Indigenous peoples in Brazil

will talk about Peru’s geography. Peru is located in Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador. Also Peru is almost twice the size of Texas; slightly smaller than Alaska. Peru borders five countries, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador (World Factbook). Peru’s climate varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes. Peru’s natural resources are copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate

deforestation is used mainly for cattle ranching. The cattle industry has a negative impact on native wildlife. According to J. Wooley, with Greenpeace UK, records cattle ranches are the leading industry on the deforested lands. The cattle industry in Brazil is the largest commercial cattle herd in the world. 80% of 50,000-80,000 km2 deforested per year in the Amazon go to the cattle industry, which is used for pasture. The cattle that is introduced on this land makes it hard for native animals to continue

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Caimans vary in size from one meter for the dwarf caiman to almost five meters for the black caiman. They are most closely related to alligators and crocodiles. Their diet consists of fish, insects, birds, and small mammals and reptiles. Jaguars and humans are the only predators of caimans. Females build large nests and lay anywhere from 10 to 50 eggs which hatch in about six weeks. The temperature determines the gender of the babies. The mother then takes her young to a shallow pool to learn

icy climate. They have a nickname that is better known universally and that would be the term eskimo. In 1577, John Ross, an explorer, came across a group of Innuit hunters. The Innuit were very fascinated with Ross’s ship and they strangely dressed people on the ship. But what they found to be most shocking was the amount of wood that made up the ship and the furniture on the ship. The hunters thought that is was ridiculous or weird that the strange men have that much wood. The hunters that Ross had

Slavery in the Americas was quite diverse. Mining operations in the tropics experienced different needs and suffered different challenges than did plantations in more temperate areas of Norther Brazil or costal city's serving as ports for the exporting of commodities produced on the backs of the enslaved peoples from the African continent. This essay will look at these different situations and explore the factors that determined the treatment of slaves, the consequences of that treatment, and the conditions

   Slavery in the Americas was quite diverse. Mining operations in the tropics experienced different needs and suffered different challenges than did plantations in more temperate areas of Norther Brazil or costal city’s serving as ports for the exporting of commodities produced on the backs of the enslaved peoples from the African continent. This essay will look at these different situations and explore the factors that determined the treatment of slaves, the consequences of that treatment, and the

of Paraguay, Asuncion. It was because of that day that whenever someone would ask me where I was from, I would enthusiastically answer “Paraguay,” knowing I would catch them off guard. For one, most people don’t even know what Paraguay is. Loving to educate, I was the first to explain it to many people that I've met. And if they happened to know that Paraguay was a small country in South America, I would receive a skeptical look. That sort of look you get when you eat “Chipa Guazu” you weren't supposed

countries1. UK has the highest asthma prevalence at about 15%, followed by Ireland, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Pure, whose prevalence are all higher than 10% of their population1. In Australia, it was estimated that 2.3 million people have asthma and it was most commonly found in male aged 0-14 years old, while the rate was twice higher in Indigenous Australian2. Australia spent $655 million on asthma in 2009, which accounts for about 1% of total health cost2. The common symptoms

Guyana The world can be a very diverse place it is composed of many different individuals, places, cultures, religions, and languages. People fear what they don’t understand. Fear paired with a lack of knowledge is a breeding ground for violence. A lack of Knowledge and understanding of others is a major contributor of many past wars that has been spawned. The understanding of global diversity helps the United States Military build strong relationships with neighboring countries and encourages peace