世界各国文化历史介绍-Brazil Information PowerPoint

DidYouKnow?BrazilisnamedaftertheBrazilwoodtree.Photocourtesyofmauroguanandi(@)-grantedundercreativecommonslicence–attributionWhereIsBrazil?Brazilisthelargestcountryin

SouthAmericaandthefifth

largestcountryintheworld!Ithasalongcoastalborderwith

theAtlanticOceanandborders

withtendifferentcountries.Usinganatlas,canyoufind

thenamesofallthecountries

Brazilsharesaborderwith?FastFactsAboutBrazilPopulation:

196.6millionCapitalcity:

BrasiliaLargestcity:

SãoPauloCurrency:

RealMainreligion:

CatholicismOfficiallanguage:

Portuguese**althoughthereareabout180indigenouslanguages!BrazilianFlagInthemiddleoftheflagis

ablueglobewith27stars.Photocourtesyofmauroguanandi(@)-grantedundercreativecommonslicence–attributionCanyoufindoutthemeaningoftheflagandthewordsinthemiddle?HistoryofBrazilBrazilistheonlyPortuguese-speakingcountryinSouthAmerica.

In1494,thetreatyofTordesillasdividedtheAmericas

betweenSpainandPortugal(LineofDemarcation).PortugalclaimedpossessionofBrazilon22ndApril1500,as

PedroAlvaresCabral,thePortuguesefleetcommander,landedonthecoast.BrazilgaineditsindependencefromPortugalin1822.ThecultureofBrazilisstillmainlyinfluencedbythePortuguese.TheAmazonRiverTheAmazonisthoughtbysometobethelongestriverintheworld,althoughsomebelievethistobetheNileinAfrica.TheAmazoncontainsthehighestvolumeofwaterofanyriverintheworldandtheAmazonrainforestisthelargesttropicalforestintheworld.PhotocourtesyofCIATInternationalCenterforTropicalAgriculture(@)-grantedundercreativecommonslicence–attributionAmazonRainforestTheAmazonrainforestcoversmorethan50%ofthecountry.Itistheworld’slargestjungle.TheAmazonrainforestis

veryimportantforthehealth

ofthewholeplanet.Nearly20%oftheAmazonhasbeenlostalready.Climatechangeanddeforestation(cuttingdowntrees)couldmeananother20%oftheforestmayhavedisappearedby2035!Photocourtesyofbrindle95,92252798@N07,pedro_angelini,ekilby(@)-grantedundercreativecommonslicence–attributionClimateofBrazilIt’ssummerinDecember–it’sextremelyhot!ItiswinterinJune–butBrazildoesn’tgetmuchsnow!PhotocourtesyofDaveness_98o(@)-grantedundercreativecommonslicence–attributionThePeopleofBrazilAbout60percentofthe

country'spopulationareof

Europeanancestry-German,

Italian,Portuguese,andSpanish.Afro-Braziliansmakeup

about7percent.Amerindians,theoriginal

Brazilians,formlessthan

1percentofBrazil'speople.ManyBrazilianshavemixedancestry.ThePeopleofBrazilBrazilisquiteawealthycountry.Butthegapbetweentherichest

andthepoorestpeopleisoneof

thebiggestintheworld.About40millionpeopleliveinpoverty.That’sabout1in5Brazilianpeople.17.5millionpeopleliveinBrazil's

largestcity,SãoPaulo.Itisaverycrowdedplacetolive!Thereare30,000millionairesinSãoPaulo.

But3.5millionpeopleliveinpovertyand15,000liveonthestreets.IndigenousPeoplePeoplefromindigenouscommunitiesaresomeofthepoorestinBrazil.AmerindiangroupsintheAmazonareastillusetheirownlanguages.ManyindigenouspeoplelivinginBrazilliveintheAmazonregion.Theindigenouspeoplewholiveintheforesthavetomovewhenthetrees

arecutdown.CarnivalsThegreatestandmostcelebratedfestivalinBrazilistheCarnavalin

RiodeJaneiro.ThetypicalRiocarnivalparadeis

filledwithrevellers,floats,costumesandadornmentsfromsambaschools

inthecityThisisfourdaysofmusic,

singinganddancing!TheCarnivalinRiodeJaneiro

isaworldfamousfestivalheld

beforeLenteveryyearandconsideredthebiggestcarnivalintheworld

withtwomillionpeopleperdayonthestreets.Thefirstfestivalsof

Riodatebackto1723.Photocourtesyofosvaldorove(@)-grantedundercreativecommonslicence–attributionBrazilianTradeBrazilisthe

largestcoffeeproducerin

theworld.Brazilisalso

theworldleaderintheproductionoflivestock.Thereare

manyminesinBrazil,miningmineralsand

steel.CanyouthinkofanyproductswhichareproducedinBrazil?Brazilhasmanynaturalresourcessuchasironore,manganese,andmanyotherminerals.Thereisalsoawiderangeofagriculturalproducts,suchascoffee,bananas,cacaobeans,cattle,cotton,horses,lemons,maize,oranges,pineapples,rice,sheep,soybeans,sugarcane,nuts,timber,andtobacco,thathelpedmakeBrazilagrowingeconomicpower.BrazilianFoodFeijoada,

Brazil'snationaldish,comb