Geographically Speaking - Brazil

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Brazil is the largest country in area and population in South America. Where does it rank worldwide in area? fourth seventh sixth fifth

2. How does Brazil rank worldwide in population numbers? fifth seventh fourth tenth

3. What language is the official language of Brazil? Answer: (One Word - spelling must be correct)

4. All of Brazil lies south of the equator. True or false? True False

5. What is the largest city in Brazil? Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo Brasilia Belem

6. What is the only South American mainland country other than Ecuador not to border Brazil? Answer: (One Word)

7. We know there is 'an awful lot of coffee in Brazil', but of which one of these other products is Brazil a leading producer? tea corn sugar wheat

8. Brazil also leads the world in the production of this mineral. manganese nickel iron bauxite

9. No quiz on Brazil would be complete without a question or two on the Amazon.For how much of its length is the Amazon navigable by ocean going ships? 2,300 miles 4,300 miles 1,300 miles 300 miles

10. What city near the meeting of the Amazon and Negro rivers was an important center of the rubber trade in the late nineteenth century? Macapa Santarem Manaus Belem