Brazil was first “discovered” on April 22nd, 1500 by a fleet of portuguese settlers, on a ship commanded by Portuguese diplomat Pedro Cabral that was making its journey to India. When Pedro first set eyes on the land he first assumed it was a small size island. However, they came to find it was quite large, and inhabited with native people. Brazil was attractive for many Europeans such as the French, the Dutch, and the Spanish due to its resources such as red-dye wood, gold and silver, sugar, and precious stones. On December 7th, 1822, the country declared its independence from portugal and became its own country.
Brazil is the largest country located in South America, and has a border of the Atlantic Ocean. Its size is only slightly smaller than the United States of America. Approximately 2/5ths of the country consists of the Amazon River, and the Amazon Lowlands is the world's largest rainforest. The Northern area is where one will find the mountains known as the Brazilian Highlands. Their climate is generally tropical, but can be temperate in some areas in the
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Poverty is a dominant aspect to their social issues. Visitors of the country say that the poverty issue is quite visible. Brazil has slums in their metropolitan area, also known as “favelas”. There are also more remote areas with financially lacking families. However Brazil is working towards improving this with government funding and community programs to help aid the less fortunate, and to encourage young children to gain access to education, as it would aid in future income capabilities with a higher education. Crime can also be a major issue. Common forms include mugging, robbing, gang violence and kidnapping. Many citizens have issues with Brazilians form on law enforcement, which deters them away fro reporting things to the police. The government the created the National Public Security force to handle emergencies and crime instead of the
Brazil is the largest country in South America and in Latin America, fifth largest in the world. It is one of the more diverse countries in the world, with different cultures and ethnicities. Brazil’s type of government is a Federal Republic. Brazil is on its way to growing out of its emerging market status and becoming one of the richest and most developed countries on earth. Brazil’s human, mineral, and agricultural resources are on par with those of the United States and Canada, and it has a few great opportunities to take advantage of in order to continue the growth it’s been experiencing over the past 20 years. Brazil, known for its natural resources, find in energy one of the country’s main ways of resources, being either oil and natural gas or biofuels and solar/wind power.
Brazil is located in eastern South America bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It is the largest country in South America and shares a border with every South American country but Chile and Ecuador. Brazil is a mostly tropical climate, however, there is...
With geographical size and population, Brazil is the largest country is South America. The country borders the Atlantic Ocean and is in the eastern part of the continent.
Walsh, Robert, Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829 (1831). "Aboard a Slave Ship, 1829," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2000).
When American lands, also known as the new world were being discovered, Brazil was being colonized by the Portuguese. On the other hand, British vessels were the first ones to arrive to North American lands. The British were the first to dwell on North American colonies.
Introduction Brazil is the largest and most populous country in South America. It is the 5th largest country worldwide in terms of both areas (more than 8.5 Mio. km2) and inhabitants (appr. 190 million).
In many ways, Brazil resembles the United States. Occupying over 3,287,000 square mile covers, Brazil encompasses over half the land mass of South America in the same way that the United States dominates the North American continent. It is comprised of 26 states and a federal district. The government is styled like the United States as a federal republic with three branches; executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch is led by an elected President and Vice president, who appoint cabinet ministers that run various government agencies, a legislative branch which is split into two; the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, and the judicial branch which has three tribunals; the Supreme Federal tribunal, the Superior Tribunal of Justice and Regional Federal Tribunals. With a population of 202 million people (2014), it is fifth most populous nation in the world compared to the US, which is ranked third according to the World Factbook (2015). While there is an indigenous population, the majority of Brazilians are of European and African descent. Besides the Portuguese, who originally established the country, the population also includes large numbers of German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish immigrants. With its many different ethnicities, Brazilians practice many different religions but over 70% of the population is identified as Roman Catholic making Brazil the largest Roman Catholic country in the world. Thought Brazil and the United States may share many physical and demographic characteristics; the history of Brazil has helped to shape the culture in ways different than in the United States.
The tradition of Brazil's unequal distribution of land dates back to early colonial times. Between 1534 and 1536, the king of Portugal set up a system of land distribution through which he divided the territory of Brazil into 12 captaincies drawn from the coastline of Brazil to the line established by the Treaty of Tordesillas that separated Spanish from Portuguese land claims. The captaincies were given to those who were in favor of the crown and who agreed to send back one sixth of any accrued revenue to the crown. This was in response to a perceived need to occupy the territory to prevent French and Dutch from occupying the land and claiming it for their countries. This was the beginning of the tradition of single owners possessing large tracts of land, sometimes as large as small European countries, and this tradition continues in modern Brazil.
It shows that poor Brazilian people have no the support from the community and government to grow socially and economically. The persistent crimes in their neighborhood make others think about them as criminals even if they are kind-hearted and want to change their lives. The lack of social and economic mobility is the urban problem that should be solved by the governments not only in the local but global levels. One should mention that some people see poverty as not an economic and social problem but as the opportunity to change their life, and Rocket is the example of the personality who looks for such possibility. However, the movie also states the strong gap between the people with low incomes and high incomes is the reason for the lack of mobility and changes in Brazilian favelas (Santos,
Brazil is both the fifth largest country in the world based off of land size and population (World Factbook). Brazil has used this demographic as a strength in its efforts to find some sort of stability in a very unstable economic climate. Brazil is the largest national economy in Latin America the world's eighth largest economy at market exchange rates and the and 10 in purchasing power parity (PPP) or GDP, according to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank (World Fact Book). There are many factors to the development of the Brazilian economy, each having an impact, but the development is not complete.
Brazil is the largest country in South America and interestingly it borders every country in South America except for Chile and Ecuador. It is also the fifth largest country in the world with a population of approximately 170 million people according to a 2000 census. The official language of Brazil is Portuguese and it is the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese. The nation of Portugal invaded Brazil in 1500, however independence was granted in 1822. Hence the Portuguese culture and heritage throughout the country of Brazil.
One-third of the worlds animal species live in the rainforests of Brazil. It has 56,000 plant species, 1,700 bird species, 695 amphibian species, 578 mammal species, and 651 reptile species. One-third of the world’s rainforests are in Brazil. Brazil’s rainforests are called the “lungs of the world” because of the oxygen they release. Some of the rainforest’s valuable fruits, spices, and other plants include coconuts, avocados, lemons, grapefruit, bananas, guavas, figs, oranges, pineapples, mangos, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, rice, black pepper, cayenne pepper, chocolate, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, sugar cane, turmeric, coffee, vanilla nuts, and cashew nuts. About twenty-five percent of prescription drugs come from rainforest plants. Brazil has the largest wetlands in the world. It is called Pantanal. It is located in the central-western part of
The Amazon Rainforest or know to many as the “Amazon Jungle” sits on about 2.124 million miles2 and is home to about 10 million species of animals and over 40,000 different plant species. Not including over 2.5 million different insect species. The amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest on earth. The Amazon rainforest is located in South America , it covers much of northwest Brazil and extends into Colombia,Peru and other countries. Part of the Amazon Rainforest is the River that flows through South America and is a big part of the Amazon Rainforest. The Amazon is the seventh oldest rainforest in the world and has existed for about 55 years.
2. Burns, Bradford E. . A History of Brazil: Second Edition. New York: Cornell University Press, 1980.
Brazil, fifth largest country in the world and in population is located in the eastern continent of South America. Making the largest country in Latin America, Brazil borders nearly every country in its continental region besides Chile and Ecuador. With its blessed biodiversity and landscapes, Brazilians take pride to be one of the world main attractions. In all its unique attributes, Brazil is the only country in the New World with the official language Portuguese.