Portuguese Brazilian

the first slave ships had landed in Brazil, and did not stop arriving until 1850, when the transAtlantic exchange of slaves to Brazil was abolished. The Portuguese first colonized Brazil in the year 1500. The native tribes originally occupied the land, but the Portuguese took over and the indigenous people soon became their slaves. The Portuguese first became involved with the African slave trade during the Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula. In 1494, the ‘Treaty of Tordesillas,’ gave Portugal…

The fifth largest country in the world with a population of 200.4 million people that ranges from the basin of the Amazon River to the Brazilian Highlands is known as Brazil (Central Intelligence Agency). Northern Brazil is dominated by the basin of the Amazon River, which occupies two thirds of the county, whereas southern Brazil has a large plateau called Brazilian Highlands which is 300-910m. above sea-level. Due to the country being 3.288 million mi², its climate varies from the northern…

Even though there is diversity amongst cultures, their language is what unites the people of Brazil and something almost 100% of Brazilians have in common. Portuguese is the most commonly spoken language in Brazil. (Advameg, Inc., 2016) Many may have the misconception that Spanish is spoken here, however, the language dates to when the country was founded by Portuguese navigator, Pedro Alvares Cabral. Brazil’s economy has been at the top for many years. Being the largest country in South America…

than the United States.” Pedro II, being a ruler of a conservative mindset, came to see slavery, “as inherently evil.” Pedro began a series of measures liberating Brazilian slaves and he is credited as the biggest patron for human rights in Brazil at this time.. Abolishing slavery would be the last major action taken by the Brazilian royal family and it finally helped transition Brazil into its own country in the Western…

The Portuguese discovered a society that did not have an advanced civilization with copious amounts of precious metals to plunder. Brazilian Indians were basically hunter–gatherers, however, some were moving towards agriculture using slash–and–burn techniques to cultivate cassava (Skidmore, 2009 37-38). In the first century of occupation, it was evident that it was difficult to use Indians as slave labor. Brazilian Indians were viewed as docile and had high…

The culture of Brazil is very vast and interesting, it includes cultural practices like the music people like to hear or the celebrations people have such as carnival. The language in Brazil is a big part of the country many people have learned Portuguese because that is the language they speak in Brazil and people are willing to learn it just so they can live there. Also things such as the nation its self which can include things like landscape, population, and the square miles of the nation.…

Cantor Cristão, which was the third Brazilian Protestant hymnal published in Brazil 5) One…

“whiteness”. They distanced themselves from the Afro-Brazilians to not be linked to slavery and to seem in contrast better. Afro-Brazilians after being oppressed through the entire history in Brazil, now shared their tribulations along with the people that were supposed to fix up Brazil by “whitening” it. “Italian Immigrants and Afro-Brazilians were associated with crime, and an independent study found that Italians, Portuguese and Afro-Brazilians to be overrepresented in accusation of…

today is about 202 million. The population of Brazil consists of 55% white, 40% are mixed (black and white) and 6% black. Majority of the Brazil population follows the Roman Catholic faith and due to the occupation of centuries of the Portuguese years ago. Portuguese is also Brazil’s main language besides the few that speaks their own…

The food in Brazil is a result of a combination of key ingredients brought by different cultures that arrived in Brazil. For instance it started with the colonization of the Portuguese in the 16th century. Brazil also had influence and was introduced to these countries foods and recipes, by the Italians, Spanish, Arabs, and the Chinese and Japanese cultures. A tradition brought by these cultures was to drink a small cup of coffee after both lunch and dinner. The food in Brazil is mostly made…