Foundations of Race in Brazil
This concept describes Brazil’s belief that racial mixing eliminated racism
A. Segregation state
B. Racial democracy
C. Ethnic nationalism
D. Color apartheid
What is racial democracy?
This Afro-Brazilian martial art was disguised as dance
A. Samba
B. Capoeira
C. Jiu-jitsu
D. Maculelê
What is capoeira?
This racial group dominates Brazilian media representation
A. Black Brazilians
B. Indigenous Brazilians
C. White Brazilians
D. Mixed-race Brazilians
Who are white Brazilians?
This feature made Brazilian slavery especially brutal due to replaceability.
A. Strict laws
B. Easy access to enslaved labor
C. Religious influence
D. Industrialization
What is easy access to enslaved labor?
This policy promoted European immigration to “whiten” Brazil.
A. Integration policy
B. Whitening policy
C. Segregation law
D. Cultural reform
What is the whitening policy?
This system allows Brazilians to identify using many different color labels.
A. Government classification
B. Scientific taxonomy
C. Self-described racial identification system
D. Binary race system
What is a self-described racial identification system?
This religion blends African traditions with Catholicism.
A. Vodou
B. Santería
C. Candomblé
D. Umbanda
What is Candomblé?
This policy aims to address racial inequality in education.
A. Immigration reform
B. Affirmative action
C. Tax reform
D. Welfare policy
What is affirmative action?
This region became wealthy due to gold and diamond mining.
A. Bahia
B. São Paulo
C. Minas Gerais
D. Rio Grande do Sul
What is Minas Gerais?
This term refers to reducing Black identity through racial mixing.
A. Assimilation
B. Branqueamento
C. Nationalism
D. Integration
What is branqueamento?
This economic system drove Brazil to import the most enslaved Africans.
A. Cotton plantations
B. Sugar plantation economy
C. Mining exports
D. Industrial labor
What is the sugar plantation economy?
This survival strategy helped African religions persist under slavery.
A. Isolation
B. Syncretism
C. Conversion
D. Rebellion
What is syncretism?
This factor contributes to low self-esteem among Black women in Brazil.
A. Lack of education
B. Lack of representation in media
C. Government restrictions
D. Language barriers
What is lack of representation in media?
This type of social structure was more common in mining towns.
A. Strict segregation
B. Integrated racial living
C. No African presence
D. All enslaved labor
What is integrated racial living?
This artist argues racial inequality is often reframed as economic.
A. Pelé
B. MV Bill
C. Gilberto Gil
D. Neymar
Who is MV Bill?
This is the approximate number of Africans brought to Brazil.
A. 500,000
B. 1 million
C. 5 million
D. 20 million
What is 5 million?
This city is a major center of Afro-Brazilian culture.
A. Rio de Janeiro
B. São Paulo
C. Salvador da Bahia
D. Brasília
What is Salvador da Bahia?
These neighborhoods are disproportionately inhabited by Black Brazilians.
A. Suburbs
B. Favelas
C. Gated communities
D. Rural villages
What are favelas?
This demographic imbalance contributed to racial mixing in Brazil.
A. Lack of food
B. Lack of Portuguese women
C. Lack of labor
D. Lack of land
What is the lack of Portuguese women?
This scholar argues racial democracy is a myth masking inequality.
A. Freyre
B. Nascimento
C. Bonilla-Silva
D. Fanon
Who is Obvious Nascimento?
This year marks the abolition of slavery in Brazil.
A. 1776
B. 1865
C. 1888
D. 1901
What is 1888?
This national festival symbolizes multicultural blending in Brazil.
A. Festa Junina
B. Carnival
C. Independence Day
D. Semana Santa
What is Carnival?
This contradiction defines Brazil’s racial reality.
A. Wealth vs poverty
B. Democracy vs monarchy
C. Racial mixing vs inequality
D. Urban vs rural divide
What is racial mixing vs. racial inequality?
This explains how enslaved people sometimes gained freedom in mining regions.
A. Government programs
B. Military service
C. Buying freedom or being freed
D. Automatic release
What is buying freedom or being freed by owners?
This concept explains how Chica da Silva’s life reflects Brazilian society.
A. Total equality
B. Fixed identity
C. Complex race/class mobility
D. Cultural isolation
What are complex intersections of race, class, and freedom?