Indigenous
What did the Indigenous people rely on before colonization?
Crops, land, hunting, gathering
How did Portugal discover Brazil?
Voyager Pedro Álvares Cabral was blown off course
What was a negative impact on the Indigenous after colonization?
Assimilation, loss of culture, loss of land, depopulation
Who colonized Brazil?
Portugal
What caused the mass depopulation of the Indigenous?
Foreign diseases, harsh labour, slavery, and violence
Sugar
What was the indigenous tribe that lived along the coast before colonization?
Tupi
What religion did the Portuguese force upon the Indigenous?
Christianity
The Indigenous would avoid over exploiting by:
Moving around every 5 years to new land, allowing regrowth
What were the driving reasons Portugal wanted to colonize?
Resources and wealth
What was a lasting impact on the environment from colonization?
deforestation, resource depletion
What were the three main natural resources produced in Brazil?
Where did Indigenous slaves work?
Plantations', slave work
What gave Portugal the right to Brazil's land?
Tordesillas Treaty
How many tribes of Indigenous were there before colonization
2000
Where did Portugal get slaves from after the Indigenous depopulation?
Trans-Atlantic slave trade from Africa