Major Nations in a Global World: Brazil

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literacy rate 34–35 living conditions 19–20, 36, 52, 55

P Paco Imperial 13 Panara (Kayapo chief) 21 Paraguay 36 Paraná 38

M machismo 22 maize (corn) 26, 30, 33, 36 Manaus 46, 53, 53 Manaus Opera House (Amazon Theatre) 46, 46 manicoba (traditional food) 27 Man of the Hole, The 21 Manuel I (king of Portugal) 9–10 marriage 19, 22

Pedro I (emperor of Brazil) 13 Pedro II (emperor of Brazil) 52 Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) 41–42, 42 personal relationships 22 plantation system 11–12 Plaza of the Three Powers 51 political system 33 polygamous families 20, 23 population size 53 Portugal 7, 9–15, 25, 29, 31, 44 poverty 14, 19, 35–36 Praia Vermelha 51 R Raony (Kayapo chief) 21 red palm oil 30 religion 12, 42, 44 Republic of Brazil 14 Rio de Janeiro 6, 13, 19, 20, 35, 35, 38, 44, 48, 51–52 Rivaldo (Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira) 41 Rocinha favela 20 Roman Catholic Church 12, 44, 52 Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima) 41 Rousseff, Dilma 17–18, 18, 23, 36 rubber 14, 46 S St. John’s Night 44 Salvador (Bahia) 22 samba 44–45, 47 Saõ Francisco de Assis (Minas Gerais) 8 São Paulo 30, 32, 34, 34, 38, 51, 55

martial arts 43, 44, 47 Marxist guerrillas 18 Mato Grosso do Sul 12 Mato Grosso 12, 21

matrilineal family structure 21 middle class growth 35–36, 39 military dictatorship 14, 18, 33 Minas Gerais 8, 12, 18, 37, 38, 54, 54

Monumental Axis 50, 55 de Moraes, Vinícius 45 Mount Corcovado 52 music 20, 44–46, 45

N Napoleon Bonaparte (emperor of France) 13 natural resources 7, 11, 14, 27–28, 36, 54. See also gold mining

nepotism 22, 23 Netherlands 12 Niemeyer, Oscar 50, 50

O Ouro Preto 38

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