*BRAZIL*

By: Ashwini, Matt, Abby, William, and Jack

MR. HELP

• Movement- William

• Regions- Ashwini

• Human Environment Interaction- Matt

• Location- Abby

• Places- Jack J.

People in Brazil transport byfoot and even boats. Tahiti imports in

Brazil are machinery, electrical equipment,Iron ore, steel, soybeans, foot wear, motor

vehicles, concentrated orange juice,beef, and tropical hard wood, some major

imports are machinery, electrical and transportation

equipment ,chemical products. Brazil exports coffee, sugar, Brazilian nuts ,chemical products, and electrical equipment.

With my group researching Brazil, I decided to study regions as my theme of geography. The world is divided into manageable units for geographical study. Human and physical characteristics, language, climate, population, and several other features describe regions. Regions are defined by functual, formal, or vernacular regions. Brazil is the world's fifth largest country, by both geographical area (lots of trees) and population. It is the only Portuguese speaking country in the Americas. The capital is Brasilia, and the largest city is Sao Paulo. The Brazilian economy is the world's eighth largest economy. While Brazil is one of the world's fastest growing major economies, it is a founding member of the United Nations, the G20, CPLP, Latin Union, the Organization of Ibero-American States, Mercosul and the Union of South American Nations, and is one of the BRIC (known as the "Big Four" it is a grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, and China). Brazil is home to large population of wildlife and natural resources. Luckily, a majority of this population is in protected habitats. Brazilian currency is called reals, which are pronounced as: Rios (Rs$). The most popular sport in Brazil is football (soccer). Next year’s World Cup will be held in Brazil! The Brazilian culture reflects the country’s mix of native and immigrant populations. Some of their regional foods include: vatapa, moqueca, polenta, and acaraje. The national beverage is coffee and cachaca. The parents in Brazil name their children by describing a peculiar characteristic of their ancestors. Brazil’s three most famous landforms are the Amazon Rainforest, Amazon River, and the Iguacu Falls. Sixty percent of the Amazon Rainforest is in Brazil's borders. It is the largest rainforest in the world. Most of the Amazon River is located in Brazil. The Amazon River has the world's largest drainage basin. Usually, it's considered the world's second longest river, after the Nile. But most Brazilian scientists disagree to this. According to their investigations, the Amazon is 65 miles longer than the Nile. Brazil’s Iguacu Falls is between Brazil and Argentina. It's one of the world's largest waterfalls. There are 275 falls along 1.67 miles of the Iguacu River. The height of the longest drop is 269 feet! Doesn’t Brazil sound like a cool place to visit?!

Human Environment Interaction

Human Environment Interaction is when people travel on land and rivers to places and get use to there surroundings.

Some places are easy to settle in and some places are hard to settle in. Some Human

Environment Interaction examples are traveling through forest and rivers, building a tree house, cutting grass and growing many

different crops and plants. Rivers are used for a wide range of things such as transportation,

recreation, trading and source of food.

The location we are doing is Brazil. The capital city Brasilia’s absolute location is 15 degrees

south, and 47 degrees west. The relative location is smack dab in the middle of Brazil. It’s located in the south east hemisphere in

South America. Some of its neighboring countries are Argentina and Bolivia.

Place

In Brazil the climate is 90% tropical areas. Also the population of Brazil is 191,971,506. Some

landforms of Brazil are hills, mountains, plains, highlands and scrublands. Brazil has the 2nd

longest river in the world and this river is called the Amazon River.

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Thanks for watching the show… we hope you enjoyed it!!

Presented By:

• Ashwini

• Abby

• William

• Matt

• Jack