Marajoara
Treaties & Explorers
Slavery
200
Approximately how many people were occupying the island of Marajo during the end of their occupation?
One Hundred Thousand
200
True or False: Vasco Da Gama's family was part of the nobility.
True
200
Where did slaveholders prefer their slaves from: Africa or Brazil?
Africa
400
Name 3 pieces of artwork that Marajoarans created.
Answers could include: Pots, Vases, Funeral urns, or toys.
400
Who was the first person to sail from Europe to India?
Vasco Da Gama
400
What was the name of the people who would go out on slaving expeditions in Brazil?
Bandeirantes
600
What theory did the discovery of the Marajoara artwork disprove?
The theory that complex American societies had only originated in the Andes and Central American environments, then spread to other places.
600
You may wager any amount of points you have, but if you get the question wrong you lose them all. If you get the question right, all the points you wager will be doubled.
What years were the Treaty of Tordesillas & the Papal Bull Inter Caetera signed? (Closest answer wins)
1493 & 1494 AD
600
Around what years are estimated to be the beginning of informal slavery in Brazil?
The 1530s