| A | B |
| Indigenous | living or existing naturally in a particular place |
| Slash-and-burn agriculture | a method of farming that involves cutting down trees and underbrush and burning the area to create a field for crops |
| Emancipate | to make free |
| Compulsory | mandatory; enforced |
| Comprise | to make up |
| Extract | to remove or take out |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | the agreement which divided South America between Spain and Portugal |
| Jesuit Priests | people brought over by Brazil's governor to convert Natives to Christianity |
| GetĂșlio Vargas | overthrew Brazil's president and ruled as a dictator |
| Pedro I | declared Brazilian independence and ruled as Brazil's first emperor |