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