Brazil is the largest country in South America.
It is called Brasil in Portuguese, the official language spoken in Brazil.
Brazil is the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese.
Portugal claimed the land of Brazil in the year 1500. Independence was declared in 1822.
Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world by both land area and population.
The capital city is Brasilia, while the largest city is Sao Paulo.
Other major cities include Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Fortaleza.
In Brazil they drive on the right-hand side of the road.
Brazil has a large coastline on the eastern side of South America, stretching 4655 miles.
Brazil shares a border with all South American countries except for Chile and Ecuador.
Brazil covers 3 time zones.
Brazil has one of the largest economies in the world.
Brazil is one of the 77 founding members of the United Nations.
The Amazon River flows through Brazil, it is the 2nd longest river in the world (after the Nile).
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The climate in the majority of Brazil is tropical.
Brazil is home to a wide range of animals, including armadillo, tapirs, jaguars and pumas.
Human activities such as logging, mining fishing and agriculture are important to the Brazilian economy but are also a serious threat to Brazil's diverse environment.
Millions of tourists visit Brazil every year.
There are around 2500 airports in Brazil.
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Brazil with the national team consistently among the best in the world, winning the World Cup a record 5 times.
Watch this twelve minute video about Brazil. (Okay, this video might make you a little crazy. Hang in there as it does have good information)
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Using this website or another website of your choice tell us something you learned that you found interesting about Brazil. Then make a comment on one of the others student's comments.
Millions of tourists visit Brazil every year. There are also around 2500 airports in Brazil.
ReplyDeleteThats a ton of airports! It would be neat to know how many people come through all of them every day.
DeleteBrazil has been the world’s largest exporter of coffee for more than 150 years. It supplied around 80 per cent of the world’s coffee in the 1920s; that figure has fallen to around a third.
ReplyDeleteNow they make 2.7 metric tons of coffee! That's almost double the second leading coffee producer.
DeleteThat's cool that coffee was a big thing in Brazil, I original thought coffee was invented in Europe.
ReplyDeleteThat is very cool that coffee is a big thing in Europe, though it was invented in Europe and big in Brazil
DeleteBrazil is one of the 77 founding in the untied nations.
ReplyDeleteBrazil has one of the largest economies in the world
Brazil had a rebellion called the ragamuffin war.
ReplyDeleteBrazil was a monarchy for 77 years.
In Brazil, they drive on the right side of the road.
ReplyDeleteWait so they don't have separate lanes for on coming traffic and for going traffic.
DeleteThe name Brazil comes from a tree named brazilwood.
ReplyDeleteI wish all countries/states were named after nature.
DeleteSlavery was abolished in 1888 in Brazil.
ReplyDeleteWow. I wonder if Brazil was one of the countries that haf a ton of slavery like another countries
DeleteGO BRAZIL! But you failed to beat the U.S
DeleteBrazil has one the fifa world cup 5 times.
ReplyDeleteOk, I don't know much about soccer but I know enough to know that's way too many times
DeleteBrazil's official name is República Federativa do Brasil (federative republic of Brazil)
ReplyDeleteIn Brazil, people will ridicule you if you pronounce the word cookie differently from them.
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