Colonial Brazil - Quiz
A) New Portugal B) The Lusophone Empire C) Spanish Brazil D) Portuguese America
A) 1815 B) 1500 C) 1530 D) 1494
A) 1700 B) 1494 C) 1500 D) 1815
A) 100 years B) 400 years C) 300 years D) 200 years
A) Brazilwood extraction B) Gold mining C) Diamond mining D) Sugar production
A) The Amazon River B) Brazilwood C) The gold mines D) The King of Portugal
A) Rubber tapping B) Sugar production C) Coffee cultivation D) Brazilwood extraction
A) Cattle ranching B) Tobacco farming C) Brazilwood extraction D) Gold and diamond mining
A) Europe B) Africa C) North America D) Asia
A) Spanish merchants B) Portuguese colonists C) Slaves from Africa D) Indigenous groups
A) To build port cities B) To mine gold C) To cut brazilwood D) To cultivate sugar
A) In the southern plains B) In the Andean highlands C) In the coastal area D) In the Amazon basin
A) A free Asian labor force B) A large European indentured servant population C) Spanish settlers D) A large black slave population
A) A single monarch B) No coastal settlements C) Several viceroyalties D) Only one governor
A) The growth of the sugar industry in the Caribbean B) The exhaustion of gold mines C) A massive drought D) The abolition of slavery
A) The Indian Ocean B) The Caribbean C) The Mediterranean D) The Pacific
A) Northern Brazil B) The Amazon region C) The western borderlands D) Southern Brazil
A) Mountain fortresses B) Inland agricultural hubs C) Mining camps D) Port cities
A) Salvador B) Lisbon C) São Paulo D) Rio de Janeiro
A) Brasília B) Rio de Janeiro C) Salvador D) Recife
A) An earthquake B) The discovery of the Amazon river C) A Spanish invasion D) The rise and fall of export products' importance
A) A collection of separate colonies B) A parliamentary republic C) A single administrative unit under a monarch D) A federation of independent states
A) Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil B) United States of Brazil C) Empire of Brazil D) Republic of Brazil
A) The wealthiest nation in the world B) The largest country in Latin America C) The most populous Spanish colony D) The only European territory in the Americas
A) Protestantism and trade B) Local indigenous laws C) Spanish and Roman Catholicism D) The Portuguese language
A) French and the sugar trade B) The Portuguese language and Roman Catholicism C) Spanish and Roman Catholicism D) Indigenous languages and Protestantism
A) The only Lusophone polity B) The only Hispanic polity C) The only Francophone polity D) The only Anglophone polity
A) Spain B) Britain C) France D) Portugal
A) Globalization B) Colonization of Asia C) Industrialization D) The Renaissance
A) Cartography, shipbuilding, and navigational instruments B) Agriculture, metallurgy, and astronomy C) Printing, architecture, and weaponry D) Medicine, mathematics, and weaving
A) 1530 B) 1815 C) 1494 D) 1500
A) The Pope B) King Manuel I C) The Treaty of Tordesillas D) Pedro Álvares Cabral
A) The two kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula B) Portugal and England C) Spain and France D) Portugal and the Netherlands
A) Christopher Columbus B) Pedro Álvares Cabral C) Ferdinand Magellan D) Vasco da Gama
A) King Manuel I of Portugal B) King John II of Portugal C) King Ferdinand of Spain D) The Pope
A) A red dye source B) A building timber C) A spice for food preservation D) A medicinal herb
A) Transport it to Spain B) Plant more trees C) Cut the trees D) Burn the forests
A) A sacred plant B) An exploitable product C) A prohibited export D) An agricultural crop
A) Early fourteenth century B) Early fifteenth century C) Early seventeenth century D) Early sixteenth century
A) Tangier B) Melilla C) Ceuta D) Casablanca
A) Presidios B) Haciendas C) Encomiendas D) Feitorias
