Colonial Brazil
Brazilian Leaders & Their Policies
Where Brazilians live...
Favelas
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100
This is Brazil's original name. Also: List the country that named it.
What is The Land of the True Cross? Also: Portugal.
100
This is the big freedom that was established during the Old Republic period.
What is the freedom of religion?
100
Around 80% of Brazilians live here.
What is within 200 miles of the Atlantic coast?
100
This is known as the most dangerous favela.
What is Alemao?
100
These four countries have larger populations than Brazil.
What are China, India, USA, and Indonesia?
200
These are Brazil's main crops during its colonial period.
What are sugar, tobacco, and alcohol?
200
The immigration of these three groups increased due to an attempt to "whiten" the population.
What are Europeans, Arabs, and the Japanese?
200
This is where the majority of Brazil's Native Americans live.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
200
This is the gang that occupies many communities in the favelas.
What is the Red Command?
200
These two groups each blend with Europeans to create the two largest mixed-race groups in Brazil.
What are Africans and Native Americans?
300
This is something that colonial Brazil, California, and Alaska have in common.
What is a gold rush?
300
This was the ultimate goal of Getulio Vargas's idea of Brazilianization.
What is to unify Brazilians regardless of race?
300
This is the term for the area surrounding a large city.
What is a metropolitan area?
300
These are the two reasons that pacification has worked in some communities.
What are assigning non-corrupt police to the job AND a smaller favela?
300
This is how many years of schooling the average Brazilian has.
What is 4-5 years?
400
This person "discovered" Brazil.
Who is Pedro Alvares Cabral?
400
This is one of the many negative things that occurred in Brazil during military rule from 1956-1985.
What is: suppressing dissent (opinions differing from those that are mainstream), abolishing free press, getting rid of political parties
400
Many Brazilians live in this city, which is the second largest city in Brazil.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
400
This is the largest favela. It is referred to as a city within a city.
What is Rocinha?
400
This is Brazil's first female president. (impeached)
Who is Dilma Rousseff?
500
This is what Pope Alexander VI established. Name the treaty AND the century.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas? Also: 1400s.
500
This leader was jailed during military rule.
Who is Lula da Silva?
500
This is the requirement that a city must meet in order for it to be labeled a megacity.
What is 10 million+ people?
500
December 3.
What is Mrs. Davis's birthday?
500
40% of Brazil's people have this.
What is mixed racial ancestry?