Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest country in the world! It has a long coastal border with the Atlantic Ocean and borders with ten different countries!

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Brazil is the largest country in South America
and the fifth largest country in the world! It
has a long coastal border with the Atlantic Ocean
and borders with ten different countries!
Challenge Can you find the names of all the
countries Brazil shares a border with using an
atlas?
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This is the flag of Brazil.
In the middle of the flag is a blue globe, with
27 stars. Can you find out the meaning of the
flag and the words in the middle?
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Many people live in favelas (shanty towns) or
in run-down blocks of flats. CAFOD is helping
people to persuade the government to provide
good-quality housing and better access to jobs,
schools and doctors.
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The Amazon is the largest river in the world and
the Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical
forest in the world.
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• Your Task

• 1. Locate the places in Brazil where the 2016
  Olympics are taking place.
• Find a landmark in Brazil and write down a few
  facts.
• If I was visiting Sugarloaf mountain, which
  Olympic events could I go to see?
• If I was wanting to go to watch the opening
  ceremony, which zone would I need to visit?