- Founded at the end of the 17th century, this town was the focal point of the gold rush and "Brazil's Golden Age" in the 18th century. Many churches, bridges and fountains remain as a testimony to its past prosperity and the exceptional talent of the Baroque sculptor Aleijadinho.
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Ouro Preto
Salvador
Paraty-Mirim
Belo Horizonte
- At the beginning of the 19th century, ports were opened to international commerce and the resulting spirit of regeneration contributed to the expansion of major commercial and cultural activities. This was caused by the arrival of Dom Joao VI, King of Portugal, who moved his court to Brazil. Why did he decide to move?
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He came to visit his son, Dom Pedro I who had been crowned first Emperor of Brazil
Portugal was invaded by Napoleon's armies.
His mother Maria I became insane and he was forced to leave the country for some time.
England threatened to depose him
- How many constitutions has Brazil had since its independence from Portugal on September 7th 1822?
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five
seven
two
three
- For the first thirty years after its discovery, Portuguese settlement in Brazil were limited to isolated trading forts along the northeast coast. The first Portuguese settlements in Brazil were established by traders who wanted to collect wanted Brazil wood logs to send back to Europe. The Portuguese government was not interested in establishing settlements in Brazil. What made them change their mind?
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Dutch settlements in the north and northeast of Brazil
British pirates who ravaged the coast
The threat of losing Brazil to the French
an invasion of Spanish conquerors after the land and gold
- After its independence from Portugal, Brazil becomes
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a dictatorship
a democracy
a republic
an empire
- Who founded the city of São Luis do Maranhão?
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The French
The English
The Spanish
The Portuguese
- The Bandeirantes ,mostly from São Paulo, born of Indian mothers and Portuguese fathers:
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worked on the coffee plantations
captured slaves and sold gold and precious stones
converted Indians to Catholicism
were early explorers who colonized the coast of Brazil
- Although other Portuguese explorers had reached the Amazon by 1498, Brazil's discovery is officially attributed to the Portuguese navigator ______________ in 1500.
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Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Pero Vaz de Caminha
- Places in the dense Brazilian jungle where former slaves lived free and organized independent communities. The most famous one was "Palmares," in the state of Alagoas, which functioned as an independent republic for almost 90 years.
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igarapés
candomblé
pororoca
quilombos
- A scientist, poet and important statestman, the author of the abolition project in Brazil presented to the Constituent Assembly in 1823, he was also known as the Brazilian Patriarch of Independence.
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José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
Antonio Gonzaga
Joaquim José da Silva Xavier
Joaquim Nabuco
- In Brazil, who replaced slave labour in the coffee plantations in the 19th century?
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The Japanese
The Polish
The Italians
The Germans