1. Valeria Urquijo 8 th Grade October 13,2009 A great place to Relax and Chill.

2.  Government  Location  Major Cities  Climate  Population, Area, Currency  Religions and Ethnic groups  Charts  Activities

3.  Type of Government:  Presidential Federal Republic  Head of State and Government:  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

4.  South America.  Atlantic Ocean-The East.  North-Venezuela, Guyana, Surinamee, French Guiana.  Northwest-Colombia.  West- Bolivia, Peru.  Southwest-Argentina, Paraguay  South-Uruguay.

5.  Capital City  Brasília  Main Cities:  São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte

6.  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.

7.  Population  191,241,714  Area  8,514,877 km 2  Water %0.65  Currency  Real  1 real = 100 cents

8.  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

11.  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.

13.  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

15.  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.

17.  http://flags.net/fullindex.htm http://flags.net/fullindex.htm  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_leaders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_leaders  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lula_- _foto_oficial05012007_edit.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lula_- _foto_oficial05012007_edit.jpg  http://www.wunderground.com http://www.wunderground.com  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil  http://earth.sunwing.co.jp/MatchOfTheDay/gallery/ sb-Maracana.jpg http://earth.sunwing.co.jp/MatchOfTheDay/gallery/ sb-Maracana.jpg  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/ 02/Maracan%C3%A3_024.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/ 02/Maracan%C3%A3_024.jpg  http://www.easyviajar.com/images/reportage/BRE SIL/12/05_big.jpg

18.  http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Marac an%C3%A1 http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Marac an%C3%A1  http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/rj/Maracan a13.jpg http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/rj/Maracan a13.jpg  http://www.rentanapartmentinrio.com/copa cabana_area_rio.jpg http://www.rentanapartmentinrio.com/copa cabana_area_rio.jpg  http://www.rioapartmentrental.com/propert y_images/Th1214430011maracana- soccer-stadium1.jpg http://www.rioapartmentrental.com/propert y_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.skyscraperlife.com/latin- bar/19715-ahora-si-los-estadios-para- copa-en-2014-en-brasil.html  http://www.travel-images.com/brazil378.jpg