Chapter 8 Brazil

What form ofgovernment did Brazil adopt when it gained its independence in the 1820s?

What country is buying farmland across the world (including Brazil) to feed its people?

a smaller river that feeds into a larger one

Which event helped draw European immigrants toBrazil in the 1720s?

the area that a river and its tributaries drain

Who seized powerin Brazil in 1930 and ruled the country for the next 15 years?

How did the Jesuitsaffect life in sixteenth-century Brazil?

 Brazil’s sugarcane is used to make which fuelfor cars and trucks?

In what way is Brazil different from everyother South American country?

What is Brazil’s mostpopular sport ?

In which region ofBrazil is Rio de Janeiro located?

What event is endangering the people who live in Brazilian favelas this summer?

areas of high, flat land

Which of thefollowing is part of a program to colonize Brazil’s sparsely populated AmazonBasin?

Where would you most likely encounter a favela,or shantytown?

grassy, treeless plains in southern Brazil

Which set of attitudes would Brazilians callthe “Brazilian Way”?

What virus is affecting Brazil and causing newborns to have microcephaly (small heads)?

What is the largest country in South America?

36. a remote inland region

Where do most Brazilians live?

steep slopes rising from the Atlantic coast to the Brazilian highlands

Which statement bestdescribes the Brazilian climate

a makeshift community on the edge of a city

the largest or mostimportant city in a metropolitan area

What is one reason the Amazon River carries somuch water?

a city and the built-up areas around it