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