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