What We Will Learn

History

100

ANSWER WITH A QUESTION:

This continent is the birthplace of humanity and today has the most countries in the world with 54 total.

What is Africa?

200

Cite 2 Ancient peoples of the Americas.

Incans, Mayans, Aztecs, Mexicas, or the name of any indigenous tribe

300

How can we learn about Ancient History?

Archeological finds, documents, oral traditions.

400

Democracy, theater, myths like Zeus, Mars, Hercules and Medusa come from what 2 ancient cultures?

Greece and Rome 

(Grécia e Roma)

500

What famous sea connects the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia?

The Mediterranean Sea

Geography

100

Give 1 example of fauna and 1 example of flora that we can commonly find in the Cerrado biome.

Fauna (animals) - lobo guará, tamanduá, arara, antas

Flora (plants) - ipê, mangueira, goiabeira, pequizeiro

200

What institute is responsible for the geography and statistics of Brazil?

DOUBLE POINTS: What do the letters stand for?

IBGE

Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

300

What are the 5 regions of Brazil?

North, Northeast, South, Southeast, Mid-west or Center-west.

400

What is the main sector of economy present in the Mid-west region of Brazil and what are two common products exported from the region?

The primary extractivism sector is the main economy of the Mid-west region exporting products like soy and beef.

500

Select 1 of the 5 regions of Brazil and state all of the states in that region.

Students answer.

Culture

100

What is the main language spoken in China today?

Mandarin

200

Yoga and Kung-Fu come from what 2 countries?

India and China

300

What is a Quilombo?

A culture of african descendants that formed in colonial Brazil when they escaped from slavery.

400

What Ancient culture created our current alphabet?

The Greeks

500

What is a monotheistic religion? What is a polytheistic religion? Give an example of each.

Monotheistic - believes in one all-powerful God. Christianity, Judaism, Islam

Polytheistic - believes in many gods. Hinduism, African relgions like Umbanda and Candomblé, Paganism

Trivia

100

What is the capital of Brasil?

Brasília

200

Give an example of a word we know today that comes from Ancient Greek.

Chronology, Alphabet, polis, Politics, Democracy

300

Shiva, Ganesh and Vishnu are dieties of which religion?

Hinduism

400

Cite 3 state capitals from the Southern region of Brazil.

Curitiba, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre

500

When Tom was 8, his brother was half his age. Now, Tom is 14. How old is his brother?

His brother is 10.