Nation Report Part 1:Brazil

Nadya Dooley

5/5/11

GeographyPart 1

• Brazil, with over 190 million people, is the largest country in South America

• It’s located along the eastern side coast of south America and encompasses a lot of the continents interior

• It has a coastline of over 7,491 kilometers and the total area is about 8,511,965 square kilometers

• Brazils climate comprises a wide range of weather conditions across a lot of land, but it’s 90% tropical

GeographyPart 2

• The Brazilian topography, like the climate, is very diverse. It includes hills, mountains, plains, highlands and scrublands

• Its natural resources include gold, iron ore, nickel, phosphates, uranium, and more

• It has a complex system of rivers, all of which drain into the Atlantic

• Brazils tropical soils produce 70 million tons of grain a year

• 66% of Brazil is forest, but deforestation, desertification and pollution are a few of its environmental issues

PeoplePart 1

• Approximately 193 million people live in Brazil

• It’s about half white people, with the rest being east asian, black, a mixed race, amerindian, or something undetermined

• The median age of people living in Brazil is 27

• The rate of births to deaths is 16 to 6

PeoplePart 2

• The main language spoken in Brazil is Portuguese

• You can become a brazilian citizen by living there for 15 years straight and being able to speak Portuguese

• 86% of the population can read

• The life expectancy is aproxemetaly 70 years, but on average women live eight years longer

CulturePart 1

• Brazilian culture is very diverse and mostly came from Portuguese culture

• Also very diverse is the cuisine

• The Feljoada is the countries national dish, dating back to the colonial period

• The oldest known of art in Brazil is cave paintings, which go back to 13,000 BC

CulturePart 2

• Cinema: The cinema has a long tradition in Brazil, dating back to the 19th century. Its highest grossing film brought 2 million viewers!

• Music: Brazils common instruments are guitar, piano and flute, with a rhythm done by a variety of drums. Lots of their songs tell stories

• Sports: Football (In American terms, soccer) is the most popular sport in Brazil, and some world famous players come from there. Also enjoyed is Volleyball, Basketball, racing, martial arts and gymnastics

HistoryPart 1

• The person who discovered Brazil was a Spanish navigator, Vicente

Yáñez Pinzón, in 1500

• The first European person to discover it was Pedro Álvares Cabral, later in

1500 • It was captured by the Portuguese,

but became independent in 1822

• For a time it was run by military control, until in 1985, when it was left for civilians to control

HistoryPart 2

• The first president of Brazil was General Deodoro da Fonseca

• A democracy started in 1945, after a revolt that occurred place in 1932

• Today, the biggest problem facing Brazil is a bad distribution of wealth

Sources

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/brazil• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/geography_of_brazil• Google• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/brazilian_people• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/brazilian_culture• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/history_of_brazil