Brazil Flashcards
Is Brazil the largest country in South America?
Yes.
Who are Brazil’s neighbours?
Brazil’s neighbours include: Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.
What is Brazil’s capital city?
Brasilia.
What are the two largest cities of Brazil?
São Paolo and Rio de Janeiro.
What can countries with a high birth rate not provide enough of for everyone?
They can’t provide enough schools, healthcare, food or housing.
Why does Brazil have a high birth rate?
Children can work on farms and bring in money.
Most women don’t have careers and marry young.
Women are not educated about family planning (how to avoid falling pregnant).
Contraception may not be available.
Why is there a high death rate and low life expectancy in Brazil?
There is poor medical care.
People cannot afford drugs.
There are many overcrowded slums where diseases spreads easily.
Many people do not have clean water / sanitation.
There are food shortages and malnutrition is a problem.
Why has the population in Rio grown?
Natural Increase is one reason for its growth (this is when the birth rate is higher than the death rate).
The population has also grown as the result of urbanisation.
Rural to urban migration. Millions of people have migrated from Brazil’s rural areas to Rio de Janeiro.
In Rio, where do the wealthy people live?
In Rio, the wealthy people tend to live closer to the centre (CBD) where they are conveniently placed for shops, offices, the beach and universities etc.
In Rio, where do the poorest people live?
The poorest people tend to live further out, often on the steep hillsides. Many people live in squatter settlements called Favelas.
What are the problems in Favelas like Rocinha?
Over crowding
Lack of toilets and poor sanitation so disease spreads easily
High crime rates
Unemployment
Lack of healthcare and few schools
Makeshift houses
No rubbish collections
Landslides kill 100’s each year
How are the problems of Favelas like Rocinha being solved?
Locals are setting up self–help co-operatives to share skills to improve each other’s homes.
Set up community rubbish collections.
More police are out on the streets helping crack down on crime.
Electricity & running water is being installed.
Schools are being built.
Provide public toilets
The Government have built New towns e.g. Barra da Tijuca
What is most of Brazil’s land covered in?
Most of it is covered in Tropical Rainforest called the The Amazon Rainforest.
What are the three key points about the climate in The Amazon Rainforest?
It is very hot all year round.
It is very wet all year round.
There are no seasons.
Why is there a low temperature range in the Amazon Rainforest?
Heating from the sun.
What are the two types of rainforest?
Temperate Rainforest and Tropical Rainforest.
Why are rainforests so important to us?
They are known as THE WORLD’S LUNGS as trees take in Carbon Dioxide and produce much of our oxygen.
They provide a moist blanket around the equator which helps prevent the earth from over heating
They are home to over 10% of the world’s plant and animal species.
They provide many medicines and it is thought that cures for diseases like cancer will be found in rainforest plants.
What are the 5 layers of the Amazon Rainforest?
The Emergents, The Canopy, The Under canopy, The Shrub layer and The Forest Floor.
Describe The Emergent layer.
The emergent layer is where the tallest of the trees are found (50-60m). They are thin with narrow leaves to reach the sunlight.
Describe the Canopy.
The canopy is a dense layer of continuous greenery about 6-7 metres deep, this layer blocks a lot of the sunlight to plants below and is where a large number of birds and other animals are found.
Describe the Under Canopy.
The under canopy is the new canopy layer developing through time.
Describe the shrub layer and forest floor.
The shrub layer and forest floor are dark and wet, where many insects and mammals live.
Why is the rainforest under threat of deforestation?
Cattle ranching and Crop farming
Mining of oil and Iron Ore
Timber for wooden funiture and paper
Hydroelectric Power
New roads and towns have been built to enable the above developments
Looking at Brazil’s population pyramid, state:
The birth rate
The death rate
Life Expectancy
Brazil has a high birth rate, due to the very large base of the pyramid.
Brazil has a high death rate, because the sides are sloping.
Brazil has a low life expectancy, because most of the population are not living to old age.
