Transcript BRAZIL
BRAZIL
PEOPLE
LARGEST POPULATION IN SOUTH AMERICA
5TH MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
RACE CONSIST OF AFRICANS,EUROPEANS, AND
INDIGENEOUS
PORTUGUESE IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE,SPANISH,
ENGLISH, AND FRENCH IS ALSO WIDELY SPOKEN
90% OF THE POPULATION IS AT LEAST
NOMINALLY ROMAN CATHOLIC
STIMATED 150,000 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
ECONOMY
BRAZIL HAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST ECONOMIC , WITH WELL DEVELOPED
AGRICULTURAL, MINING MANUFACTURE AND SERVICE SECTOR.
ONE THIRD OF THE WORKFORCE IS INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURE. MAYOR COMMERCIAL CROPS
ARE COFFE.(BRAZIL IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST PRODUCER AND EXPORTED). CITRUS
FRUIT(ORAGE JUICE BRAZIL ALSO IS THE WORLD’S LARGER PRODUCER.
SOY BEANS, SUGARCANE, RICE, COTTON, COCOA, CORN,TABACCO AND BANANAS.
CATTLE,PIGS AND SHEEP ARE THE MOST NUMEROUS LIVESTOCK.
MINERALS WEALTH,QUARTZ,CHROME ORE, MANGANESE, INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS, GEM
STONES. ALSO TEXTILES,CHEMICALS,SHOES AND FOOD.
GOVERNMENT
BRAZIL GOVERNED BY THE 1988 CONSTITUTION
PRESIDENT IS ELECTED FOR FOUR YEARS
81 SENETORS ARE ELECTRED FOR EIGHT YEARS AND THE 513 DEPUTIES ARE ELECTED FOR
FOUR YEARS.
EACH STATES HAS ITS OWN GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE
POLITICAL PARTIES ARE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT PARTY, THE LIBERAL FRONT PARTY, THE
DEMOCRATIC LABOR PARTY,THE BRAZILIAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY ,WORKERS PARTY
CLIMATE
90% OF THE COUNTRY IS WITHIN THE TROPICAL ZONE, BRAZIL VARIES FROM THE MOSTLY
TROPICAL NORTH( THE EQUATOR TRAVERSES THE MOUTH OF THE AMAZON.
TEMPERATURES ALONG THE EQUATER ARE HIGH25C, BUT NOT REACHING THE SUMMER
EXTREMES OF UP TO 40C IN THE TEMPERATURE ZONES.
WINTER(JUNE-AUGUST) SNOW IN THE MOUNTANIOUS AREAS RIO GRANDE DO SUL AND SANTA
CATARINA. CITIES OF SAO PAULO, BELO HORIZONTE, AND BRASILIA ARE MODERATE
RIO DE JANEIRO, RECIFE AND SALVADOR ON THE COAST HAVE WORM CLIMATES WITH
TEMPERATURES 23C TO 27C. PORTO ALEGRE AND CURITIBA HAVE SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE
SIMILAR TO UNITED STATES AND EUROPE, AND TEMP CAN FALL BELOOW FREEZIN IN WINTER.
PRECIPITATIONS MODERATE RAINFALL OF BETWEEN 1,000 AND 1,500 MILLIMITER A YEAR.
MOST RAIN FALLIN IN THE SUMMER(BETWEEN DECEMBER AND APRIL)
AMAZON RAIN FOREST HAS A THREE-TO- FIVE MONTH DRY SEASON
DRY SEASONS BETWEEN MAY AND NOVEMBER, TEMP OF MORE THAN 38C HAS BEEN RECORED.
SYMBOLS
BRAZILIAN FLAG YELLOW SHAPE DIAMOND ON A GREEN BACKGROUND.
COLOR GREEN REPRESENTS THE LUSH FIELDS AND FOREST OF BRAZIL
YELLOW REPRESENTS ITS WEALTH IN GOLD
THE BLUE SPHERE REPRESENTS THE NAVY BLUE SKY FOUND IN THE TROPICAL REGIONS
STARS REPRESENT THE COUNTRY AND ITS FEDERAL STATES. 26 STATES AND THE CAPITAL
NATIONAL
FLOWER
THE IPE-AMARELO (TECOMA CHRYSOSTRICHA)
BIRD SABIA
THE SABIA OF THRUST, IS KNOWN FOR THE BEAUTY OF BOTH ITS PLUMAGE AND ITS SONGS.
MIGRATE NORTH TO THE WARN TROPICAL ZONE IN THE WINTER
IT LIVES A PAIRS, IN FORESTS PARKS, BACKYARDS AND FOREST URBAN AREAS AND CAN LIVE 25 TO 30
YEARS.
IT FEEDS ON THE COCONUTS FROM SEVERAL SPECIES OF PALM TREE.
IT ALSO FEEDS ON ORANGES, PAPAYAS AND INSECTS AND SPIDERS