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Federative Republic of Brazil . A great place to Relax and Chill. Valeria Urquijo 8 th Grade October 13,2009. Outline. Government Location Major Cities Climate Population, Area, Currency Religions and Ethnic groups Charts Activities. Government. Type of Government:
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Federative Republic of Brazil A great place to Relax and Chill. Valeria Urquijo 8th Grade October 13,2009
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 City • Brasília • 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 • Population • 191,241,714 • Area • 8,514,877 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% -White • 42.6% -Pardo (Brown) • 6.9% -Black
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.
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.
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