Brazil's political/cultural geography

Brazilian federation is divided into three parts that worked together and whose union is never dissolved. These are: the states, the municipalities and the federal district. The three of the sections mentioned previously combine with the union and rule with three basic principles over the Brazilian people. The principles are: Sovereignty, dignity of human beings, citizenship, political pluralism and social values of labour and freedom of enterprise. The strongest Brazilian political parties are: the Workers Party (PT), Brazilian social democracy party (PSDB), Brazilian democratic movement party (PMDB) and the Democrats (DEM). The current president is a women candidate elected from the Workers party, her name is Dilma Rousseff. People are free to vote and it is a very well organized society which gives the people the necessary rights to have liberty and the president rules the country.

Brazil was invaded by the Portuguese in the colonial era; this means that the natives were greatly influenced by the Portuguese. The Portuguese brought with them different things like life style, technology but most importantly culturally speaking they brought religion and culture which the native Brazilian people assimilated and is now a part of them. First of all the Portuguese taught the natives to speak Portuguese so the current official language of Brazil is Portuguese. Then the Portuguese taught them religion and that is how Brazil acquired Catholicism as the predominant faith. The first Christian mass in brazil took place in around 1500 A.C. this marked the beginning of this religion in Brazil. Now a days Roman Catholicism is the countries predominant faith and another interesting fact is that brazil has the biggest Catholic population in the world. 73% of the population in Brazil are catholics.

Brazil's Physical Geography

Brazil has a large land area that occupies most of the Atlantic coast in South America and a lot of the continents land. In the Atlantic waters brazil has lots of archipelagos such as the saint peter and Paul rocks which are a cluster of islands. Brazil possesses a lot of beautiful beaches like Copacabana, Ipanema, Joaquina etc. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world after Russia, Canada, China and United States. Because of its big size Brazil spans three time zones.

The Brazilian topography is very diverse because it includes mountains, hills, plains, highlands and scrub lands. These mountains can be very beautiful and appealing to the human eye such as pão de açucar which is a precious mountain located in Rio de Janeiro and adds a beautiful landscape to the city view. The highest point in Brazil is Pico da Neblina it stands 2,994 meters tall.

Brazil has a big and complex system of rivers which drain into the Atlantic Ocean. This beautiful system of rivers is surrounded by virgin forests which gives them a unique beauty. The most famous major river is the Amazon, which is the largest river in the world in term of volume. Brazil is also full of tropical forests and a wide variety of species that inhabits them. The northern part of Brazil has a wide green land which is covered big yearlong green trees. This place is called the Amazon Rainforest.

The Brazilian climate is very appealing for humans. Although there are parts where it snows, the temperatures never go excessively cold as in the northern hemisphere of the world. And most of the best cities of Brazil are located on the coast lines so tourists can get out of the cold in the north because when it is winter in the United Sates it is actually summer in Brazil. The country receives a lot of rain, especially the Amazon forest. Brazil’s climate is a very desirable climate to live in.