2.3 People of the Lowlands

Check all that apply.

The people of the lowlands include the following:

• Yanomami

• Tupinamba

• Guarani

• Nomads

The lowlands is another name for:

• crops

• burning vegetation

• low-lying areas

• food supply

People that move from place to place are called:

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Hunter-gatherers are people who:

• hunted animals as a sport

• gathered plants and fruit for food

• moved to different places in search of food

• none of the above

True or False.

Establishing a food supply contributed to the settlement of villages.

• True

• False

Clearing land by cutting down and burning forests is known as:

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The lowland region includes the following:

• Orinoco River

• Lake Titicaca

• Amazon River Basin

• Paraguay River Basin

True or False.

Indigenous people of the lowland area have had to find a new place to live due to the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest.

• True

• False

True or False.

The Guarani are the only people that use the slash-and-burn agricultural technique.

• True

• False

Check all that apply.

The rivers in the lowland area provide food supply to the people that live there. Examples of the food supply include:

• fish

• fruits

• plants

• animal life