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