HISTORY 471
HlSTORY OF BRAZIL
FALL 2008
Map Quiz Study Sheet
http://www.inform.umd.edu/Fall08/HIST471/mapstudy.html

Please study the following list of Brazil's major geographic/topographic/regional features.

The pass/fail quiz, to be given at the end of class on will be given in class on Monday, September 8, 2008, will ask that you correctly locate ten items drawn from the list below. A blank map similar to the one on the reverse will be provided. Seven or more correct answers will be considered a passing grade. you will retake the quiz until you do pass.   Failure to pass the map quiz will mean that your final exam grade will automatically be dropped one letter grade.

Study Tip: For starters, look at the maps reproduced in the Viotti da Costa , Skidmore, and Dean readings. From there, try any of the print or digitized maps available via:

• Google Earth <http://earth.google.com/>
• Perry Casteñeda Library at the University of Texas <http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/>
• University Libraries Government and Maps Division <http://www.lib.umd.edu/GOV/>
• World Factbook <http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook>

Treaty of Tordesilllas Line
Empire c. 1850

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT:

Amazon River
Mata Atlântica c. 1500
Mata Atlântica c. 1990
Bahia de Todos os Santos
Guanabara Bay
Ilha de Marajó
Lagoa dos Patos
Pantanal
Paraíba River Valley
Planalto Central
Rio Doce
Iguassu Falls
Rio São Francisco
The Sertão
Tietê River
Xingú River

REGIONS:

North
Northeast
Center-West
Southeast
South

STATES

Acre
Bahia
Ceará
Distrito Federal
Mato Grosso
Minas Gerais
Pernambuco
Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Norte
Rondônia
São Paulo
Tocantins

PRINCIPAL CITIES:

Belém
Belo Horizonte
Brasília
Curitiba
Fortaleza
Manaus
Natal
Ouro Preto
Porto Alegre
Porto Seguro
Recife
Rio de Janeiro
Salvador
Santos
São Paulo
Volta Redonda

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