Illustrated Glossary

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abolish

to do away with completely; put an end to

border

a line separating one country from another

Carnival

is an annual festival in Brazil held between the Friday afternoon (51 days before Easter) and Ash Wednesday at noon, which marks the beginning

of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter

capital city

location of government offices

The Brazilian Congress

city dweller

someone who lives in an urban environment

coastline

the outline or shape of a land form that touches an ocean or sea

colony

a distant territory belonging to a nation

culture

the language, beliefs, clothing, food, activities of a group of people in a

particular place or time

deforestation

the action or process of clearing an area of forests

diverse

a great deal of variety

equator

an imaginary line all around the earth, everywhere equally distant from the north

pole and the south pole

export

to carry or send goods out of one country to another

favela

a section of a city marked by crowded living conditions

federal republic

a government that has a leader who is not amonarch and where the power to make laws is

shared between a national or central government andits states

festival

a celebration where people in honor a special occasion

futebol

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a sport played with a ball like the American game of soccer

grasslands

land mostly covered with grasses with no trees or shrubs

highlands

hilly or mountainous land

import

to bring goods or services from one country to another

indigenous people

the people who first settled a particular region

language

the words people use to talk to each other

manufacturing

Making good from raw materials by hand or by machinery

merchant

one who charges money for the good he or she sells

natural resources

things that occur naturally on the land, under the earth, or in the sea that are

useful for human beings

petroleum

a natural resource that is obtained from wells

drilled in the ground, and is the source of gasoline, kerosene, fuel oils, and other

products

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pharmaceutical

the name given to those who produce and sell medicinal drugs

physical (relief) map

a drawing or picture showing the land and sea forms of an area

plains

a large flat area of land with few trees

plantation

an agricultural area worked by laborers

point of view

a particular way of looking at or thinking about something

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political map

a drawing or picture showing boundaries between countries, capital cities, and

other cities

population

the group of people or animals living in a particular area or habitat

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pour quoi

a Brazilian folk tale focusing on why an animal looks or acts the way it does

preservation

protecting or saving from injury, loss, or ruin

rain forest

a area with a high annual rainfall that supports much plant and animal life

ranching

living and working raising cattle, sheep, or deer

real

the money of Brazil

reforestation

the action of renewing a forest by planting

seeds or young trees

shaman

someone who can access the spirit world, use magic to cure the sick and to control

events

southern hemisphere

the half of the earth that lies south of the equator

SOUTHERNHEMISPHERE

swamplands

wet spongy land often partly covered with water

textile

a woven or knitted cloth

tradition

the celebrations, beliefs, or customs handed down from one generation to

another

vegetation

the plant life of a region