CH. 12
BRAZIL
Bell Work: Get netbook/log-in
Get Books/Worksheets
Be Ready Right away
Days objectives
Learning objectives
 Environmental and Economic
Challenges of the NE
 How has urbanization affected
SE
 Why has govt. encouraged
urban/economic growth in
Brazilian highlands
 Main Characteristics of
Amazon river basin ecosystem
Vocabulary
 Escarpment
 Setao
 favela
Environmental and Economic
Challenges of the NE
 Environmental Challenges
 Sertao
 Tropical wet/dry climate
 Droughts may last well over a year
 Soil becomes so hard that when it does rain the soil cannot absorb it
 Economic Challenges
 Severe Poverty
 Poor nutrition and wealth lead to life expectancy of reaching
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 Family income may be 1/3 that of someone in the SE
How has urbanization affected SE
 SE is the Economic Heartland of Brazil
 Only 10.9% of Area
 40% of Population
 Humid Sub-tropical climate and fertile soil
 Ideal for Farming
 Grow large amounts of Cash Crops like cotton, sugar cane, rice, and
cacao
 Biggest and most important is COFFEE
 Major Cities of Sao Paulo and Rio De Jeneiro
 People have left rural in search of more excitement
 W/out experience/education many have settled for low-paying jobs
or none at all
 Led to development of Favelas (read quote on pg. 257)
Why has govt. encouraged urban/economic
growth in Brazilian highlands
 Map pg. 256
 Located north of SE region in an interior area of hills on
the country’s central Plateau
 Hoping to boost development away from coastal cities
Brazil made Brasilla the new capital
Main Characteristics of Amazon river
basin ecosystem
 Largest/least explored of the regions
 Covers more than ½ the country
 Moist trade winds blow from the Atlantic ocean
producing large amounts of rainfall
 Results in one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world
 Only 10% of Brazil lives in the Basin
 Among them a large percentage of Indians
 These Indians #s have been devastated much like that in the
US, because of improved access around the country
Lesson Closing
 Put away all work
 Get on Netbooks and go to Sharepoint
 Click on link under today's tasks
 Play For 10 Minutes
 Complete all of Sect. 1 Quiz
 Covered Tomorrow
Vocabulary
 Escarpment
 Steep cliff between two level areas @ different heights
 Sertao (Ser TY oh)
 Interior Plateau in Brazil with poor soil and uncertain rain
 Favela
 “Slum communities”
 People with no/little paying jobs end up in these