9.2 Brazil

How has Brazil changed since it gained independence from Portugal?

• the economy has improved but the government has stayed the same
• the economy has stayed the same but the government has changed
• nothing 

What is Brazil's official language?

• Spanish
• Brazilian 
• French 
• Portuguese 

Who were the first people to live in Brazil?

• Portuguese
• Native Indians
• Africans
• Japanese 

What discovery brought people to Brazil from all over the world?

• hydroelectric power
• gold and precious gems
• coffee
• oil

Nearly 40% of all Brazilians are

• mixed Asian and American Indian descent
• mixed African and European descent
• mixed Spanish and German descent
• Japanese descent 

Brazil gained independence from Portugal in 

• 1522
  1522
• 1622
• 1722
• 1822

Brazil gained independence from Portugal without a fight.

• true
• false

Brazil's largest cities are in which region

• southeast
• northeast
• interior 
• Amazon 

Brazil's poorest region is the 

• southeast
• northeast
• interior
• Amazon 

These areas within Brazil's southeastern cities are marked with poverty. 

• slums
• favelas
• megacity
• macumba