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MAJOR NATIONS IN A GLOBAL WORLD: BRAZIL
FURTHER RESEARCH
Online
The Central Intelligence Agency’s World Fact Book on Brazil (https://
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html)
provides up-to-date statistics, a short history, and maps.
You can find Brazil’s government website at
http://www.brazil.org.za/.If you want to learn more about the Amazon rain forest, go to the World
Wildlife Fund
(https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon). The site
lists many of the threats to the rain forest.
Books
Goldblatt, David.
Futbol Nation: The Story of Brazil through Soccer
. New
York: Nation Books, 2014.
Skidmore, Thomas E.
Brazil: 5 Centuries of Change
. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2009.
Taliani, Alberto.
Brazil: The Earth Greenery (Exploring Countries of the
World)
. New York: White Star/Sterling, 2010.
N
ote
to
E
ducators
:
This book contains both imperial and metric measurements as well
as references to global practices and trends in an effort to encourage the student to
gain a worldly perspective. We, as publishers, feel it’s our role to give young adults the
tools they need to thrive in a global society.