A) Private investors B) The Portuguese Crown C) The Catholic Church D) Local African rulers
A) Ferdinand Magellan B) Vasco da Gama C) Pedro Alvares Cabral D) Christopher Columbus
A) Spain B) Portugal C) France D) The Netherlands
A) Salvador B) Rio de Janeiro C) Porto Seguro D) São Vicente
A) 3 ships B) 13 ships C) 20 ships D) 8 ships
A) Roughly 500 men B) Exactly 5,000 men C) Around 200 men D) More than 1,000 men
A) The Azores B) West Africa C) China D) India
A) Vasco da Gama B) Ferdinand Magellan C) Christopher Columbus D) Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
A) Three days B) One year C) Ten days D) Thirty days
A) Juan de la Cosa B) Amerigo Vespucci C) Alonso de Ojeda D) Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
A) Eight men B) All of his men C) Two men D) Fifteen men
A) A criminal exile B) An indigenous leader C) A naval captain D) A royal tax collector
A) The tropical rainforest B) Dry desert regions C) Highland mountain ranges D) The coastal savannah
A) Portuguese convicts B) Spanish mercenaries C) Enslaved Africans D) The natives
A) Martim Afonso de Sousa B) Diogo Álvares Correia C) João Ramalho D) Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
A) Ramalho B) Pinzón C) Cabral D) Caramuru
A) Yanomami B) Guaianaz C) Tupinambá D) Guarani
A) England B) The Netherlands C) France D) Spain
A) 1492 B) 1500 C) 1530 D) 1580
A) Recife B) Porto Seguro C) São Vicente D) Rio de Janeiro
A) Twenty B) Twelve C) Ten D) Fifteen
A) Mining for gold B) Trading spices with India C) Growing sugarcane D) Enslaving indigenous native people
A) Spanish soldiers B) Dominican friars C) Franciscan monks D) Jesuit priests
A) Express their own cultures B) Learn Portuguese C) Travel to Europe D) Grow sugarcane
A) The British B) The Dutch C) The Spanish D) The French
A) Cape Verde B) São Tomé C) Madeira D) Azores
A) Mem de Sá B) Martim Afonso de Sousa C) Duarte Coelho D) Tomé de Sousa
A) São Vicente B) Olinda C) Rio de Janeiro D) Salvador
A) Fincas B) Haciendas C) Plantations D) Engenhos
A) 1549 B) 1565 C) 1534 D) 1556
A) São Paulo B) Bahia C) Rio de Janeiro D) Pernambuco
A) All Saints Bay B) Todos os Santos Bay is not mentioned C) Rio de Janeiro Bay D) Guanabara Bay
A) 1621 B) 1556 C) 1549 D) 1551
A) 1621–1640 B) 1549–1553 C) 1557–1573 D) 1553–1557
A) Tomé de Sousa B) Duarte Coelho C) Pero Fernandes Sardinha D) Mem de Sá
A) Caeté B) Guarani C) Tupinambá D) Botocudo
A) 1553–1557 B) 1763–1775 C) 1549–1553 D) 1557–1573
A) The local indigenous tribes B) The Jesuits C) The Spanish navy D) The Franciscan friars
A) Cousin B) Brother C) Nephew D) Son
A) 1621 B) 1549 C) 1775 D) 1763
A) Manuel I B) John III C) Sebastian I D) Philip II
A) 1737 B) 1621 C) 1763 D) 1775
A) Belém do Pará B) Rio de Janeiro C) São Luís D) Salvador
A) Vice-rei (Viceroy) B) Capitão-mor C) Ouvidor-geral D) Governador-Geral
A) 1549 B) 1775 C) 1763 D) 1621
A) 1640 B) 1621 C) 1775 D) 1763
A) Câmara dos deputados B) Assembleia local C) Conselho colonial D) Câmara municipal
A) Appointing the Governor-General and high magistrates B) Managing the sugar export tax revenue for the king C) Setting foreign policy and declaring war on European rivals D) Regulating commerce, public infrastructure, professional artisans, prisons etc.
A) Establishing military outposts B) Spreading the Catholic faith C) Finding precious metals D) Expanding European trade routes
A) 1552 B) 1565 C) 1595 D) 1765
A) Coimbra B) Salvador C) Rio de Janeiro D) São Paulo
A) Capitancies B) Missions C) Aldeias D) Reductions
A) No B) Yes C) Only after 1765 D) Only initially
A) Forced military conscription B) Infectious diseases C) Destruction of European architecture D) Loss of agricultural skills |
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