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How did the Portuguese government encourage rooftop solar panels?
10,562,178
What was the Portuguese population in 2011?
52%
What percentage of the Portuguese population in 2011 was female?
48%
What percentage of the Portuguese population in 2011 was male?
Catholicism
What is the dominant religion in Portugal?
Mouriscos
What were the Moors who converted to Catholicism known as?
Paleolithic peoples
In what group of people do the Portuguese have their origin?
45,000 years ago
When did people first start arriving in the European continent?
Paleolithic
What is the main population source of the Portuguese people?
colonial history
What is the cornerstone of Portugal's national identity?
Atlantic Ocean
Which ocean does Portugal border?
Angola and Mozambique
What were two of the last territories Portugal gave up?
Portuguese
The vast majority of Brazilians have what ancestry in common?
10,617,575
How many inhabitants did Portugal have by 2007?
81.0%
What percentage of the Portuguese people are Roman Catholic?
Protestant, Latter-day Saint, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Eastern Orthodox Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'i, Buddhist, Jewish and Spiritist
What other religious communities exist in Portugal?
6.8%
What percentage of the Portuguese people identify as non-religious?
8.3%
What percentage of the Portuguese population did not give an answer for their religion in the 2011 census?
Christian
In what religion do many Portuguese holidays and festivals find their origin?
13th and 14th
In what centuries did the Roman Catholic Church play a role in the reconquest?
formation of the First Portuguese Republic
What changed the role and importance of organized religion in Portugal?
1910–26
During what years did the formation of the First Portuguese Republic take place?
25 July 1139
On what date did the Battle of Ourique take place?
victories for the coming battles, as well as God's wish to act through Afonso
Afonso heard Jesus promising what?
in order to create an empire which would carry His name to unknown lands
Why did God want to act through Afonso?
Portuguese
What is the official name of Portugal?
Romance
What type of language is Portuguese?
Galicia and Northern Portugal
Where did Portuguese originate?
Galician-Portuguese
What was the common name of the Galician and Portuguese people?
Latin
From what language is Portuguese derived?
Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula
By what group of people is Portuguese derived?
1415 and 1999
Between what years did Portugal establish a colonial and commercial empire?
five
In how many continents is Portuguese spoken as a native language?
Brazil
What country has the largest number of native Portuguese speakers?
99 percent
What is the adult literacy rate in Portugal?
100 percent
Portuguese primary school enrollment is close to what percent?
Over 35%
What percentage of college-age citizens attend a higher education institution in Portugal?
50%
What percentage of college-age citizens attend a higher education institution in the United States?
1290
Since when have Portuguese universities existed?
Lisbon
Where was the oldest Portuguese university established?
Coimbra
Where did the oldest Portuguese university relocate to?
the Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho of Rio de Janeiro
What is the oldest engineering school of the Americas?
the Escola Médico-Cirúrgica of Goa
What is the oldest medical college in Asia?
2006
When was the Bologna process adopted?
public money
What are most higher education student costs supported with?
over 23 years old
Over what age are higher education applicants considered mature?
developing health policy as well as managing the SNS
What is the Ministry of Health responsible for?
Five
How many regional health administrations exist in Portugal?
implementing the national health policy objectives, developing guidelines and protocols and supervising health care delivery
What are the regional health administrations in charge of?
noncommunicable diseases
What do most Portuguese people die from?
ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease
What are the two main components of cardiovascular disease?
cerebrovascular disease
What is the biggest killer in Portugal?
12%
What percentage of Portuguese people die less often from cancer than in the Eur-A?
children as well as among women younger than 44 years
Who is cancer more common among in Portugal?
self-reporting at the household level
What survey results complement on data on health status?
one third
What number of Portuguese adults rated their health as good or very good?
1990s and 2000s
Portugal modernized its public cultural facilities during what two decades?
1956
In what year was the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation established?
Lisbon
Where was the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation established?
Belém Cultural Centre in Lisbon, Serralves Foundation and the Casa da Música
What are some examples of Portugal's public cultural facilities?
fifteen
How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites is Portugal home to?
Portuguese late Gothic
What is the Manueline style also known as?
a sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century
What is the Manueline style?
A 20th-century interpretation of traditional architecture
What is Soft Portuguese style?
