3. • With an estimated area of ​over 8.5 million km ², is the fifth
largest country in the world in total area (equivalent to 47%
of the South American territory). Bounded by the Atlantic
Ocean to the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7491 km.Al
north bordering Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French
overseas department of French Guiana, on the northwest
by Colombia, on the west by Bolivia and Peru; southeast
with Argentina, Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. This
borders on all South American countries except Ecuador
and Chile. For the most part, the country is between the
tropics ground, so that they do not feel seasons in a
manner largely radical thereof. The Amazon rainforest
covers 3.6 million square kilometers of its territory. Thanks
to its climate and vegetation, is one of the countries with
the most species of animals in the world.

4. • The first inhabitants of present Brazil were the Arawak and Carib
Indians, to the north, the Tupi-Guarani, on the east coast and the
Amazon basin, the Ge, installed in the eastern and southern regions
of the country, and Pano, west. Most of these tribes were semi-
nomadic and lived by hunting, gathering and primary agriculture.
The pimer European explorer was the Spanish navigator Vicente
Yáñez Pinzón. After his transatlantic crossing, landed near the site
of the present Recife, on January 26, 1500. Naegó then along the
coast to the north, to the mouth of the Orinoco River. However,
under the decisions of the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), which
amended the parting line introduced in 1493 by Pope Alexander VI
to mark the Spanish and Portuguese empires, the new territory was
awarded to Portugal. Spain claimed not then the discovery of Finch.

5. • In April 1500, the Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral also
reached the Brazilian coast. The region officially proclaimed
possession of Portugal. The territory was called Terra da Vera Cruz
(in Portuguese, "Land of the True Cross"). In 1501, the Italian
navigator Amerigo Vespucci led an expedition on this new territory
at the instigation of the Portuguese government. During dee stas
explorations Vespucci recognized and named many capes and bays,
including Rio de Janeiro. He returned to Portugal with braziletto
(Pernambuco wood that provided a red dye). The Terra da Vera Cruz
took, from this date, the name of Brazil.
In 1530, the King of Portugal, John III the Pious, undertook a
program of systematic colonization of Brazil. Thomé de Souza,
arrived in Brazil in 1549, set up a central government whose capital
was fixed in the new city of Salvador de Bahia. Completely
reformed the administration and justice. To protect the country
from the French threat, established a coastal defense system. The
importation of many African slaves allowed the shortage of local
labor. It was during this period, in 1554 exactly, which was founded
in the south of São Paulo.

6. • Music Brazileña Brazilian music is a true reflection of the
cultural diversity of this country, Aboriginal, African and
European. In addition to the samba and bossa nova, famous
throughout the world, there are several identifying
paradigmatic genres of Brazilian music.
Like all expressions of Brazilian culture, Brazilian music is a
mixture of many different influences, brewing throughout its
history a variety of regional rhythms. European musical
traditions, indigenous African rhythms and styles have been
hybridized from colonial times to form a panorama of sounds
unique in the world.

7. •
Choro
samba
Bossa-nova
Tropicalismo
Brazilian Popular Music
Music of Pará
Baião
music sertaneja
Pagode
maracatu
frevo
forró
Ciranda
Genres gauchos
lambada

8. • Brazilian cuisine varies greatly depending on each region, so that
reflects the mixture of native populations and immigrants. This has
defined a national cuisine marked by the preservation of these
regional differences. Among the best examples are Feijoada,
considered the national dish; vatapá, moqueca, polenta and
acarajé. Brazil has a variety of candies such as brigadier and beijiño.
The national beverage is coffee and cachaça, a distilled beverage
native to Brazil. This drink is distilled from sugar cane and is the
main ingredient in the national cocktail, the caipirinha.
Despite the variety of dishes, a typical Brazilian meal consists of rice
and beans, accompanied beef or pork and ensalada.Gracias tropical
climate that prevails in much of its territory in Brazil cultivated a
variety fruit, such as mango, papaya, acai, the cupuaçu, oranges,
cocoa, cashew, guava, passion fruit and pineapple.

9. • The constitution provides for freedom of religion
and separation of church and state, making Brazil
an officially secular state. The law prohibits any
type of religious intolerance, although the
Catholic Church enjoys a more privileged status.
This may relate to the fact that Roman
Catholicism is the predominant faith in the
country, so that Brazil has the largest Catholic
population in the world

10. • The Brazilian Federation is formed by the indissoluble union
of three distinct political entities: the States, the
Municipalities and the Federal District. The Union was
formed by the states, the Federal District, and the
municipalities, are the "spheres of government." The
Federation is set on five fundamental principles:
sovereignty, citizenship, dignity, social values ​of labor and
freedom of enterprise, and political pluralism. The classical
division of power in three executive, legislative, and judicial
is formally established by the Constitution. The executive
and legislative are organized independently in all three
spheres of government, while the judiciary is organized
only at the federal and state spheres and the Federal
District.