FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF

BRAZIL

Valeria Urquijo8th Grade

October 13,2009

A great place to Relax and Chill.

OUTLINE Government Location Major Cities Climate Population, Area, Currency Religions and Ethnic groups

Charts Activities

GOVERNMENT

Type of Government:Presidential Federal

Republic

Head of State and Government:Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

LOCATION South America. Atlantic Ocean-The

East. North-Venezuela,

Guyana, Surinamee, French Guiana.

Northwest-Colombia. West- Bolivia, Peru. Southwest-Argentina,

Paraguay South-Uruguay.

MAJOR CITIES

Capital CityBrasília

Main Cities:São Paulo, Rio de

Janeiro and Belo Horizonte

CLIMATE

Wide range of weather conditions.

The largest part of the country is tropical.

Brazil hosts five major climatic subtypes: equatorial, tropical, semiarid,

highland tropical, and temperate.

POPULATION, AREA, CURRENCY

Population191,241,714

Area8,514,877 km2

Water %0.65 Currency

Real 1 real = 100 cents

RELIGIONS AND ETHNIC GROUPS Religion

74% -Roman Catholicism.16% -Protestantism.8% -Agnosticism, Atheism or without a

religion.2% -Other religions.

Ethnic groups 49.7% -White42.6% -Pardo (Brown)6.9% -Black

RELIGION CHART

74%

16%

8% 2%Roman Catholicism

Protestantism

Agnosticism, Athe-ism or without a re-ligion

Other Religions

ETHNIC GROUPS

White50%Pardo

(Brown)43%

Black7%

ACTIVITIES The Christ Redeemer or

Cristo del Corcobado statue on Rio de Janeiro stands with outstretched arms

At nightstatue seems to float as if it were a guardian angel for the city.

The view you will witness is espectacular.

PICTURES

ACTIVITIES Copa Cabana and

Ipanema beaches.

Very beautiful and comfortable.

You can play a variety of sports.

A great place to meet other people.

Copacabana

Ipanema

ACTIVITIES Maracana

Stadium. Soccer is a very

typical sport in Brazil.

A great plan is to go se the soccer stadium.

It is a very famous stadium.

PICTURES

CREDITS http://flags.net/fullindex.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_leaders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lula_-_foto_oficial05012007_edit.jpg

http://www.wunderground.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil http://earth.sunwing.co.jp/MatchOfTheDay/gallery/sb-Maracana.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Maracan%C3%A3_024.jpg

http://www.easyviajar.com/images/reportage/BRESIL/12/05_big.jpg

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Maracan%C3%A1

http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/rj/Maracana13.jpg

http://www.rentanapartmentinrio.com/copacabana_area_rio.jpg

http://www.rioapartmentrental.com/property_images/Th1214430011maracana-soccer-stadium1.jpg

http://www.skyscraperlife.com/latin-bar/19715-ahora-si-los-estadios-para-copa-en-2014-en-brasil.html

http://www.travel-images.com/brazil378.jpg