People
Places
Vocab
Random
100
This violent act was outlawed in Brazil in 1888.

What is slavery?

100

The country with the longest coastal plains in South America. 

What is Brazil?

100

A smaller river feeding a larger one. 

What is a tributary?

100

A makeshift community on the edge of a city.

What is a favela?

200

Official language of Brazil.

What is Portuguese?

200

Type of climate along the Amazon river.

What is Tropical rain forest?

200

Grassy treeless plains in southern Brazil. 

What are pampas?

200

This tree gave Brazil its name.

What is the Brazilwood tree?

300

These two multiethnic Brazilian groups account for the largest population. 

What is European and African?

300

The discovery that brought European immigrants to Brazil in the 1720s.

What is the discovery of diamonds?

300

Areas of high flat land.

What is a plateau?

300

A large and important city in a metropolitan area.

What is the central city?
400

Played an important role in the history of Brazilian independence. 

Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?

400

Similarities between the western highlands and Atlantic lowlands of Brazil. 

What is both areas are good for farming?

400

The area that a river and its tributaries drain.

What is a basin?

400

The type of government in Brazil today.

What is a democratic republic?

500
A direct consequence of the land-grant system.

What is forcing Natives into slavery?

500

After slavery from what country did immigrants come to pick the crops. 

What is Italy?

500

Steep slopes rising from the Atlantic coast to the Brazilian highlands.

What are escarpments?

500

Daily double (1000pts)

Why did Brazilian plantation owners support the overthrow of Pedro II?

Pedro II had pushed through an end to slavery.

M
e
n
u