Brazilian Geography and Nature

Geography And Nature

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  1. Complete the sentence about States of Brazil with the correct year: By ______, all captaincies had been returned to the Crown, with captains becoming appointed rather than recognized by inheritance.
  2. Complete the sentence about Bahia with the correct year: In ______, Portugal established the city of Salvador on a hill facing the Bay of All Saints.
  3. Complete the sentence about Bahia with the correct year: The city and surrounding captaincy served as an administrative capital of Portugal's colonies in the Americas until ______.
  4. Complete the sentence about Bahia with the correct year: Bahia's captaincy was the first to fail, with its lands reverting to the Portuguese crown in ______.
  5. Complete the sentence about Paraná with the correct year: In ______, Domingo Martínez de Irala founded the town of Ontiveros, one league away from the Guaíra Falls.
  6. Complete the sentence about Paraná with the correct year: The number of settlers grew around ______ and the population was composed of Amerindians, Portuguese, and some Spaniards.
  7. Complete the sentence about Pará with the correct year: In ______, the Spanish navigator Vicente Yáñez Pinzón was the first European to navigate the mouth of the Amazon River.
  8. Complete the sentence about Pará with the correct year: On 26 August ______, the Spaniard Francisco de Orellana reached the mouth of the Amazon River waterway, by river from Quito, Ecuador.
  9. Complete the sentence about Amazonas with the correct year: The name was originally given to the Amazon River that runs through the state by the Spaniard Francisco de Orellana in ______.
  10. Complete the sentence about Climate of Brazil with the correct year: Snow has been recorded in Curitiba during several years, but has not accumulated significantly since ______.
  11. Complete the sentence about Climate of Brazil with the correct year: Hurricane Catarina is the first and only South Atlantic tropical cyclone to have reached hurricane strength, and impacted Santa Cat…
  12. Complete the sentence about Climate of Brazil with the correct year: In ______, Subtropical Storm Cari caused flooding and landslides to some cities in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
  13. Complete the sentence about Climate of Brazil with the correct year: In ______, the front associated with Subtropical Storm Kurumí played a role in damaging floods and mudslides, with heavy rainfall.
  14. Complete the sentence about Jaguar with the correct year: In ______, Carl Linnaeus described the jaguar in his work Systema Naturae and gave it the scientific name Felis onca.
  15. Complete the sentence about Jaguar with the correct year: In ______, Reginald Innes Pocock recognized eight subspecies based on the geographic origins and skull morphology of these specimens.
  16. Complete the sentence about Scarlet macaw with the correct year: The scarlet macaw was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in ______ in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae…
  17. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In May ______, it was announced that a team of scientists, led by Dr.
  18. Complete the sentence about Green anaconda with the correct year: In ______, Johann Georg Wagler erected the separate genus Eunectes for Linnaeus's Boa murina after more and larger specimens were know…
  19. Complete the sentence about Pink river dolphin with the correct year: The species Inia geoffrensis was described by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in ______.
  20. Complete the sentence about Brazil nut with the correct year: In ______ the global Brazil nut export market was valued at about US…
  21. Which place completes this sentence about Guarulhos? As of 2021, It ranked 10th by GDP among Brazilian cities and second in the state of ______.
  22. Which place completes this sentence about Guarulhos? In 1880, Guarulhos separated from ______ and was named Nossa Senhora da Conceição dos Guarulhos.
  23. Which place completes this sentence about Campinas? As of 2024, the city's population is estimated at 1,185,977, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian city and the third most populous in __…
  24. Which place completes this sentence about Campinas? The construction of a railway linking the city of ______ to Santos' seaport, in 1867, was very important for its growth.
  25. Which place completes this sentence about Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul? The region where the city is located was in the past a waypoint for travellers who wanted to go from ______ or Minas Gerais…
  26. Which place completes this sentence about Ouro Preto? Ouro Preto used to be the capital of Minas Gerais from 1720 until the foundation of ______ in 1897.
  27. Which place completes this sentence about Búzios? Since then, in Búzios became popular with the Carioca's high society, who wanted to escape from the city life of ______ and enjoy over 23 beaches the…
  28. Which place completes this sentence about Búzios? In the 18th century, the gold trade from Minas Gerais and its exportation to Europe from ______ attracted many ships to the Guanabara Bay.
  29. Which place completes this sentence about Boa Vista, Roraima? Commerce mostly occurs with ______, the capital of the State of Amazonas.
  30. Which place completes this sentence about Macapá? The only access by road from outside the province is from the overseas French department of French Guiana, although there are regular ferries to _____…
  31. Which place completes this sentence about Palmas, Tocantins? The city has a well-designed road system, and its urban zoning is modeled on that of ______, the national capital.
  32. Which place completes this sentence about Christ the Redeemer? A symbol of Christianity around the world, the statue has also become a cultural icon of both ______ and Brazil and was voted one of the…
  33. Which place completes this sentence about Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro? According to Riotur, the Tourism Secretariat of ______, as of 2007 there were 63 hotels and 10 hostels in Copacabana.
  34. Which place completes this sentence about Ipanema? The neighbourhood in ______ was named after José Antônio Moreira Filho, 2nd Baron of Ipanema, who in 1883 created the first urban settlement in the r…
  35. Which place completes this sentence about Pelourinho? Many buildings of the Historic Center have been renovated since the initial survey of ______ by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic He…
  36. Which place completes this sentence about Pelourinho? The Historic Center of ______ as a whole was listed as a national heritage site by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage in 198…
  37. Which place completes this sentence about Brasília Cathedral? Offices for the Archdiocese of ______ were completed in 2007 next to the cathedral.
  38. Which place completes the sentence? The show was to celebrate the 48th Anniversary of the founding of ______.
  39. Which place completes this sentence about Bahia? In 1549, Portugal established the city of ______ on a hill facing the Bay of All Saints.
  40. Which place completes this sentence about Pará? The capital and largest city is ______, which is located at in the bay of Marajó, near the estuary of the Amazon river.
  41. Which place completes this sentence about Climate of Brazil? Snow has been recorded in ______ during several years, but has not accumulated significantly since 1975.
  42. Which place completes the sentence? In 2013, snow hit several municipalities, including ______.
  43. Which place completes this sentence about Manioc? The oldest direct evidence of cassava cultivation comes from a 1,400-year-old Maya site, Joya de Cerén, in El ______.

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