Review for Brazil Test

Where do most Brazilians live?

• on the Amazon Basin
• on the highland plateaus
• on the Coastal lowlands
• on the pampas

Which renewable natural resources are found in the Amazon Basin rain forest?

• petroleum and natural gas
• coffee and sugarcane
• natural rubber, nuts, and medicinal plants
• soybeans, corn, and cotton plants

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

• because of its length
• because of the amount of freshwater it carries.
• because of the varied fish that live in the amazon river
• because it starts in the Andes mountains

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

• Although surrounded by rain forest, the river basin area is densely populated.
• Nearly half of Brazil’s land lies within the river basin region.
• One-third of Brazilians live in the urban centers near the Amazon.
• Only about 6 percent of Brazil’s population lives in the Amazon Basin.

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.

Where would you most likely encounter a favela, or shantytown?

• in a small,rural town
• on a plantation
• on the edge of a city
• in the rain forest

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

• increased destruction of the Amazon rain forest
• widespread emigration out of Brazil
• de-emphasis on agriculture and mining
• the collapse of Brazil’s logging industry

Which set of attitudes would Brazilians call the “Brazilian Way”?

• controlling, scheming, calculating
• rude, distant, impolite
• efficient, fast, energetic
• friendly, easygoing, good natured

grassy, treeless plains in southern Brazil

• basin
• pampas
• escarpments
• plateaus

steep slopes rising from the Atlantic coast to the Brazilian Highlands

• pampas
• basin
• plateau
• escarpment