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Considering text VII, judge the items below.
Brazil’s miracle years began and ended during the last 
military regime.
( ) CERTO ( ) ERRADO
22. (BANCO DO BRASIL – ESCRITURÁRIO – CESPE – 
2002)
World Bank Brazil – country brief
1 With an estimated 167 million inhabitants, Brazil has 
the largest population in Latin America and ranks sixth 
in the world. The majority live in the south-central area, 
which includes industrial cities
4 such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizon-
te. 80% of the population now lives in urban areas. Rapid 
growth in the urban population has aided economic de-
velopment but also created serious
7 problems for major cities. Brazil’s “miracle years” 
were in the late 1960s and early 1970s when double di-
git-annual growth rates were recorded and the structure
10 of the economy underwent rapid change. In the 
1980s, however, Brazil’s economic performance was poor 
in comparison with its potential. Annual Gross Domestic 
Product
13 (GDP) growth only averaged 1.5 percent over the 
period from 1980 to 1993. This reflected the economy’s 
inability to respond to international events in the late 
1970s and the 1980s: the second oil
16 shock; increase in international real interest rates; 
the Latin American external debt crisis and the ensuing 
cutoff of foreign credit and foreign direct investment. 
This lack of responsiveness reflected the largely
19 inward-looking policy orientation that had been 
in place since the 1960s. Economic flexibility was further 
impaired by provisions of the
22 1988 Constitution, which introduced significant 
rigidities in budgeting and public expenditure. An out-
come of these pressures was a steady rise in the rate of 
inflation, which reached monthly rates of 50% by the
25 middle of 1994.
Internet: 
(with adaptations).
Considering text VII, judge the items below.
More than 20% of Brazilian population lives in the rural 
area.
( ) CERTO ( ) ERRADO
23. (BANCO DO BRASIL – ESCRITURÁRIO – CESPE – 
2002)
World Bank Brazil – country brief
1 With an estimated 167 million inhabitants, Brazil has 
the largest population in Latin America and ranks sixth 
in the world. The majority live in the south-central area, 
which includes industrial cities
4 such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizon-
te. 80% of the population now lives in urban areas. Rapid 
growth in the urban population has aided economic de-
velopment but also created serious
7 problems for major cities. Brazil’s “miracle years” 
were in the late 1960s and early 1970s when double di-
git-annual growth rates were recorded and the structure
10 of the economy underwent rapid change. In the 
1980s, however, Brazil’s economic performance was poor 
in comparison with its potential. Annual Gross Domestic 
Product
13 (GDP) growth only averaged 1.5 percent over the 
period from 1980 to 1993. This reflected the economy’s 
inability to respond to international events in the late 
1970s and the 1980s: the second oil
16 shock; increase in international real interest rates; 
the Latin American external debt crisis and the ensuing 
cutoff of foreign credit and foreign direct investment. 
This lack of responsiveness reflected the largely
19 inward-looking policy orientation that had been 
in place since the 1960s. Economic flexibility was further 
impaired by provisions of the
22 1988 Constitution, which introduced significant 
rigidities in budgeting and public expenditure. An out-
come of these pressures was a steady rise in the rate of 
inflation, which reached monthly rates of 50% by the
25 middle of 1994.
Internet: 
(with adaptations).
Considering text VII, judge the items below.
Three important Brazilian industrial cities are mentioned 
in the text. 
( ) CERTO ( ) ERRADO
24. (BANCO DO BRASIL – ESCRITURÁRIO – CESPE – 
2002)
World Bank Brazil – country brief
1 With an estimated 167 million inhabitants, Brazil has 
the largest population in Latin America and ranks sixth 
in the world. The majority live in the south-central area, 
which includes industrial cities
4 such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizon-
te. 80% of the population now lives in urban areas. Rapid 
growth in the urban population has aided economic de-
velopment but also created serious
7 problems for major cities. Brazil’s “miracle years” 
were in the late 1960s and early 1970s when double di-
git-annual growth rates were recorded and the structure
10 of the economy underwent rapid change. In the 
1980s, however, Brazil’s economic performance was poor 
in comparison with its potential. Annual Gross Domestic 
Product
13 (GDP) growth only averaged 1.5 percent over the 
period from 1980 to 1993. This reflected the economy’s 
inability to respond to international events in the late 
1970s and the 1980s: the second oil