Brazil.
What are: "Capoeira is of Brazilian origin (nationalist myth)", "Capoeira was created by runaway slaves in the Quilombos (resistance myth)", and "Capoeira originated in Africa (Angola or African myth)".
500
Different names for "shanties" used by Page to talk about slum areas in Recife, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo.

What are "mucambos", "favelas", and "cortiços"?

500
Number of World Cup titles currently held by Brazil. 

What is "5"?

500
O Anderson Sá é _________. Ele canta no grupo Afro Reggae. Os meninos do Afro Reggae tocam os _________.

(Portuguese words for "singer" and "drums".)

Eles moram na ________.

(Portuguese word for where Anderson Sá lives).

What are "cantor" and "tambores"?

What is "favela" (Vigário Geral)?

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