1. Brazil Objective 1: Discuss the Geography of Brazil Objective 2: Summarize major historical events.

2. Geography 5 th largest country in the world. Almost ½ of South America. Amazon river – flows which direction? Cerrado – grasslands and forest.

4. Land Use

5. Population Density Where is most of the Brazilian population located?

6. 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

9. 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.

10. 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.