Super Hard Brazilian History Quiz

Carlos Luz was president from November 8, 1955 to November 11, 1955. Only 3 days.

When the Portuguese discovered Brazil, they named it Island of the True Cross. Only later did they discover that it was not an island.

In 1555 France created the Frence Antarctique, where today is locate the city of Rio de Janeiro. The colony was invaded by the portuguese in 1567.

The current state of Rio Grande do Sul, formed the Riograndense Republic from 1836 to 1845.

In the Paraguayan War 100.000 Brazilian soldiers and civilians died.

Officially, there are 1.507.695 Italians, 683.382 Spaniards and 176.422 Germans, but there are many outside the official data.

Floriano Peixoto took over when Deodoro da Fonseca resigned; Nilo Peçanha took over when Afonso Pena died; Delfim Moreira took over when Rodrigues Alves died; Café Filho took over when Getúlio Vargas committed suicide; João Goulart took over when Jânio Quadros resigned; José Sarney took over when Tancredo Neves died; Itamar Franco took over when Fernando Collor resigned and Michel Temer took over when Dilma Rousseff was impeached.

Pedro II was from House of Braganza and Teresa Cristina was from House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

According to FUNAI (Nacional Indian Fundation), in 1500 there were 3,000,000 indigenous people, in 2010 there were only 817,963.

Brazil stayed neutral in the War of the Pacific, between Peru, Bolívia and Chile.

Getúlio Vargas from 1937 to 1945; Humberto Castelo Branco from 1964 to 1967; Artur da Costa e Silva from 1967 to 1969; Emílio Garrastazu Médici from 1969 to 1974; Ernesto Geisel from 1974 to 1979 and João Figueiredo from 1979 to 1985.

He was emperor from April 7, 1831 (when his father Dom Pedro I abdicated), until November 15, 1889 (when the republic was declared).

From 1820 to 1825 Uruguay was part of Brazil as the Cisplatine Province.

Getulio Vargas was president from 1930 to 1945. In 1935 there was a communist uprising leaded by Luís Prestes, and in 1938 there was a fascist uprising leaded by Plínio Salgado. Both were quickly defeated.

The first product the Portuguese take was Brazilwood, used as a dye; Between the 16th and 18th century, sugarcane was the main Brazilian product; And from the 18th to the 20th century coffee became the main product. Brazil is until today the main coffee producer in the world.