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WorksheetsLatin America / Brazil
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
What granted Portugal the control over what is present day Brazil?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Lisbon
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Paris
The 1st Portuguese to arrive in Brazil were in search of what?
Copper & Silver
Oil & Natural Gas
Gold & Oil
Gold & Silver
Portuguese cleared out rainforests within Brazil to build what?
Cotton Plantations
Oil Drilling
Sugar Plantations
Major Cities
After the native peoples died of diseases by the Portuguese, they brought in who to work on their plantations?
African Slaves
European Workers
American Slaves
They worked on them themselves
What did the people of Brazil do to gain their independence from Portugal?
Declared War
Fought a Slave Revolt
Signed a Petition
Went on Strike
There were once millions of natives who populated the rainforests of Brazil. Today, there is only about how many people populated the rainforests?
800,000
200,000
50,000
500,000
Brazil is home to the largest population of who outside of their country?
German
Spanish
American
Japanese
Oscar Niemeyer, a Brazilian architect, was brought in to build up the which city in Brazil to try and bring in more people to Brazil's interior?
Rio de Janeiro
Sau Paulo
Brasilia
Salvador
Brazil is considered one of the most industrialized countries in South America. They have one of the largest what plants in the region here?
Tin
Steel
Tungsten
Iron
There has been a huge increase in urbanization throughout Brazil. More than what % of people were living in cities by 1995?
80%
50%
75%
95%
The most colorful feast day and most popular festival of Brazil is what?
Carnival
Inti Raymi
American Renaissance and Baroque Music
Tapati
The economic heartland of Brazil is what major city?
Sau Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Salvador
Brasilia
This martial art/dance is of African origin. It was brought over into Brazil during the slave trade and has become a very popular art of dance through the country
Salsa
Tango
Capoeira
Bachata
