BRAZIL & CUBA

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BRAZIL CUBA

• SS6G3b Compare how the location, climate, and
  natural resources of Brazil and Cuba affect where
  people live and how they trade.

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BRAZIL
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BRAZIL - Location

• Largest country in South America in both area and
  population.
• Located on the eastern side of
• South America
• The Amazon River and its
• its tributaries stretch along the
• northern portion of Brazil in the
• rainforest.

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BRAZIL - Location

• Equator crosses the northern portion of Brazil
• Mostly flat, rolling lowlands with some hills,
  plains and mountains

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BRAZIL Trade

• Brazil is close to the Atlantic Ocean and the
  Panama Canal. This promotes trade with other
  countries.
• Brazil has 7 major seaports that export cars and
  other transportation equipment, iron ore,
  soybeans, shoes, coffee, and sugar.
• Its largest trading partner is the USA

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BRAZILTrade

• Another major industry in Brazil is tourism.
• The Amazon Rainforest draws many visitors. Many
  of its animals and plants can not be found
  anywhere else in the world.
• Brazil has lots of sandy beaches.
• Carnival is a huge festival that brings millions
  of tourists to Rio de Janeiro every year.

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BRAZIL
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Brazil - Climate

• Very hot and tropical, especially in the
  rainforest.
• Southern Brazil has milder, more temperate
  climate.

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BRAZIL Natural Resources

• bauxite, gold , iron ore, manganese, nickel,
  phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum,
  hydropower, timber

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BRAZIL Natural Resources

• Brazil produces over one-third of the worlds
  coffee.
• Soybeans, soybean oil, oranges, papaya, and sugar
  cane are important resources in Brazil for trade.

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BRAZILEnvironmental ProblemsRainforest
Destruction

• More than half of Brazil is covered by the
  rainforest.
• The rainforests is home to more than 40,000
  different plants and animals.

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BRAZIL - Rainforest

• The rainforest is valuable in many ways
• - Plants can be used to create medicine that
  can cure diseases.
• - brazil nuts, cocoa, and rubber are some of the
  valuable products people use.
• - Trees are sold for timber

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BRAZIL - Rainforest

• Most important of all, the Amazon Rainforest
  produces 20 of the earths oxygen.
• So if it is all clearedHow will we breathe?

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BRAZIL - Rainforest

• Many native people live in the rainforest. They
  depend on the rainforest for food, clothing, and
  shelter.
• - Destroying the rainforest will destroy their
  way of life.

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BRAZIL - Rainforest

• Many poor people live in Brazil and the only way
  to get money is to sell the trees from the
  rainforest.
• This cleared land can then be used to raise
  cattle or grow crops for money as well.
• Unfortunately, the deforestation of the
  rainforest is the result of this economic
  activity.
• In the last 10 years, over 200,000 square miles
  of rainforest has been lost to deforestation.

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BRAZIL - Rainforest

• While the government and environmental groups are
  trying to control or stop the deforestation, it
  is still being cut down illegally.
• This is because there is a lot of money to be
  made from the resources provided by the
  rainforest.

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CUBA
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CUBA - Location

• Cuba is an island 90 miles south of the state of
  Florida
• Bounded by the Gulf of Mexico on the NW, the
  Atlantic Ocean on the NE, and the Caribbean Sea
  to the south.
• Largest island in the West Indies (Caribbean
  islands)

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CUBA
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CUBA - Climate

• Cuba has a tropical climate but it seems cooler
  because of trade winds. It is hot all year, but
  the winds help move the air to provide relief
  from the heat.
• Rainy season is from May to October and the dry
  season is from November to April.

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CUBA Natural Resources

• 28 of Cubas land is arable.
• Sugar Cane is Cubas most important crop and
  sugar is the biggest export

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CUBA Natural Resources

• Coffee, fish, fruits, and tobacco products are
  other import exports
• Cuba is well known for its cigars and provides a
  huge source of income

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CUBA - Natural Resources

• Cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt,
  petroleum, timber, silica,

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CUBA - Trade

• Cuba exports its natural resources mentioned
  previously coffee, tobacco, sugar, fruits, fish.
• Another huge industry in Cuba is its tourism. It
  is a very beautiful island and is building new
  hotels and resorts for tourists from Canada,
  Latin America, and Europenotice Americans were
  not included in this list.
• Venezuela is Cubas largest trading partner and
  provides it with oil at a reduced cost.
• 3 major seaports

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CUBA - Tourism
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CUBA - People

• Population is 11,000,000
• Area 43,000 square miles
• 76 of Cubans live in an urban area, while 24
  live in rural areas.
• 20 of Cubans live in Havana, the largest city in
  Cuba

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CUBA - People
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