Brazilian History and Politics

History And Politics

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  1. Complete the sentence about Brazil–Portugal relations with the correct year: In April ______, Brazil was claimed by Portugal on the arrival of the Portuguese fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral.
  2. Complete the sentence about Brazil–Portugal relations with the correct year: Until ______ Portugal had yet to establish their first colony in Brazil.
  3. Complete the sentence about Brazil–Portugal relations with the correct year: In ______, the Portuguese ruler, Prince Regent John VI, fled to Rio de Janeiro to escape the French invasion of Portugal.
  4. Which place completes this sentence about Deodoro da Fonseca? In 1839, he participated in a failed provincial revolt opposing the elevation of ______ to the provincial capital of Alagoas.
  5. Which place completes this sentence about Juscelino Kubitschek? Kubitschek is also well-known for the construction of ______.
  6. Which place completes this sentence about Juscelino Kubitschek? Born in Diamantina, Kubitschek completed the humanities course at the Diamantina Seminary and moved to ______ in 1920.
  7. Which place completes this sentence about Juscelino Kubitschek? In 1940, he was appointed mayor of ______, remaining in this position until October 1945.
  8. Which place completes this sentence about Jânio Quadros? Quadros was born in ______, Mato Grosso do Sul, on January 25, 1917, to Gabriel Quadros and Leonor da Silva Quadros.
  9. Which place completes this sentence about Costa e Silva? Costa e Silva began his military career by entering the Military College of ______, where he finished first of his class and commander of the c…
  10. Which place completes this sentence about Dilma Rousseff? After her release, Rousseff rebuilt her life in ______ with her husband Carlos Araújo.
  11. Which place completes this sentence about National Congress of Brazil? The Congress meets annually in ______ from 2 February to 22 December, with a mid-term break taking place between 17 July and 1 Au…
  12. Which place completes this sentence about Barão do Rio Branco? In his last moments of life, he lamented the bombing of the capital of Bahia, ______, motivated by a political crisis and which occurred…
  13. Which place completes this sentence about Oscar Niemeyer? Niemeyer's first major project was a series of buildings for Pampulha, a planned suburb north of ______ at the invitation of its mayor, Juscel…

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