Brazil Geography and History Quiz

Slavery was legalized in Brazil in the 1500s.

• True

• False

The largest group of multiethnic Brazilians shares European and African ancestry.

• True

• False

Spanish is Brazil's official language.

• True, they speak SPANISH

• False, they speak Portuguese

About 10 percent of Brazilians live on less than $2 a day.

• True

• False

The grassy, treeless plains in southern Brazil are called

• tributaries

• plateaus

• escarpments

• pampas

A smaller river that feeds into a larger one is

• tributary

• basin

• pampas

• escarpments

The steep slopes rising from the Atlantic coast to the Brazilian highlands is called

• tributary

• basin

• plateaus

• escarpments

Areas of high, flat land are called

• basins

• plateaus

• escarpments

• pampas

The area that a river and its tributaries drain are

• basins

• plateaus

• escarpments

• pampas

In the 1500s, King John III of Portugal gave large tracts of land in Brazil to his supporters, who agreed to develop the land. Which of the following was a direct consequence of the land-grant system?

• Colonists forced the native population into slavery.

• Portugal went bankrupt from giving away so much valuable land.