FRANCE/BRAZILBy: Quorteze Levy

FRANCE

LOCATION OF FRANCE

Capital is Paris Built along the Seine River. Located in Europe.

NATIONAL SYMBOLS

The French tricolor The National Anthem: La Marseillaise The Great Seal of France Marianne

NATIONAL SYMBOLS CONTINUED

Marianne is a national emblem of the French Republic.

Symbol of the triumphant republic. Over looks Place La Nation.(located in France)

POPULATION & RELIGION Population of France is 66,394,000 Freedom of religion. Roman Catholic Church, Islam. Protestant churches

LANGUAGES, VALUES, BELIEFS, & NORMS

Polite, clean, overall peaceful people. Fashion, food, wine, art and architect.

ECONOMY & SUBCULTURES Fifth largest economy in the world. Second largest in the world. Zazou subculture. Similar to the Zoot suit culture

in America. They wore big garnish clothing, expressing individuality.

HISTORY& CONFLICTS

Hundred Years War(1415-1453) Invasion of Normandy Currently in battle with Afghanistan

INTERESTING FACTS

Most visited country in the world. 83 million tourists in the 2012 Once controlled more than 8% of the worlds

land. Paris was originally a Roman city called

"Lutetia”.

WOULD I LIKE TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY?

I would enjoy this country. It is beautiful and they have great food. I would not prefer this country over my own though. Being in this environment I would have to learn a new language and some of the rights that I have here in America would not be the same over there.

BRAZIL

LOCATION OF BRAZIL

Capital of Brazil is Brasilia. Located in the South America

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Brazil Location Map in South America

NATIONAL SYMBOLS

National Emblem Christ The Redeemer.

POPULATION & RELIGION

Population is 196,655,014 Roman Catholic. Protestant Methodist Episcopal Pentecostal Lutheran Baptist

LANGUAGES, VALUES, BELIEFS, & NORMS

Brazilian culture is very diverse. Women usually kiss each other in their cheeks or hug

their friends.

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ECONOMY & SUBCULTURES

Brazilian Youth Funk Photography Subculture is one that contains the poorer areas of Rio de Janeiro.

Queer Subculture or the gays of the society.

HISTORY& CONFLICTS

War of independence(1822-1823) Poverty and Community conflicts

INTERESTING FACTS

Close to 8,000miles of beaches. The name Brazil comes from a tree named brazil wood. Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world by both land

area and population. Around 60% of the Amazon Rainforest is located in

Brazil.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY?

I would enjoy living in brazil. The climate is nice and the scenery is beautiful. The beaches are clean and there so many sites to see.

Although this is a great place to live, I would not prefer this country over America. There are more poverty and slums in Brazil than in America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ http://www.factslides.com/s-France http://www.brazil.org.za/brazil-culture.html