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Brazil
Objective 1: Discuss the Geography of BrazilObjective 2: Summarize major historical events.
Geography
• 5th largest country in the world.
• Almost ½ of South America.
• Amazon river – flows which direction?
• Cerrado – grasslands and forest.
Land Use
Population Density
• Where is most of the Brazilian population located?
Population Issues
• Extremely diverse country• Large, advanced city centers (ex. Brasilia)• Gap between the rich and the poor. – 10% of Brazilians own more than 70% of the land,
control over 50% of the wealth. • Favelas
Political Issues
• 1889 – Military staged a coup. Def?• Following coup, republic with gov’t loosely
based off of the U.S. • 1930 – Caudillo as Vargas overthrew the gov’t.• Democracy not restored until 1990.
Present Day
• Market economy – prices set by demand, not the gov’t
• Increased Urban Planning• Gov’t with three branches.• Redirecting oil wealth to social services.• Deforestation in the Amazon.