Brazilian Industrialization

During colonial times (before 1820s), industrialization in Brazil was...

• not developed at all

• very developed

• somewhat developed

Why did the COFFEE production in the 1800s help develop the first industries in Brazil?

• Coffee was used as a raw material for these factories

• It generated a lot of profit used for the first factories

• Railroads used for transportation of coffee were also used for the first industries

• All of the options

How did World War I help industrialization develop further in the early 1900s?

• We could not longer buy products produced in Europe / USA

• We produced weapons for this war

• We had to help Europeans fight this war

Which Brazilian president had a decisive impact on industrialization in Brazil btw 1930s and 1945?

• Dom Pedro II

• Getulio Vargas

• Juscelino Kubitschek

• Dom Pedro I

It is TRUE about what Getulio Vargas did for the development of industries in Brazil...

• All answers are correct

• Invested on public companies

• Focused on heavy industries (siderurgia / steel industry) for instance

• Started companies such as Petrobras, Eletrobras...

Juscelino Kubitschek focused more on developing automobile industries than making a better railroad system.

• FALSE

• TRUE

During JK's term, one specific type of industry developed further...

• "Substituicao de importacoes" (factories producing items that could no longer be imported from other countries)

• "Bens intermediários" (factories that produce things for other factories)

• Automobile industry

During the military dictatorship (1964- 1980s)....

• The government did not invest on huge projects

• Building of Rio-Niteroi bridge, hydroeletric plants, Transamazonica highway

• Our foreign debt sky rocketed

• There was no economic crisis or inflation

With the return of democracy in 1989, neoliberal policies meant that...

• Private companies are bought by the government

• Many state, public companies are sold and become private

• There is more foreign investment in Brazil

• Workers lose some of their labor rights