Major Nations in a Global World: Brazil

INDEX

savanna 54 seafood 27, 27 secondary school (colégio) 33–34 Second Republic 14 Silva, Oscar Pereira da 10 Silveiras 28 slavery 11–12, 14, 14–15, 22, 25, 29–30, 43–45 slums (favelas) 19–20, 20, 52, 55. See also housing soccer 41–43, 42, 47 soybeans 37 Spain 12 sports 41–44, 42, 44, 47 state monopolies 36 sugarcane 11–12, 13, 36, 37 Sugarloaf Mountain 51

V Velho, Domingos Jorge 12 vineyards 55 W war debts 12 Wayna tribe 53 women’s roles 17–19, 23 World Cup 42, 42–43, 47, 52

Y Yanomami tribe 20–21, 21

T teachers 35 theater 46 Tikuna tribe 21 trade 36 trade schools 33 tropicália music 45–46, 47 Tupi Guarani tribe 26 Tupinamba tribe 11, 11–12

U unemployment 19, 35

unequal distribution of income 19 United Nations educational goals 34 universities 33–34 University of São Paulo 34 urbanization 50, 54 Uruguay 36

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