Chapter 12
Brazil
AGENDA
3.16.15
ON
1. PDN
2. Finish Chap. 12 Sec 1 CHAPTERS 11 and 12
3. Review
Standard: 7.3.8.A
THURSDAY MARCH 19,
Explain the human characteristics of places 4. Chap. 9-10 Test back 2015
5. Go over tests
of places and regions using economic
activities .
7.2.8.A Explain the characteristics of places
Beginning Objective:
and regions.
Identify existing environmental and
Anchor: CC8.5.6-8.D: Determine the
economic challenges in the Northeast.
meaning of words as they are used in text.
TEST
Introduction to Brazil
• Biggest country in S. America.
• Two major types of landforms
– Plains
– Plateaus
• Behind coastal plains is a huge interior plateau. As it
drops sharply to the plains, it forms an escarpment.
– A steep cliff between two level areas at different
heights.
Northeast Region
• Bulges into the Atlantic
• Portuguese built sugar
plantations along fertile
coastal plain.
• Brazil became the
world’s major producer
of sugar.
Northeast Region Continued…
• Over 3 million enslaved Africans were brought to
Brazil, from 1500-1800s, to work on plantations.
• Folktales, food and religion of the Northeast still
reflect this African heritage.
Northeast Region Continued…
• Inland from the Northeast's coastal plains lies
the sertao, or interior plain.
– Tropical wet and dry climate, often bakes through
a year or more of drought.
– When it does rain, the hard soil cannot absorb
rain.
Northeast Region Continued…
• Severe Poverty
– Yearly income about 1/3 of what someone might make
in the Southeast Region of Brazil.
• Impoverished lives and malnutrition leads to ???
OBJECTIVE REVIEW
• What are some environmental challenges in
the Northeast region?
• What is the economic challenge in the
Northeast region?
NEW OBJECTIVE
• Students will describe the effects of
urbanization on the southeast region.
Southeast Region
• Brazil’s smallest region is its economic heartland.
• 11% of countries area = 40% of population.
• Humid subtropical climate + fertile soil means
farmers can grow cash crops like cotton, sugar
cane, rice and cacao.
• Southeast’s biggest and most important crop is
coffee.
Southeast Region Continued…
• Today, Brazil is often referred to as the world’s
“coffeepot,” growing one fourth of the world’s
supply.
• Great agriculture but most live near the cities of
Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Southeast Region continued…
• Beauty, excitement and economic health of Rio
and Sao Paulo draw rural Brazilians looking for a
better life.
• Undereducated and lacking experience many find
no jobs or settle for low pay.
• Most end up living in slum communities called
favelas.
Brazilian Culture
• Despite poverty, Rio de Janeiro is known
around the world for Carnival.
– 4 days preceding Lent (40 day period of fasting).
– Samba – Brazil’s national dance.
Objective Review
• What are the effects of urbanization on the
southeast region?
NEW OBJECTIVE
• Students will be able to explain why the
government has encouraged economic
development in the Brazilian Highlands.
Brazilian Highlands
Brazilian Highlands Continued…
• North of the southeast region.
• Interior area of hills on the country’s central
plateau.
• Brasilia, country’s capital, is located here.
Brazilian Highlands Continued…
• Rio de Janeiro = former capital, too crowded.
• In 1956, hoping to boost development of the
interior and to draw people away from the
coastal cities, the government decided to
build a new capital city, 600 miles inland.
OBJECTIVE REVIEW
• Why did the Brazilian government encourage
economic development in the Highlands?
NEW OBJECTIVE
• List the main characteristics of the Amazon
River basin ecosystem.
Amazon River Region
• Largest and least explored region of Brazil is the
Amazon River Basin.
• Growing season
never ends. (80 deg.)
• Amazon rain forest
is home to thousands
of species of plants
and animals.
The Amazon Indians
• Only 10% of Brazilians live in the Amazon Basin,
including about 200,000 Indians from 180
different tribes (Down from 2-5 million).
• Govt. provides
– Reservations
• Comes with opponents who argue that reservations actually
contribute to the disappearance of language, customs and
religion.
– Compensation
OBJECTIVE REVIEW
• What are some characteristics of the Amazon
River basin ecosystem?
Chapter 12 Section 1 Review
• What is one environmental challenge of northeast
Brazil?
• What is one economic challenge of northeast
Brazil?
• What are the effects of urbanization on southeast
Brazil?
• Why has the government encouraged economic
development in the Brazilian Highlands?
• What are some characteristics of the Amazon River
basin ecosystem?
Chapter 12, Section 2
• Brazil’s Quest for Economic Growth
AGENDA:
1. PDN
2. Amazon River Movie
3. FINISH CHAPTER 12 NOTES
4. Ticket out the door review
Standard: 7.3.8.A: Explain the human
characteristics of places and regions using
the following criteria: Economic activities
Anchor: CC8.5.6-8.D: Determine the
meaning of words as they are used in text.
CHAPTER 11 and 12
TEST ON THURSDAY
MARCH 19,
2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!
BEGINNING OBJECTIVE: Students will, identify
the economic challenges urban and rural poor
in Brazil face.
Introduction
• Brazil is a country of extremes.
– Huge country
– Rich in natural resources
– Extreme poverty
Introduction Continued…
• Brazil today, is no longer a society of only rich
and poor.
• Industry growth and manufacturing has
helped create a middle class.
• Cities have grown, doctors, teachers and
government workers have moved in to fill the
need of growing population.
Economic Challenges
• Urban favelas
• Many parents cannot feed or house their
children, much less provide them with
schooling.
• Hungry and/or homeless children live on the
streets seeking menial jobs or begging for
coins with which to buy food.
Economic Challenges Continued…
• Conditions in agriculture contribute to poverty.
• A handful of wealthy families own the profitable
plantations or large commercial farms.
Economic Growth
• Industry accounts for more than 1/3 of Brazil’s
GDP.
• One major step was the successful development
of a new alcohol-based fuel called gasohol.
– Mix of gasoline and ethanol.
Environmental Changes
• Deforestation, or the permanent removal of
woodland, threatens vast numbers of plant
and animal species of the Amazon.
• The Amazon basin contains some 1,300 plants
that can be used in the treatment of a variety
of illnesses.
• Military and
police combine
forces to seize
illegally logged
timber.
Environmental Changes
• The government also encourages ecotourism,
or tourism that encourages environmental
awareness and has little effect on the
ecosystem.