Answer the following questions based on Brazil maps.
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(1) The current capital of Brazil, since its construction in 1960, is Brasilia . Rio de Janeiro was the country's capital between 1763 and 1960. The city of Salvador served as the seat for the Portuguese colonial administration in Brazil for its first two centuries and is usually called the "first capital of Brazil.
(2) Common name: Anaconda. Genus Eunectes, a species of boas found in the tropical lowlands South America. They may also be found in the Orinoco basin of eastern Columbia, Amazon River basin of Brazil, and the seasonally flooded Llanos grasslands of Venezuela. Other countries where they may be found include Bolivarian Republic of Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, the, the Guianas, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Trinidad. It must be recorded that these snakes are showing up in Florida, U.S.A. and are though to be starting a breeding population in that area, they more than likely came from pet ownwers that “dumped” the snake when they got too large or escaped.The scientific name of the green anaconda comes for the Greek “e????t??”, which translated means 'good swimmer' and the Latin “murinus”, translated means 'of mice' as it was though they preyed on mice.
(3) Northeast Brazil receives less than 800 mm per year, due to the intrusion of the anticyclone prevailing in the south Atlantic (Fig 12.1). Some inland regions receive less than 400 mm/a. The northern part of the Nordeste (1-6�S) has most of its rain in autumn (March to May), and it is mainly convective
(4) Vitória (Portuguese pronunciation: [viˈtɔɾjɐ], Victory), spelled Victória until the 1940s, is the capital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. It is located on a small island within a bay where a number of rivers meet the sea. It was founded in 1551. The city proper 93 square kilometres (36 square miles) has a population of 365,855 (2020) whilst the Greater Vitória metropolitan area has a population of more than 1,857,616 (2013), the 14th largest in Brazil.