Brazil Lapbook

Name: ________________________

Date: ________________________

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Brazil

USA

Popula

tion

What tim

e

is it in ________?

What tim

e

is it inBrasilia

?

Fast

Facts

for

Brazil

Date

of In

dependence

Type o

f Government

Leader o

f the C

oun

try

Capita

l City

Brazil

Area (in

squa

re m

iles)

Officia

l Langua

ge

Clim

ate

& T

emperature

Natio

nal P

opula

tion

Curre

ncy

Wha

t Would

I F

ind in

Brazil?

Festiva

ls &

Holid

ays

Festiva

ls & Holid

ays

Bra

zilia

ns e

njo

y th

e h

olid

ays. T

he

big

ge

st

ce

leb

ratio

n is

Ca

rna

va

l, wh

ich

is a

pa

rty

linke

d to

the

Ch

ristia

n c

ale

nd

ar. It is

the

last fe

ast b

efo

re E

aste

r an

d ta

ke

s p

lace

du

ring th

e th

ree

da

ys b

efo

re A

sh

Wedn

esday. T

he

re a

re 3

na

tion

al d

ays in

Bra

zil. T

he

first o

ne

, Tira

de

nte

sD

ay, is

he

ld o

n 4

/21

an

d c

om

me

mora

tes th

e firs

t

atte

mp

t at in

de

pe

nden

ce in

17

89

.

Ind

ep

en

de

nc

e D

ay, o

n 9

/7, c

ele

bra

tes

the

fou

nd

atio

n o

f the

na

tion

in 1

82

2, w

hile

the

Pro

cla

ma

tion

of th

e R

ep

ub

lic D

ay,

on

11

/15

, rem

em

be

rs th

e c

rea

tion

of th

e

first g

ove

rnm

en

t a fe

w m

on

ths la

ter.

Nature

&

Nature

& Anim

als

Nature

&

Anim

als

Nature

& Anim

als

Bra

zil h

as th

e g

reate

st v

arie

ty o

f anim

als

in

the w

orld

. It’s th

oug

ht to

be h

om

e to

70%

of

the w

orld

’s a

nim

al s

pecie

s. T

here

are

about

600 s

pecie

s o

f mam

mals

. The riv

ers

hold

at

1,5

00 s

pecie

s o

f fish. T

here

are

1,6

00

specie

s o

f bird

s –

more

than a

ny o

ther

country

. There

are

many re

ptile

specie

s, to

o,

inclu

din

g 5

types o

f allig

ato

rs. 1

00,0

00

diffe

rent in

sects

and b

ug

s h

ave b

een lis

ted s

o

far! T

here

are

at le

ast 3

,000 d

iffere

nt s

pecie

s

livin

g in

every

sq

uare

mile

of fo

rest. M

ost liv

e

in th

e w

orld

’s la

rgest ju

ng

le, th

e A

mazo

n ra

in

fore

st. B

ut, n

ot a

ll of B

razil is

made u

p o

f ju

ng

le. A

bout 6

0%

of th

e c

ountry

is c

overe

d

in g

rassla

nds (o

r pam

pas), p

ine fo

rests

, and

sem

ideserts

.

People

&

Culture

People

& Culture

Alm

ost a

ll Bra

zilia

ns a

re d

escended fro

m 3

eth

nic

gro

ups: th

e A

merin

dia

ns, E

uro

pean

settle

rs (m

ain

ly fro

m P

ortu

gal), a

nd A

fricanz

forc

ibly

ship

ped th

ere

as s

laves. S

ince th

e

beg

innin

g, th

ese g

roups h

ave m

ixed. T

he

Portu

guese s

ettle

rs, w

ho w

ere

mostly

young

m

en s

eekin

g n

ew

lives, m

arrie

d A

merin

dia

n

wom

en. T

heir c

hild

ren w

ere

calle

d

mam

elu

co

s. A

few

years

late

r, when

Afric

ans b

eg

an to

arriv

e, th

ere

was m

ore

in

teg

ratio

n. C

afu

so

s, h

ad A

merin

dia

n a

nd

Afric

an p

are

nts

. The c

hild

ren o

f Euro

peans

and A

fricans w

ere

calle

d m

ula

ttos.

The n

um

ber o

f Bra

zilia

ns h

as trip

led in

the

last 5

0 y

ears

, makin

g th

e p

opula

tion th

e fifth

la

rgest in

the w

orld

.

Sports &

Sports &

Ente

rtainm

ent

Sports &

Ente

rtainm

ent

Sports &

Ente

rtainm

ent

Bra

zilia

ns a

re s

occer

cra

zy a

nd th

eir c

ountry

has p

roduced s

om

e o

f the s

port’s

gre

ate

st

pla

yers

inclu

din

g E

dson A

rante

s N

ascim

ento

, bette

r know

n a

s P

ele

. Bra

zil h

as w

on th

e

soccer W

orld

Cup m

ore

than a

ny o

ther

country

–fiv

e tim

es. B

asketb

all, v

olle

yba

ll, auto

racin

g, a

nd m

artia

l arts

als

o a

ttract la

rge

audie

nces. T

he c

ountry

has b

een c

hosen to

host th

e 2

016 O

lym

pic

Gam

es, th

e firs

t to b

e

held

in S

outh

Am

eric

a.

Bra

zil is

fam

ous fo

r its c

ontrib

utio

ns to

music

w

hic

h in

clu

de s

am

ba

and b

ossa

no

va.

Bra

zilia

ns, e

specia

lly th

ose liv

ing

in th

e

populo

us S

outh

east re

gio

n o

f the c

ountry

, lo

ve to

spend th

eir le

isure

time a

t the m

any

beach

es

found th

ere

.

Landmarks

Landmarks

Cris

to R

ed

en

tor, th

e S

tatu

e o

f Ch

rist th

e

Re

de

em

er, s

tan

ds o

n C

orc

ava

do

M

ou

nta

in o

ve

rloo

kin

g th

e c

ity o

f Rio

de

Ja

ne

iro. It s

ho

ws J

esu

s s

tan

din

g w

ith h

is

arm

s s

tretc

he

d o

ut, w

elc

om

ing a

ll pe

op

le.

It wa

s b

uilt b

y e

ngin

ee

r He

itor d

a S

ilva

C

osta

, an

d is

on

e o

f the

talle

st s

tatu

es in

th

e w

orld

.

Th

e A

ma

zo

n R

ive

ris

the

wo

rld's

2n

d

lon

ge

st riv

er, b

ut it is

the

wid

est, a

nd

ha

s

mo

re w

ate

r floe

ing th

rou

gh

it tha

n a

ny

oth

er. C

atfis

h in

the

Am

azo

n c

an

gro

w to

o

ve

r 20

0 p

ou

nd

s. T

he

Am

azo

n riv

er lie

s

on

the

equ

ato

r.

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out as one piece. Fold in half. Cut out flag. Color. Paste in-

side book. Older students may want to write a few flag facts

in the book as well.

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Good morning.

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Hi, how are you? (informal)

Portuguese Phrases

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