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Brazil Timeline Game

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Summoning Knowledge...

About This Challenge

Looking to test your knowledge of Brazil’s history? Try out our timeline game where you place events in their correct chronological order!

  • Events are related to key moments in Brazil’s past
  • Challenge yourself to see how well you know the country’s history
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  • 1500: Portuguese colonization of Brazil begins
  • 1494: Treaty of Tordesillas divides South America between Portugal and Spain
  • 16th century: Sugar industry becomes dominant in Brazil
  • 18th century: Gold rush in Minas Gerais
  • 1822: Brazil becomes independent from Portugal
  • 1888: Abolition of slavery in Brazil
  • 1889: Brazil becomes a republic
  • 1956: Construction of Brasília, the new capital of Brazil
  • 1964-1985: Military dictatorship in Brazil
  • 2010: Election of the first female president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff
  • 2014: Brazil hosts FIFA World Cup
  • 2016: Rio de Janeiro hosts Summer Olympics
  • 2019: Amazon rainforest fires draw international attention
  • 2020: COVID-19 pandemic hits Brazil hard
  • 2018: Bolsonaro elected president of Brazil
  • 2021: Deforestation in the Amazon reaches record levels
  • 2021: Lula da Silva returns to politics in Brazil
  • 2021: Brazil surpasses 500,000 COVID-19 deaths
  • 2021: Floods devastate southern Brazil
  • 2021: Brazilian economy enters recession

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