Response to text: Pop-culture - Brazil

Response to text:

Pop-culture

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1. What cultures are said to have influenced capoeira?

a) African and Burmese b) American and Brazilian

c) African and Brazilian d) American and Burmese

2. In what year did the Rio Festival begin?

a) 1720 b) 1721

c) 1722 d) 1723

3. In Samba, requires a fairly still upper body with arms and hands responding to the...?

a) finger and toe movements b) hip and leg movements

c) eye and hand movements d) left and right movements

4. How many people can the Rio Carnival attract per year?

a) 2 million b) 2 billion

c) 2 trillion d) 2 quillion

5. When was the samba said to have been created?

a) 1700s b) 1800s

c) 1900s d) 2000s

6. Why is capoeira said to have derived from martial arts?

Answer: It looks similar to African fighting style

7. Why do you think the Rio festival attracts so many people?

Answer: Because the people celebrate it so well with color, happiness and great costumes.

8. Why is the Brazillian dance samba said to have African roots?

Answer: Because of its feathers and sequins.