The discovery of Brazil
Which law was introduced in 1871?
A Lei do Ventre Livre
What was the popular name of the system which saw political power alternate between Mina Gerais and São Paulo?
A Política de café come leite
What was the name first given to the country which later came to be known as Brazil?
A Terra de Vera Cruz
What is the "inconvenient history" of the documentary about Brazil directed by Phil Grabsky?
Brazil had the world's largest slave population
The Portuguese national anthem, 'A Portuguesa', was written in response to which historical event?
British ultimatum
From which country does the "morna" form of music originate?
Cape Verde
What was the popular way of referring to the route of the railway line planned by the British in the nineteenth century that would run from the North to the South of Africa?
Cape to Cairo
What term was used to refer to the land rights in Brazil issued to the first colonisers by the Portuguese Crown?
Capitanias
Which state in Brazil was the first to abolish slavery in 1884?
Ceará
In what year did the Portuguese fleet first arrive at the coast of Brazil?
1500
In what year did Tomé de Sousa arrive in Brazil with the first formal group of colonisers?
1549
In what year was slavery of indigenous people in Brazil outlawed?
1757
In what year did the Marquês de Pombal liberate slaves in Portugal?
1761
In what year did the portuguese court leave Portugal for Brazil?
1807
In what year did D. Pedro I leave Brazil to return to Portugal?
1831
In what year did the abolition of the slave trade come into effect in practice in Brazil?
1850
In what year was slavery abolished in Brazil?
1888
In what year was Brazil declared a republic?
1889
In what year was the British ultimatum issued?
1890
In what century was the transatlantic slave trade to Brazil at its peak?
18th century
In what year was the king of portugal assassinated by republicans?
1908
In what year did a military coup d'état install the dictatorship which ended the first republic of portugal?
1926
In what year was the first Brazilian republic overthrown by a military coup?
1930
Between what dates was Brazil ruled by an Estado Novo regime
1937-1945
In what year did Goa cease to be a Portuguese colony?
1961
In what year was the military dictatorship which would last until 1985 installed in Brazil?
1965
In what year did Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe achieve independence from Portugal?
1975
In what year did the Mozambican civil was cease?
1992
In what year did Macau cease to be administered by Portugal?
1999
On what date did the so-called "carnation revolution" happen in Portugal?
25 April 1974
On what day in 1910 did the military declare portugal to be a republic?
5th October 1910
What was the date of Brazil's declaration of Independance from Portugal
7 September 1822
What did the term "assimilado" refer to under Portuguese rule?
African colonial subjects who had reached a level of 'civilization', according to Portuguese legal standards, that theoretically qualified them for full rights as Portuguese citizens.
Who was the first president of Angola after the country received independence?
Agostinho Neto
Which Guinea- Bissauan anti colonial fighter had the war nameAbel Djassi?
Amílcar Cabral
Who was the last PM of the first republic of Portugal?
António Maria da Silva
What was the name of the dictator who led the Estado Novo in Portugal from 1933 to 1968?
António de Oliveira Salazar
Which event in 1885 saw European countries agree terms for the colonization of Africa?
Berlin Conference
Who was the last President of the first republic of Portugal?
Bernadino Machado
'Garota de Ipanema' is one of the most famous examples of which musical form?
Bossa Nova
What was the first product to be exported from Brazil
Brasilwood
Which King of Portugal was assassinated by republicans?
D. Carlos I
Which King of Portugal moved his court from Portugal to Brazil?
D. João VI
Who was the last reigning King of Portugal?
D. Manuel II
Who was the first emperor of the independent Brazil?
D. Pedro I
Who announced "Fico" on 9 Jan 1822
D. Pedro II
Who was the last emperor of Brazil?
D. Pedro II
To which King of Portugal did Pero Vaz de Caminha write his letter?
Dom Manuel I
Xanana Gusmão was a key figure in the independence movement and politics of which country?
East Timor
Who wrote a "letter from England" entitled "brazil and portugal" which critiqued an article written in the times?
Eça de Queirós
What is the most famous form of music originating in Portugal, which has 'Coimbra' and 'Lisbon' versions?
Fado
What were the 3 F's used in the Estado Novo propaganda?
Footbal, Fado and Fátima
Who was the leader of the Estado Novo regime in Brazil?
Getúlio Vargas
What commodity were the Portuguese seeking when they first arrived in Brazil
Gold
Who wrote the lyrics of the Portuguese national anthem "A Portuguesa"
Henrique Lopes de Mendonça
Which Angolan writer wrote the short story collection Luuanda?
José Luandino Vieira
Which British minister had his ambassador in Portugal deliver his Ultimatum?
Lord Salisbury
What was the colonial name for the capital city of Mozambique?
Lourenҫo Marques
Who wrote the epic poem Os Lusíadas?
Luís Vaz de Camões
What was the name given to the map indicating Portugal's plans for expansion from the West to the East coast of Africa?
Mapa Cor-de-Rosa
Who was the first president of the republican Brazil?
Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca
When the Portuguese crown moved to Brazil, they were fleeing from the invasion of who's army?
Napoleon's
What are the words on the Brazilian flag?
Ordem e Progresso
What was the term in Portuguese used from 1951 in the twentieth century to refer to the Portuguese colonies?
Overseas provinces
Which Brazilian Jesuit priest famously spoke against slavery in the 17th century?
Padre António Vieira
What was the name of the captain who led the fleet of ships which discovered Brazil?
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Who wrote the letter to D Manuel I giving information about the discovery of Brazil?
Pero Vaz de Caminha
Who signed the Lei Áurea in 1888?
Princess Isabel
Which city became the capital of Brazil when the portuguese court settled there?
Rio de Janeiro
Which city was the first capital of Brazil?
Salvador
What is the popular term for the nineteenth-century European rush to claim territory in Africa?
Scramble for Africa
Which PM of portugal during the first republic was assassinated in 1918?
Sidónio Pais
To whom did the Lei dos Sexagenários apply?
Slaves over 60
Manuel Pinto da Costa was the first president of which Portuguese speaking African country?
São Tomé and Príncipe
Who was the first president of the first republic of Portugal?
Teofilo Braga
What is the preferred term for the discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese?
The "achamento"
What was a "quilombo"
Villages inhabited mainly by runaway slaves