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24 Cards in this Set
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what was the name of the european who found brazil? where was he from?
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Pedro Alverez from Portugal
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How large is Brazil? what could it be compared to?
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3,284,426 square miles. the same size as the continental U.S.
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what are Brazil's natural borders
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the Atlantic Ocean and the rain forests
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what 2 south america countries don't border brazil?
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chile and ecuador
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how long is the amazon river? what ocean does it flow into?
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4,000 miles Atlantic ocean
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why did the government move the capital to Brasilla
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they wanted to move people to the empty center
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what types of people inhabit Brazil?
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indians, Africans, Europeans, mulattoes
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What are the three political/economic regions that make up Brazil?
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the southeast, the northeast, and the interior
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why is sugarcane so important?
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it's used to make gasanol
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what's gasanol made of? how is it used?
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gas, sugarcane, and alcohol used to power cars
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what's the physical makeup of Brazil like?
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it's designed like an airplane
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what are the two environmental problems of the interior region?
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modern buildings forced indians out of their homelands, the rapid deforestation of the rainforest.
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what three cities form Brazil's economic triangle?
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sao paulo, rio de janeiro, and belo horizonte
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what is the largest populated city in Brazil? how does it compare to the rest of the world?
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sao paul, 3rd largest in the world.
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what has contributed to sao paulo's success as an enormous city?
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it's near the productive farmland and mines of the southeast
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how does the city of belo horizonte differ from the cities of rio de janeiro and sao paul?
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the streets are wide, it was a planned city and a grid city. similar to washington dc.
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what are two ways the rain forests are being destroyed?
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ranchers are burning down the forests, cutting down of the trees
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brasilia is a _________ city, one that has been built according to plan
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planned city
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a _________ is an area covered mainly by trees that do not grow very high because of a dry climate
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scrub forest
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the money that government owes to banks in another country is called ________
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foreign debt
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prove that: brazil has south america's largest industrial power, but also has economic issues
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they have hydroelectricity, exporter of steel and heavy machinery. however, they borrowed large amounts of money from other countries and now they have a foreign debt.
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prove that: belo horizonte and rio are important economic centers
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rio's climate makes it a good vacation spot, skyscrapers make it an important buisnes spot, belo horizonte was designed to lur people into the interior, steel is the major industry in belo horizonte
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prove that: sou paul is brazil's largest city and economi center
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4rd largest city in the world, coffe, soybeans, and orange juice are shipped from sau paul, factories produce steel, vehicles, tools, textiles, and house hold products
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prove that: brazil has plantations and farms
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farms in south brazil grow soybeans and corn, along the northeast is cocoa, large cattle ranches are found inland in the northwest, the northeast has many sustainable farms
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