I am researching the economy of Brazil. The definition of economy: The Management of the income, expenditures, etc of a household, business, community, or government. Careful management of wealth, resources, etc; avoidance of waste by careful planning use; thrift or thrifty use. (1) The system or range of economic activity in a country, region, or community. (2)Characteristics of BrazilThe country of Brazil official name is Federative Republic of Brazil, the term for citizens is Brazilian, and its capital is Brasilia. Brazil gained its independence for Portugal September 7, 1822. Brazil shares boundaries with all South American countries except Chile and Ecuador, and is 8,511,996 square kilometers (3)The population of Brazil is 158.9 million with an average growth of 1.2% from (1994-1998). Brazil Gross Domestic Product is $1111.5 billion with an average growth of 3.2%. The per capita income is $4,820; these numbers are quite typical for a Latin American country. (3) The Economy During the Pre-Colonial PeriodEuropean colonialism basically developed the economy in Brazil. The territory that comprises modern Brazil had a native population in the millions, divided among hundreds of tribes and language groups. Their ancestors have lived in this land for as long as 30,000 years. The Indians spoke languages that scholars have classified into four families: the G speakers, originally spread along the coast and into the central plateau and scrub lands; the Tup speakers, who displaced the G on the coast and hence were the first met by the Portuguese; the Carib speakers in the north and in Amaznia, who were related distantly to the people who gave their name to the Caribbean; the Arawak (or Aruak) speakers in Amaznia, whose linguistic relatives ranged up through Central America to Florida. These were not tribes but language families that comprised many language groups. Numerous tribes also spoke languages unrelated to any of the above. ...
