BRAZIL

TYPE OF COLONY

• Brazils type colony is Royal
• Royal- was ruled or administered by officials responsible to
• and appointed by the reigning sovereigh of Portugal

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (FEATURES)

• The Amazon River
• Tropical Rainforest is called Selva
• There are a few mountain ranges around Brazil
• The highest mountain area is called Pico de Neblina
• Some highlands are in the south of Brazil

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (MAJOR CITIES)

• The capital of Brazil was Salvador
• Rio de Janeiro is another city

ECONOMY

• The colonists in the northeast soon established large sugar cane fields
• Cattle and tobaco was also exported

NATURAL RESOURCES

• There is coal, copper, gold, lead, nuts, medicines, sugar, and tabacco
• There is also lime, zinc, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, oils, and rubber

POPULATION

• The early Portguese colonists brought the Roman Catholic religion to Brazil
• The settlers came from Portugal to Brazil.
• The settlers came to claim the land

INTERESTING FACTS

• Brazil got their independence in 1822
• Brazil had slaves from Africa
• Brazil traded goods with Portugal