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