Brazil

Slavery was outlawed in Brazil in 1888

• True

• False

These are areas of high, flat land

• pampas

• plateaus

• basins

• escarpments

These are smaller rivers that feed into a larger one

• tributaries

• basins

• pampas

• escarpments

What is Brazil doing to develop some of its hinterlands?

• they are not trying to develop that land

• planting trees on it

• using the land as an airport

• offering free land to those who promise to develop it

After Napoleon was defeated, who ruled Brazil?

• Pedro I

• Napoleon

• Pedro II

• There was no ruler

Forests cover _______ of Brazil.

• 45%

• 60%

• 73%

• 80%

African slavery decreased before it was abolished completely.

• True

• False

Some indigenous farmers practiced slash and burn agriculture.

• True

• False

Why did Brazillian plantation owners support the overthrow of Pedro II?

• Pedro II had taken plantation owners' land.

• Pedro II had pushed through an end to slavery.

• Pedro II had imposed high taxes on plantation owners.

• Pedro II had offered land to attract European immigrants

Which event helped draw European immigrants to Brazil in the 1720's?

• The discovery of diamonds in Brazil's interior.

• The king's desire to convert native peoples to Christianity.

• The discovery of oil off Brazil's interior.

• Widespread famine throughout Europe.