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literacy rate 34–35
living conditions 19–20, 36, 52, 55
M
machismo 22
maize (corn) 26, 30, 33, 36
Manaus
46,
53,
53
Manaus Opera House (Amazon Theatre)
46,
46
manicoba
(traditional food) 27
Man of the Hole, The 21
Manuel I (king of Portugal) 9–10
marriage 19, 22
martial arts 43,
44,
47
Marxist guerrillas 18
Mato Grosso do Sul 12
Mato Grosso 12,
21
matrilineal family structure 21
middle class growth 35–36, 39
military dictatorship 14, 18, 33
Minas Gerais
8,
12, 18,
37,
38, 54,
54
Monumental Axis 50, 55
de Moraes, Vinícius 45
Mount Corcovado 52
music 20, 44–46, 45
N
Napoleon Bonaparte (emperor of France)
13
natural resources 7, 11, 14, 27–28, 36, 54.
See also
gold mining
nepotism 22, 23
Netherlands 12
Niemeyer, Oscar 50,
50
O
Ouro Preto
38
P
Paco Imperial
13
Panara (Kayapo chief)
21
Paraguay 36
Paraná 38
Pedro I (emperor of Brazil)
13
Pedro II (emperor of Brazil) 52
Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
41–42,
42
personal relationships 22
plantation system 11–12
Plaza of the Three Powers 51
political system 33
polygamous families 20, 23
population size 53
Portugal 7, 9–15, 25, 29, 31, 44
poverty 14, 19, 35–36
Praia Vermelha 51
R
Raony (Kayapo chief)
21
red palm oil 30
religion 12, 42, 44
Republic of Brazil 14
Rio de Janeiro
6,
13,
19,
20,
35,
35,
38, 44,
48,
51–52
Rivaldo (Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira) 41
Rocinha favela 20
Roman Catholic Church 12, 44, 52
Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima)
41
Rousseff, Dilma 17–18,
18,
23, 36
rubber 14, 46
S
St. John’s Night 44
Salvador (Bahia)
22
samba 44–45, 47
Saõ Francisco de Assis (Minas Gerais)
8
São Paulo 30,
32,
34,
34,
38, 51, 55
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