How Well Do You Know Brazilian History?
bobbyknuckles
Created 6/28/2024
Test your knowledge of Brazil's rich historical past with this quiz. See how many questions you can answer correctly out of a total of 20.
1. Who was the first European to claim modern-day Brazil for Portugal?
Christopher Columbus
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
2. In which year did Brazil declare its independence from Portugal?
3. Which Brazilian emperor was crowned at the age of 14?
Pedro I
João VI
Pedro II
José Bonifacio
4. Which Brazilian law abolished slavery in 1888?
Rio Branco Act
Queiroz Law
Golden Law
Pedro Law
5. Who was the first president of Brazil after the establishment of the Republic?
Pedro II
Benjamin Constant
Deodoro da Fonseca
Juscelino Kubitschek
6. Which year saw the move of Brazil's capital from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro?
7. What event marked Brazil's transition from an authoritarian to a democratic political regime?
Proclamation of the Republic
Abolition of Slavery
End of Vargas Dictatorship
Constitution of 1891
8. Who was Brazil's emperor during the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876?
Pedro I
Pedro II
João VI
Juscelino Kubitschek
9. Which Brazilian nationalist leader is known as the 'Patriarch of Independence'?
Deodoro da Fonseca
Dom Pedro II
José Bonifacio de Andrade e Silva
Getúlio Vargas
10. What was the main economic driver of Brazil in the 19th century?
Gold mining
Textile industry
Coffee production
Sugar cane plantations
11. When was the constitution of the First Brazilian Republic promulgated?
12. What was Pedro Álvares Cabral’s significant contribution to Brazilian history?
Defeated Napoleon
Declared independence
Claimed Brazil for Portugal
Established the constitution
13. Who authored 'A Concise History of Brazil'?
Thomas E. Skidmore
Boris Fausto
Anthony W. Pereira
James N. Green
14. Which event marked the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil?
Pedro II's exile
Golden Law
Proclamation of Independence
Establishment of the Republic
15. The Acre Territory was acquired from which country?
Argentina
Chile
Bolivia
Paraguay
16. Who led the liberal conspiracy inspired by the American and French Revolutions?
Tiradentes
Getúlio Vargas
Pedro I
Deodoro da Fonseca
17. The war of 1864-70 that Brazil participated in was against which country?
Argentina
Uruguay
Bolivia
Paraguay
18. What was a major effect of the 1888 abolition of slavery in Brazil?
Independence from Portugal
Increased industrialization
Impact on the coffee industry
Formation of the Republic
19. Which year did the first Brazilian railway start operating between Rio de Janeiro and Petrópolis?
20. Which Brazilian president is known for pushing the development of Brazil's heavy industries in the late 1950s?
Deodoro da Fonseca
Getúlio Vargas
Juscelino Kubitschek
Jânio Quadros