Eduardo Souto de Moura, Álvaro Siza Vieira (both Pritzker Prize winners) and Gonçalo Byrne
Who are some of the most renowned architects to come from Portugal?
stadium design
For what is Tomas Taveira particularly noteworthy for in Portugal?
late 19th century
In which period was cinema born?
Arthur Duarte, António Lopes Ribeiro, António Reis, Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, João César Monteiro, António-Pedro Vasconcelos, Fernando Lopes
Who are some examples of Portuguese film directors?
Joaquim de Almeida, Daniela Ruah, Maria de Medeiros, Diogo Infante, Soraia Chaves, Ribeirinho, Lúcia Moniz, and Diogo Morgado
Who are some noted Portuguese actors?
late 19th century
In which period was cinema born?
Arthur Duarte, António Lopes Ribeiro, António Reis, Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, João César Monteiro, António-Pedro Vasconcelos, Fernando Lopes
Who are some examples of Portuguese film directors?
Joaquim de Almeida, Daniela Ruah, Maria de Medeiros, Diogo Infante, Soraia Chaves, Ribeirinho, Lúcia Moniz, and Diogo Morgado
Who are some noted Portuguese actors?
Adventurer and poet
Who was Luís de Camões?
"Os Lusíadas" (The Lusiads)
What epic poem did Luís de Camões write?
Virgil's Aeneid
What was Luís de Camões main influence?
neoclassic and contemporary styles
What styles are modern Portuguese poetry rooted in?
Almeida Garrett, Camilo Castelo Branco, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, António Lobo Antunes and Miguel Torga
Who are some modern Portuguese authors?
bacalhau
What is dry cod known as in Portuguese?
grilled sardines and caldeirada
Other than bacalhau, what are two other popular fish recipes in Portugal?
a potato-based stew that can be made from several types of fish
What is caldeirada?
beef, pork, lamb, or chicken
What meats are often used in Portuguese recipes?
arroz de sarrabulho (rice stewed in pigs blood) or the arroz de cabidela (rice and chickens meat stewed in chickens blood)
What are two popular Northern Portugal dishes?
Francesinha (Frenchie) from Porto, and bifanas (grilled pork) or prego (grilled beef) sandwiches
What are three examples of fast food dishes in Portugal?
in the many medieval Catholic monasteries spread widely across the country
Where does the Portuguese art of pastry have its origins?
almonds, flour, eggs and some liquor
What are the main ingredients used to make pastries in the monasteries?
pastéis de Belém (or pastéis de nata) originally from Lisbon, and ovos moles from Aveiro
What are two examples of Portuguese pastries?
since the times of the Romans
Since when have Portuguese wines garnished international recognition?
Bacchus
With which Roman God was Portugal associated with?
Vinho Verde, Vinho Alvarinho, Vinho do Douro, Vinho do Alentejo, Vinho do Dão, Vinho da Bairrada and the sweet: Port Wine, Madeira Wine
What are some of the best Portuguese wines?
Port and Madeira
Which two Portuguese wines are especially enjoyed around the world?
Festival Sudoeste in Zambujeira do Mar, Festival de Paredes de Coura in Paredes de Coura, Festival Vilar de Mouros near Caminha,
What are a couple examples of Summer music festivals held in Portugal?
Flowfest or Hip Hop Porto
What are a couple examples of non-Summer music festivals in Portugal?
one of the largest international Goa trance festivals takes place in central Portugal every two years
What is the Boom Festival?
European Festival Award 2010 – Green'n'Clean Festival of the Year and the Greener Festival Award Outstanding 2008 and 2010
What international awards have been won by the Boom Festival?
2005
In which year did Portugal hold the MTV Europe Music Awards?
Artur Pizarro, Maria João Pires, Sequeira Costa
What are some examples of classical pianists from Portugal?
Carlos Damas, Gerardo Ribeiro
What are some examples of classical violinists from Portugal?
José Vianna da Motta, Carlos Seixas, João Domingos Bomtempo, João de Sousa Carvalho, Luís de Freitas Branco and his student Joly Braga Santos
Who are some notable musical composers from Portugal?
Nuno Malo and Miguel d'Oliveira
Who are some contemporary composers from Portugal?
20th century
In which century did Portugal see the arrival of Modernism?