South America

Geographical Data Brazil is located in South America and is the continent’s largest country, covering roughly 47% of the continent. It is home to the Amazon Rainforest and Brazilian Highlands, is popular for tourism, and is the fifth largest economy in the world. The capital of Brazil is Brasilia and major cities include ão Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo. São Paulo is the country’s largest and most populated city. Brazil is the fifth largest in the world in both area as well as…

The term culture is known as a community or population large enough to be self sustaining (Jandt, 2004). Well the culture I have chosen to study is the Brazil part of South America. The reason I chose Brazil is well, because I'm interested in visiting there sometime throughout my life. Brazil is South America's largest country by both population and actual size (Brazil, 2016). The language that is spoken in Brazil is Portuguese. Nearly all of the population here speaks the same language. Along…

this Ted Talk, I thought that my story of Africa and Latin America was the only story. I quickly learned how incorrect I was about this. As I was first questioned about Africa and Latin America, I wrote words such as “poverty, uneducated and hungry”. Before learning about the nations, I only was taught one story; the story of sadness or poorness. It was not that I was purposely disregarding other information about Africa and Latin America; the sad stories are just the only thing that I’ve been…

Federative Republic of Brazil or simply Brazil is one of the world’s largest countries, in land mass and with a population of about 205,053,000 people. (Britannica) Brazil’s capital used to be Rio de Janeiro, but was switched to Brasilia in April of 1960, because of the size and wealth of the city. Brazil or as the Portuguese spell it Brasil, runs on a democratic system, and currently has a female President in office. It has in the past been a predominately male-oriented society, which has…

were commonly found in the Naming-of-America passage. For example, Ringmann used the term Amerigen in the Naming-of-America passage in reference to Amerigo Vespucci. Ringmann combined the name Amerigo with the Greek word ‘gen’ in order to create Amerigen, which translates to ‘Land of Amerigo’. His fixation with using feminine words for concepts or places, influenced him to change ‘Amerigen’ to ‘America’, further supporting the fact that Ringmann named America after Amerigo Vespucci. Through…

as it is also known is a country in South America, which has a population of 190,732,694 people according to the 2010 census (IBGE 2014). Brazil is the largest country in South America, occupying 47.3% of continental South America and has the world’s fifth highest population for any country. It also has the world’s fifth largest geographical area for a country (Philander 2012). Because of its size, Brazil shares a border with all of the countries in South America with the exception of Chile and…

differences grew my interest in the traditions in the different parts of the world. As I grew older I noticed that one of the countries in south America had one major difference when comparing its culture—Brazil. This country speaks Portuguese due to its history. The language has shaped the country in a different trajectory than other countries in South America. I have explored some of the cultures of Brazil by reading about its history, listening to music in Portuguese and watching various…

AEDECON 4597.01 Term Paper #1 Scott F. McDermott 9/21/14 Brazil- South America As you may have figured out by now, I have chosen to write my series of papers on Brazil. The reasoning that went into my choice was based on the fact that I am heavily involved in agriculture and Brazil has a very heavy agriculture sector. This country which lies on the Eastern part of South America takes up the better part of the continent and borders the Atlantic ocean to its East and Peru to its direct west…

South America is home to many indigenous civilizations. Among on of these is the Kogi Indians. Ancestor of the Kogi Indians is the Tairona. They were under the threat of the Inca Empire, calling for help from Spanish Conquistadores. Benefiting from their help, they still decimated in numbers due to illness. Regardless, out of it came the Sierra Nevada Tribes, with the Kogi Indians included. The Kogi Indians are a preColombian civilization. Direct relatives of the ancient Tairona, they have…

born in to various environments and societies that can also shape how we develop as a person through the interactions we have with others and our experiences figuring out our environment. In Nigel’s case, he is an individual that has grown in the South American country in Columbia. Unlike North American countries such as the United States, Nigel grew up in a very collectivistic culture. A collectivistic culture is defined as “cultures in which people are considered…