Physical Geography

1. What is your country’s official name?

Brazil
2.What region of the world is your country
located in? South America
3. How big is your country in square miles?
8.516 million km²
4. Who are your country’s neighbors?
Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French
Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru,
Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
5. How would you describe your country’s
physical features and climate?
Brazil’s temperature rarely drops below
20°C all year long, except for in
mountainous regions.
Due to its size, the climate varies from one region to another. It tends to be hot and
arid in central Brazil and more humid and sticky in the tropical areas of the Amazon
rainforest. (WIKIPEDIA)
Cultural Geography
6. How many people live in your country? 207.7 million
7. What is your country’s ethnic composition? Ethnic groups: white 47.7%, mulatto (mixed
white and black) 43.1%, black 7.6%,
Asian 1.1%, indigenous 0.4% (2010 est.)
8a. What is your country’s official
language? Portuguese
8b. What other languages are spoken in
your country? More than 160 languages
and dialects are spoken by the
Indigenous peoples in Brazil today.
Before the arrival of the Portuguese,
however, only in Brazil that number was
probably close to 1,000. (ex.

Apalaí, Arara, Bororo, Canela, Carajá, Carib, Guarani, Kaingang, Nadëb,

Nheengatu, Pirahã, Terena, Tucano, Tupiniquim, Ye'kuana)

9. What is your country’s capital? Brasilia

What are some of its major cities? San Paolo, Brasilia, Rio, Salvador
10. How would you describe the quality of life for the average person living in your country?
Over 50 million Brazilians live in inadequate housing. In addition to urban slums, rural
areas of Brazil also experience significant poverty and lack of quality housing. This
means many Brazilians rural dwellers do not have access to sanitation systems like
flushing toilets and running water.
Political Geography
11. When was your country founded? 7 september 1822
12. What type of government does your country have? Federal government
13. Who are some of your country’s leaders? Jair Bolsonaro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
14. How many people serve in your country’s military?

222,732 active 1,980,000 reserve

15. Who are your country’s allies? Who are your country’s enemies?
Brazil doesn’t really have true military allies, but generally it is neutral as its
Constitution enshrined non-intervention in the document. They do support
international peacekeeping forces and is a candidate for a permanent position on the
UNSC. They also do not really have enemies, but Argentina is one of its rival as they
position to lead South American. Argentina doesn’t even support the candidacy of
Brazil for the UNSC as they believe it would hurt their status if they were elected as a
permanent member.

Economic Geography
16. What is your country’s total gross domestic product (GDP)? 1,869 thousand of billions
USD
17. What are some of your country’s natural resources? corn, sugar, coffee, chocolate…
18. What is your country’s currency? Brazilian real
19. What are your country’s major exports and imports? AGRICULTURE: corn, sugar,
coffee… WOOD: lots of big forests Minerals (oil), Energy, Industry (top 10
industrialized country in the world). Tourism is growing.
20. Who are your country’s biggest trading partners? China: US$62.9 billion (28.1% of
total Brazilian exports)
● United States: $29.7 billion (13.3%)
● Netherlands: $10.1 billion (4.5%)
● Argentina: $9.7 billion (4.3%)
● Japan: $5.4 billion (2.4%)
● Chile: $5.1 billion (2.3%)

Part II.
How do you say “Hello!” in the official language of your country? ola hoje vou falar sobre o
brasil
Briefly describe the history of your country.

Name one major difference between this country and the United States.

What is one important problem facing your country? poverty