AP Human Geography 4.4 Intro to Geography
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AP Human Geography 4.4 Intro to Geography. Why do toponyms in Brazil have Portuguese origins?
AP | AP Human Geography |
Cultural Patterns and Processes | Concepts of Culture Cultural Variations by Place and Region |
Geography | Geographic Patterns and Characteristics |
Language | English Language |
Test Prep | AP Human Geography |
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when we're thinking about new world toponyms aka
place names it's always helpful to think about the history of those places as we [Nurse with the planet Earth]
know the new world is the Americas and the history of the Americas is very
deeply tied to colonialism otherwise known as the European tradition of
arriving somewhere and then taking a whole bunch of stuff that they liked [Man collecting apples from tree]
while the Spanish conquered most of Latin America so naturally we find a lot
of Spanish toponyms there however Brazil was conquered by Portugal not Spain
what's more it's important to remember that the naming of places has a lot more [Portuguese soldiers carrying Portugal flag]
to do with who did the conquering with their guns and their flags than with any
kind of cultural or religious solidarity with those conquerors so the answer that
best captures all that well it's C - Brazil is conquered by Portugal and
reflects this colonial heritage in its toponyms, so if you go to Brazil you'll
probably pick up a few words in Portuguese though if you spend your entire [Boy reading Portuguese to English dictionary]
trip in the library you might be vacationing incorrectly