HISTORY 471
HlSTORY OF BRAZIL
Spring 2012
Map Quiz Study Sheet
http://www.history.umd.edu/Faculty/DWilliams/courses/Spring12/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 Thursday, February 2, 2012, 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.

NOTE:  The Study Map shows modern political boundaries. When appropriate, you will be asked to indicate where historical boundaries differ from modern boundaries.  .

Study Tips:

After locating the terms that you know off the top of your head, look for unfamiliar places and terms in the maps to be found in the assigned Viotti da Costa text and/or the optional Skidmore textbook. From there, go to any of the following resources:

• Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (2nd edition), a searchable reference tool available full-text in the University Libraries' ResearchPort.
• Google Earth <http://earth.google.com/>
• Perry Casteñeda Library at the University of Texas <http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/>
• CIA World Factbook <http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook>
  
  Demographic data from the 2010 Census is available from the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  
  
• Textual Summary [in English]: http://www.ibge.gov.br/english/presidencia/noticias/noticia_visualiza.php?id_noticia=1866
• Interactive maps [In Portuguese]: http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/sinopse/
  

Treaty of Tordesilllas Line
Empire c. 1850

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT:

Amazon River
Bahia de Todos os Santos
Guanabara Bay
Ilha de Marajó
Lagoa dos Patos
Pantanal
Paraíba do Sul River Valley
Planalto Central
Rio Doce
Iguassu Falls
Rio São Francisco
The Sertão
Tietê River
Xingú River

REGIONS

North
Northeast
Center-West
Southeast
South
MERCOSUR

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

KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Most populous state (2010)
Region with highest rate of population growth (expressed as percentage of total population) between 2000 and 2010
Municipality with the highest rate of population growth (expressed as percentage of total population) between 2000 and 2010
State with the lowest rate of urbanization
Region with the smallest average household size

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