Review for Brazil Test

Front

Where do most Brazilians live? Options: on the Amazon Basin, on the highland plateaus, on the Coastal lowlands, on the pampas

Back

on the Coastal lowlands

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Which renewable natural resources are found in the Amazon Basin rain forest? Options: petroleum and natural gas, coffee and sugarcane, natural rubber, nuts, and medicinal plants, soybeans, corn, and cotton plants

Back

natural rubber, nuts, and medicinal plants

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Why is the Amazon considered the world’s largest river?

Back

because of the amount of freshwater it carries.

Front

How is the location of the Amazon River related to the location of Brazil’s population?

Back

Only about 6 percent of Brazil’s population lives in the Amazon Basin.

Front

Which of the following describes the Tupi? The Tupi lived as nomads, The Tupi were mainly farmers., The Tupi lived in the lowlands, The Tupi did not fish.

Back

The Tupi were mainly farmers.

Front

Where would you most likely encounter a favela, or shantytown? Options: in a small, rural town, on a plantation, on the edge of a city, in the rain forest

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on the edge of a city

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What was one major consequence of the construction of the Transamazonica Highway?

Back

increased destruction of the Amazon rain forest

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Which set of attitudes would Brazilians call the “Brazilian Way”? Options: controlling, scheming, calculating, rude, distant, impolite, efficient, fast, energetic, friendly, easygoing, good natured

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friendly, easygoing, good natured

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grassy, treeless plains in southern Brazil

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pampas

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steep slopes rising from the Atlantic coast to the Brazilian Highlands

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