Chapter 8 Brazil Lesson 3
How many people live in Sao Paulo, Brazil?
17 Million
How many people live in Brazil
200 million
what percent of Brazilians live in and around cities.
89%
What is Brazil's national dish.
A stew of black beans, dried beef, and pork
Each February, Brazilians celebrate a four-day holiday called
Carnival
What is an important key to success in Brazil?
Education
True or False The wealthy Brazilian people live in the rural areas of Brazil
False They live in the cities
Describe what a Favela looks like
Favelas arose as millions of poor, rural Brazilians with few skills and little education migrated to cities to seek better lives. These people could not afford houses or apartments. Instead, they settled on land they did not own and built shacks from scraps of wood, sheet metal, cinder blocks, and bricks. Some favelas lack sewers and running water. In many, disease and crime are widespread.
What are they building to try to promote people moving out of the cities and into the country?
Highways one of the most important is the Transamazonica Highway
How is Brazil's government trying to improve education?
It has increased funds to build better primary and secondary schools. At the university level, Brazil has introduced the "Science Without Borders" program, which aims to send thousands of students to universities abroad, including to colleges in the United States.
What is a major environmental concern for Brazil?
Logging in the Amazon Forest
Describe Carnival
Millions of working-class and middle-class Brazilians spend much of the year preparing for it by making costumes and building parade floats. Nearly all city neighborhoods are strung with lights. Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is the largest and is world famous. Elaborately costumed Brazilians ride equally elaborate floats in dazzling parades. They are accompanied by thousands of costumed samba dancers moving to the lively music.
True or False Is the soil in the rainforest good for growing crops?
No
Describe "Brazilian Way."
Personal warmth, good nature, and "getting along" are valued in Brazilian culture
__________is Brazil's official language
Portuguese
About two-thirds of Brazilians are what religion?
Roman Catholic
__________and __________ have the most and largest favelas
Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
What is Brazil's most popular sport
Soccer
True or False 1 in 10 Brazilians is forced to live on less than $2 a day
True
True or False Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country in population.
True
True or False To relieve poverty and overcrowding, poor rural Brazilians have been offered free land in the Amazon if they will develop it
True
True or False Family ties are strong in Brazil
True They come together often to celebrate holidays and during the weekends
Describe the Brazil Without Poverty Program
a program aimed at raising the standard of living and improving access to education and health care.
Favelas
are makeshift communities located on the edges of the cities
