Rio Grande

Introduction Brazil is the largest country on the South American continent, which covers 8,515,770 sq km territory in total and is the 5th largest country in the world. Its population is 205,823,665 people, according to the data collected in July 2016, and mostly consists of white (47.7%) and mulatto (43.1%) people. The percentage of black people is 7.6% of the whole population. The official language, that is also the most widely spoken, is Portuguese; however, other tongues, such as Spanish,…

the country of soccer and has held the World Cup twice. The country also has a great soccer team and has won the World Cup in four different continents. Brazil is the seventh richest country in the world. Brazil even held the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. Overall, Brazil is a great place to live and visit. It is a beautiful country and could also be a great place to go on…

The Homestake Gold Mine is located in Lead, SD (fig 1). The Homestake Gold Mine was the largest gold mine in the western hemisphere, and it was the United States’ longest continuously operating mine until it closed in 2002. The mine closed because it was costing more to get the gold out than the gold was worth hence why mining is called economic geology. The Homestake was also the deepest mine in the western hemisphere. The Homestake gold mine has three main formations in it. The formations…

One project funded by the World Bank is the gold mine Yanacocha in Peru. The World Bank has funded the Yanacocha mine in order to help build and expand the mine. This gold mine is a very large operation. It is hundreds of square miles high and is as high as 13,000 feet. “Since 1993 this mine has produced more than 35 million ounces of gold. It is the largest gold mine in South America.” (Hallman and Olivera). The World Bank owns a small stake in the mine. “This gold mine has…

greater things in Brazil. Example, the book tells about the tropical climates in the different regions, which are North, Northeast, Central West, South and Southeast. Each of the regions has a great place to meet such as the statue of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Southeast, The Amazonas in the North, and the better beaches and climate in the Northeast. Who would not want to visit Brazil after reading all the great and beautiful places that it has. Furthermore, it was for lovers of reading…

and reversal of the everyday realities of life (University of Oregon, 1995). Carnaval is a time when all of Brazil comes together, no one plays roles, there is no class system, people dress up, everyone has a fun time. Some movies, such as the movie Rio, portray Carnaval in a professional way. Landscape Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world. It has 5000 miles of beach and contains most of the biggest rainforest in the world, the Amazon (Gale Sites). Brazil has a total area of 8,511,965…

Terrorism, bloodshed and power status sums up the focal points embedded within the movie, City of God, directed by Fernando Meirelles, and Kátia Lund. These themes create definitions for several theories. The first theory in comparison to the movie is Strain Theory. Because of the economic strain of the people within the film, most turn to criminal activity. “Many families were homeless due to the flooding and acts of arson in the slums” (Meirelles, 2002). The government shipped their homeless…

documentaries we watched in class called Violence Next Door; Growing up in the Favelas followed teenagers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Baltimore City, Maryland. The documentary was made to show the lives of teens that live in what people call slums, ghettos, favelas, or the hood. The documentary interviewed several teens about their living conditions and how it affects them. Although Baltimore City and Rio de Janeiro are on two different continents, the lives of these teens are very similar.…

Overview of BHP Billiton BHP Billiton (BHP) is a combined group consisting of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc with Global Headquarters and BHP Billiton Limited company located in Melbourne, and BHP Billiton Plc located in London. The company operates as one entity with a unified management team and the same board of directors. BHP operates in the diversified resources industry with mines extracting copper, iron ore, coal, nickel, zinc, and petroleum amongst others across the globe with…

I chose Brazil for my term paper because I have always been secretly fascinated with the mysterious name, “Brazil,” the culture, the accents, the music and dance. I learned a few things that I did not know prior to the research such as the connection between Brazil and African slaves. I grew up believing everyone in Latin America was only Latin just like I thought all Europeans were only white until visiting and there were Africans there as well. I also learned that the Samba was not the…