GEOGRAPHY

COUNTRY RESEARCH

LOCATION

• Brazil is located 15 degrees south and 47 degrees west
• Brazil is to the east of Bolivia
• The equator runs through northern Brazil
• The biggest country in South America is Brazil
• Tropic of Cancer runs through Brazil

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Brazil has the widest river in the world
• The Amazon river puts tons of water into the ocean each day
• Dry plains of North Eastern Brazil
• There's low plateaus
• Brazil is in the tropics, with a lot of waterfalls

HUMAN ENVIRONMENT/INTERACTIONS

• Brazil is by the Atlantic ocean, so the climate will be consistent
• Brazil is on the equator, that makes the climate hot
• They have a tropical rain forest there
• A lot of deadly animals are in Brazil
• Brazil has a large population, so have to use more land for homes

MAJOR HUMAN FEATURES

• Statue of Christ the redeemer
• Church of Sanfransisco
• Carnaval festival
• Palacia Do Itamaraty

REGION

LANGUAGE

GOVERNMENT

• Brazils federal government is called The Union
• Dilma Rousseff is the president of brazil
• Their constitution is based on representative democracy

ECONOMICS

• Brazil is the 7th largest economy in the wordl
• Lumber is a great trading product
• A main product from Brazil is coca
• Over a 50 year span they tripled their population

EDUCATION

• Education is regulated by the federal government
• Brazil is in the 35 worst in global ranking
• Their quality of math and science is ranked over 100th in the world
• Their elementary schools go from ages 6-14

RELIGION

• Only 1% of people are atheist
• 3/4 of the population is catholic
• Brazil has the largest amount of catholics in the world
• Catholic is the official religion of Brazil

TECHNOLOGY

• Brazil is spending big money on trying to improve their technology
• They rank 56th in the world for technology
• Brazil bas one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the worl

CURRENT INTERNATIONAL ISSUE

• Brazil is dealing with favelas
• They have to get people out of these so they can build nicer things
• Preparing for the world cup
• There was a multi billion dollar rail road that began and never finished

WEBSITES

• Cia world fact book
• Cnn.com
• Worldbook.com
• Brazil.Org
• Weforum.org