Brazil

Hello Im: Niels van Wijngaarden, And sitting in: 3h2

I have chosen Brazil because I like this country, great footballers and his massive carnavals, in one word a great country Main Question: Why is Brazil important in Latin America

Sub questions: 1.what is the history of Brazil? 2.how is the landscape? 3.why is Brazil so attractive for tourism? 4. why Germans fled to Latin America?

Main Question: why is Brazil important in Latin America.

Brazil's perennial title of "country of the future" has become something of a cliche, but its politicians and business leaders are confident that it is on course to become the world's fifth largest economy by 2026. Brazil is often bracketed with India, China and Russia as a grouping of countries developing rapidly and with similar economic potential. The graph below shows how the IMF forecasts their comparative GDP/Purchasing Power Parity figures could grow over the next five years.
(source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/870289 1.stm)

Also Brazil is about the 9th place of the biggest economy in the World, its agriculture, mining, industrial and service sectors are fast growing in Brazil. Almost one third of the population are working in the agriculture. an important commercial crop is: coffee, Brazil is the biggest producer of coffee in the World and citrus fruits is also an important commercial crop, Brazil is also of citrus fruits the biggest producer in the World and in sugar cane is also Brazil the biggest producer. wood is also important because there is a lot but, the wood is also illegally cut: little by little the rainforest is disappearing but I tell you later in another sub question.

Brazil has enormous mineral resources including iron ore (it is the largest producer in the world),and many other metals are produce in Brazil.
1. history.

The word Brazil comes from the brazil wood, a timber tree which many sailors traded from Brazilian regions to Europe in the 16th century. From thousands of years BC, the Amazon Basin and coastal areas inhabited by Indians of Brazil. There were hundreds of Indian tribes, they were divided in a few large ethnic groups , most notably the Guarani, Tupi and Ge. in 1500 a sailor (Pedro Alvares Cabral) demanded Brazilian coast for the Portuguese crown. the Portuguese establish several types of plantations. so became the Portuguese in Brazil the official language (previously indigenous languages like Guarani and were even more widely spoken by many European settlers) .From 1630 to 1654, the Brazilian assets of the Portuguese crown partially incorporated into the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands . The various governors of the colony tried wherever possible to attract immigrants to the area, with moderate success. Eventually the Dutch were expelled from the area in 1654 by the Portuguese. In 1807 the Portuguese royal family fled, under the leadership of the later King John VI, for the army of Napoleon to Brazil, which was then still in Portugal. From that moment on, Rio de facto capital of the Portuguese empire. Because Portugal, previously had a trade monopoly on Brazil, occupied by the French

had opened Brazilian ports to foreign (English) ships to avoid isolation. During this period, Rio de Janeiro a power center of importance, the national library was established and became the first Brazilian universities were founded. finally Brazil were divided in provinces Regio Noord Acre (1) Amap (3) Amazonas (4) Par (13) Rondnia (21) Roraima (22) Tocantins (26) Regio Noordoost Alagoas (2) Bahia (5) Cear (6) Maranho (9) Paraba (14) Regio Zuidoost Esprito Santo (7) Minas Gerais (12) Rio de Janeiro (18) So Paulo (24)

Pernambuco (16) Regio Zuid Piau (17) Paran Rio Grande (15) Regio Rio Grande Centraal-West do Norte (19) Sergipe do Sul (20) Federaal (25) Santa District (27) Catarina (23) Gois (8) Mato Grosso (10) 1source: wikipedia Mato Grosso do Sul (11) 2.how is the landscape? Brazil can be devided in 4 natural landscapes. at First the Amazonregion. Thereof belongs up to 3 million km to Brazil. at second the highlands of Guyana, This is higher than 3000 meters and the southern hills belong to Brazil. Thirdly, the hills of Brazil with an average altitude between 400 and 1000 meters and finally southeast Brazil which consists of a low, narrow coastal. When we look at the flora and fauna is striking that the Amazon is almost entirely composed of tropical rainforest,

but dry forest also occurs, where to find what kinds of palm trees and cactus plants. What is southern located a large savannah and in the region of Rio Grande do Sul offers primarily subtropical forests. The animal world is wide and varied. There are several types of monkeys found, also cats such as pumas and jaguars, and bears and wolves. What an absolutely unique attraction in Brazil is the Amazon. This is the largest rainforest on earth and covers over 40% of the total land area of the

country. Here are more than 1800 different types of birds and found more than 250 different mammals. This forest also provides half the total oxygen production of the world. Brazil has also beautiful waterfalls, and had a beatiful coast.

3.why is Brazil so attractive for tourism? at first Brazil have the biggest carnivals in the world, it is one of the most great event in Brazil, all over the world you see people by the carnivals. The Sambadrome is a seven hundred meters long section of Rua Marqus de Sapuca especially for the

parades of tribunes provided. Each samba school will get 80 minutes to the Sambadrome to draw. Precisely these parades are seen as a big competition between the samba schools and neighborhoods. Every parade has a theme, and uses exuberantly dressed dancers and decorated floats. also Brazil have a great football team with superstars in the team. Brazilian football is a football team that represents Brazil in international competitions. It's the best football team in Latin America. Brazil managed to attend all World Championships and five world titles it is the most successful country in the football history. Wk history 1930 - first round 1934 - first round 1938 - thirth place 1950 - losing finalist 1954 - quarter-final 1958 - victory 1962 - victory 1966 - first round 1970 - victory 1974 - fourth place 1978 - thirth place 1982 - second round 1986 - quarter-final 1990 - second round 1994 - victory 1998 - losing finalist 2002 - victory 2006 -quarter-final
2007[7][8] 2008[9][10] 2009[1] 5,025 5,050 4,802 0.1 0.5 -4.9 4,953 5,780 5,305 14.8 16.7 -8.2 Historical international tourism arrivals 1995-2008 International Total Annual Annual tourist revenue growth growth arrivals (millions (%) (%) (x1000) USD) 1,991 5,313 4,133 4,794 5,358 5,019 16.0 11.8 -6.3 972 1,810 2,479 3,222 3,861 4,316 30.0 19.8 1.1

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1995[4][5] 2000[4][5] 2003[4][5] 2004[4][5] 2005[6] 2006[6]

conclusion: Brazil is a great country with great opportunities, and his greats events have intresting me more and more, it is great country for go on holiday, and I will surdently do :D

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