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Brazil
Brazil Notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Manaus | The largest city in Brazil's North Region, located at the confluence of the Amazon and Rio Negro. |
| Oscar Niemeyer | The principal architect of Brasília, known for his curved, modernist government buildings. |
| Portuguese | The only official language of Brazil, spoken by virtually its entire population. |
| Amazon Rainforest | The world's largest rainforest, most of which is located in Brazil. |
| Rio de Janeiro | Brazil's second-most populous city, home to Christ the Redeemer and host of Carnaval. |
| Christ the Redeemer | The massive Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ atop Corcovado mountain, overlooking Rio. |
| Belo Monte Dam | A large hydroelectric dam complex on the Xingu River, controversial for its environmental impact. |
| Jair Bolsonaro | The former President of Brazil, known for policies encouraging deforestation in the Amazon. |
| Cerrado | A vast tropical savanna ecoregion in Brazil, known for its unique biodiverse toad. |
| Meeting of the Waters | A popular tourist destination near Manaus, where the blackwater Rio Negro merges with the sandy-colored Amazon River. |
| Pantanal | The world's largest tropical wetland area, most of which is located in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul. |
| Mato Grosso | A state in Brazil's West-Central region, known for its Pantanal wetlands and uncontacted tribes. |
| Carnaval | The massive annual festival in Brazil, famously hosting parades in Rio de Janeiro's Sambodrome. |
| São Paulo | Brazil's largest city and economic hub, containing more Portuguese speakers than the entire country of Portugal. |
| Lost City of Z expedition | The infamous 1925 expedition led by Percy Harrison Fawcett to find an El Dorado-like settlement in the Amazon. |
| Bossa Nova | A style of Brazilian music popularized in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1950s. |
| Favela | A term for sprawling urban shanty towns endemic to Brazil, tecnically known as subnormal agglomerates. |
| Pacification | The U.P.P. (Police Pacification Unit) program used by the government to establish rule of law in favelas. |
| Amazon River | The largest river in the world by volume, the mouth of which is in Brazil. |
| Uncontacted Tribes | Brazil is home to the world's greatest number of these indigenous groups, many of which are in Mato Grosso. |
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