People and Population
People from Brazil are called?
Brazilians
Brazil’s system of government
Federal Republic
Brazil’s most famous music and dance style, often performed during Carnival.
Samba
Predominant religion in Brazil
Catholic
The most common way to say hello in Brazil
Olá or Oi
A Brazilian term for people of mixed race, making up about 43% of the population.
"Pardo"
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Considered a national passion, Brazil is the only country to win 5 FIFA World Cups.
Football
True or False: Brazil isn't the country with the largest catholic population in the world.
False
Brazil’s official language, spoken by nearly everyone
Portuguese
True or False: Brazilians are multilingual. They can speak German, Italian, and other Indigenous languages at home.
True
Brazil’s flag carries the words “Ordem e Progresso”, which means
“Order and Progress”
Brazil’s famous flip-flops are not just shoes — they’re a cultural icon worn by everyone from beachgoers to celebrities.
Havaianas
The largest Catholic processions in the world, drawing millions yearly.
Festa do Círio de Nazaré
In some southern communities, people still speak ____, a mix of Venetian Italian and Portuguese.
Talian or Italian-Brazilian dialect
Brazil is the ___ largest population in the world.
5th largest population.
Brazil is divided into __ states + __ federal district (Brasília).
26 states and 1 federal district
On New Year’s Eve in Rio, millions wear ___ clothes for good luck and toss flowers into the sea as an offering to Yemanjá, the sea goddess.
white clothes
Who's the patron saint of Brazil, celebrated nationwide every October 12?
Our Lady of Aparecida
Brazilians tend to use this common suffixes added to words to form diminutives, which convey smallness, cuteness, or affection.
"inho" and "inha"
Brazil's population as of today is...
approximately 213 million
In 2010, she became Brazil’s first female president.
Dilma Rousseff
What ritual wherein rural festivals sometimes used sugarcane liquor (cachaça) in ritual blessings and folk medicine.
Cachaça Ritual
In year ____, Brazil hosted the world’s largest Bible ever printed — over 8 feet tall and weighing more than 1,000 pounds!
2011
He is the author of The Alchemist, one of the most translated authors in the world, spreading Brazilian Portuguese globally.
Paulo Coelho