Brazil Review

What are favelas?

• Low cost high rise apartments

• Shanty houses in an overpopulated area

• Ocean view suites

Answer explanation

Remember, favelas became overpopulated due to urbanization, a term used to describe people moving into the city!!!

Mercantilism is best described as...

• An economic system where colonies had to send back all goods, or exports, to the "mother" country.

• A store where products are sold

• Storing gold for the conquistadors

• An economic system based on a free market

Answer explanation

This style of economic system was not popular with the colonies! They were not making any money!

Why was the city of Brasilia built in the interior of Brazil?

• CItizens were scared of tsunamis

• There was more water

• The government wanted to promote settlement of the interior in the country

• The government was afraid of foreign invasion

The effects of deforestation in the Amazon are many. Check all that apply

• Loss of animal habitats and ecosystems

• Loss of biodiversity

• Native Americans living in the Amazon Basin are threatened

• Climate change will likely worsen

• The area will receive more precipitation

Answer explanation

Remember the Amazon Rainforest helps cool our planet and gives us glorious air to breathe! We need those trees!!

Brazil has a coastline on which body of water?

• Gulf of Mexico

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Caribbean Sea

Why is Brazil in both the northern and southern hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian crosses Brazil

• Equator crosses Brazil

• The division is a legacy of colonial rule.

• The Amazon River divides Brazil in half.

Tributary

• The main river that flows into the ocean.

• Streams that flow into larger streams or rivers.

• series of streams that fan out from a large river at a delta

• River that forms from melted glacier snow and ice and flows downstream

Why is Portuguese the most commonly spoken language in Brazil?

• Brazil was colonized by Portugal.

• Brazil is ruled by the Portuguese royal family.

• There are large numbers of immigrants from Portugal.

• Brazil and Portugal have a very strong trade relationship.

Why were slaves brought from Africa to Brazil?

• to work in the copper mines

• to work in the ports and shipyards

• to replace the natives that had died

• to plant trees to prevent deforestation

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

• End the African slave trade in Portugal

• End the war between Spain and Brazil

• Divide the New World between Spain and Portugal

• Etablish a strong trade relationship between Spain and Portugal