Brazil & Colonization
This 1493 agreement divided land between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Portugal’s trade route to India went around this continent.
What is Africa?
These settlers were given land to build towns, plantations, and churches.
Who are landowners?
These missionaries worked to convert Native people to Christianity.
Who are Jesuits?
These attackers preyed on Portuguese cargo ships.
Who are pirates
These were the 15 land divisions Portugal used to organize Brazil.
What are Parcels?
This city became a major Portuguese trading center in India.
What is Calicut?
These wealthy individuals operated large farms in Brazil.
Who are plantation nobles?
Jesuits used this Native language to communicate with local people.
What is Tupi?
These events in 1755 caused major setbacks for Portugal.
This was a sweet crop grown on plantations in Brazil.
What is sugar cane?
Portuguese pretended to be Muslim to take this certain port.
What is Mozambique?
This group was enslaved and forced to work on plantations in Brazil.
Who are Africans?
Jesuits worked to protect women and this group.
Who are children?
This term means to sail completely around the globe
What is circumnavigate?
Millions of these people were forcibly brought to Brazil for labor
Who are enslaved Africans?
This Portuguese leader used military strength to secure Goa, Malacca, and Hormuz.
Who is Alfonso de Albuquerque?
This is a special tree that produces reddish-purple dye.
What is Brazil wood?
This group opposed the Jesuits.
Who is the Portuguese?
This is the science of making maps and globes
What is cartography?
The discovery of these valuable resources increased Portugal’s interest in Brazil.
What are gold and diamonds?
Portugal built relationships with India, Persia, and this larger region.
What is Southeast Asia?
This is the language spoken in Brazil but does not originate from there.
What is Portuguese?
Brazil survived two overthrow attempts from these two nations.
Who are the French and Dutch?
This economic policy focused on gaining wealth by controlling trade, agriculture, industry, and money.
What is mercantilism?