AMAZON COMPLEX

Which state is NOT part of the AMAZON COMPLEX?

• Mato Grosso do Sul - MS

• Mato Grosso - MT

• Acre - AC

• Roraima - RR

What type of weather would you find in the Amazon Region or Complex?

• Cold and Dry- SEMIARID

• Hot and humid especially in the northern region

• Hot and Dry - Semiarid

• Somewhat hot and somewhat humid especially in the northern region

What are the main ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES in the Amazon Complex?

• industrialized products such as eletronics

• Cattle ranching and agrobusiness

• Manganese and other minerals to be exported

• All of the options

TRUE or FALSE - "The population density of the Amazon region is very HIGH".

• totally TRUE

• totally FALSE

• It is high in very specific regions

• It is high in most of the territory

How can we connect population density with vegetation and bodies of water / major rivers? Select all that apply.

• There are more people - higher pop density - near rivers or by the coast

• There are more people in regions that have lost their original vegetation (deforestation)

• There is less people in regions that have lost their original vegetation (deforestation)

• There are more people living far way from river basins

It is TRUE about the occupation or settlement of the Amazon Complex.

Select all that apply.

• Mining of gold in the 1700s

• 1960s

  Zona Franca de Manaus (industries), SUDAM and Trans-Amazon Road

• 1870 - 1920

  A lot of workers went there to work on latex or rubber extraction

• Only Zona Franca de Manaus

Why is the “Amazon Complex” known as the “region of capital frontier” or “região fronteira do capital”? 

• There is a lot of economic interest in this region

• Not many people want to invest there

• Different economic activities (such as cattle ranching and farming) are constantly "pushing the borders"

• Much international interest in this region

It is TRUE about the connections between "region of capital frontier" and the issues related to demarcation of indigenous land?

• Economic interests and indigenous groups usually have similar interests

• Many of the indigenous lands are not yet established due to economical interests

• Many legally recognized indigenous land is not respect due to economic interests

• All of the options

It is TRUE about the importance of the RIVERS in the Amazon Region... Select all that apply

• The Amazon River and the Tocantins River are the most important

• Rivers are the source of income and means of survival to indigenous groups, "ribeirinhos" and cities

• The Amazon basin represents 20% of all the fresh water of the planet

• ALL OF THEM

What are two causes of deforestation in the Amazon Complex?

Select all that apply.

• Agrobusiness (huge plantation farms / cattle ranching)

• Illegal logging

• Illegal mining

• Slum formation / "favelização" on the river banks