Colonial Brazil

Tordesillas Treaty was an agreement between...

• Portugal and Brazil.

• Portugal and Spain.

• Brazil and Spain.

The purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas was...

• start the conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Vasco da Gama and other voyagers.

• stop the conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other voyagers.

• negotiate the lands newly discovered or explored with Brazil.

The Spanish Pope Alexander VI set up ...

• a line of demarcation from west to east of 100 leagues south of the Cape Verde Islands.

• a line of demarcation from pole to pole of 100 leagues west of the Greenwich line.

• a line of demarcation from pole to pole of 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands.

Pedro Alvarez Cabral's fleet, on its way to India, landed near where today is ...

• Salvador

• Rio de Janeiro.

• Porto Seguro.

In 1534 the Brazilian land was divided in ...

• 20 provincies.

• 15 hereditary captaincies.

• 25 states.

The first capital of Brazil was ...

• Salvador.

• Rio de Janeiro.

• Brasilia.

Portuguese came to Brazil with the goal of ...

• setting up universities, exploit the indigenous labor and the Amazon riches.

• setting up industries, grow coffee and fruits.

• setting up agriculture plantation, exploit the natural riches and indigenous labor.

The Jesuits ...

• set up the commerce in Brazil.

• preached the Christian faith to the native people.

• traveled from Europe to Asia to sell spices and silk.

The Brazilian territory was also invaded by ...

• the Dutch, the Japanese, and the British.

• the German, the French, and the Italian.

• the Dutch, the French, and the British.

The Dutch invaded...

• Salvador and Recife.

• Rio de Janeiro and Maranhão.

• São Vicente and Santos.