SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Portuguese explorers conquered much of Latin America. Which country has become a language region based on the influence of the Portuguese colonizers centuries ago?
A
Brazil
B
Argentina
C
Mexico
D
Columbia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, the History of Brazil begins with the indigenous people in Brazil. The Portuguese arrived to the land that would become Brazil on April 22, 1500, commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral a Portuguese explorer on his way to India under the sponsorship of the Kingdom of Portugal and the support of the Catholic Church.

Detailed explanation-2: -What countries were under the Portuguese Empire? The Portuguese empire controlled the Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde, and São Tomé and Principe around the coast of Africa; Cochin, Goa, and Colombo on the Indian sub-continent; Macao and Nagasaki in East Asia; Mozambique and Angola in Africa; and Brazil.

Detailed explanation-3: -In all aspects-phonology, morphology, lexicon and syntax-Portuguese is essentially the result of an organic evolution of Vulgar Latin with some influences from other languages, namely the native Gallaecian and Lusitanian languages spoken prior to the Roman domination.

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