3.06 The Rain Forest

What do many people believe is the most dangerous result of cutting down rain forests?

• Decrease of plant and animal species

• Increase in wildlife population
• Decrease in carbon dioxide levels
• Increase in oxygen levels

Which term describes a person of mixed ancestry?

• multiracial
• uniracial
• monoracial
• biracial

Which facts about the world’s rain forests is not true?

• Less than 1 percent of the plants in the rain forests have been tested for medicinal purposes.

• Every continent except Antarctica has a rain forest.

• The proportion of Earth’s landmass covered in rain forests has decreased by 50 percent since 1950.

• Half of the known plant varieties in the world are found in rain forests.

Which statements about the Tupi in the 1500s are not true?

Choose all correct answers.

• They hunted and gathered during the dry season.

• They grew crops, such as corn and peanuts.

• They hunted and gathered during the dry season.

• They lived in the rain forests and along the coasts.

Which area would a middle-class family of Brazil likely live in?

• rural

• metropolitan

• land behind the coast or the banks of a river

• a slum or shantytown

What was not the results of the Portuguese colonization of Brazil?

• Jesuit Catholic priests immigrated to help the native peoples.

• Both native peoples and Africans were taken into slavery.

• Movement inland occurred as cities were founded and agriculture spread.

• Military rulers overtook the leaders and established rule.

Which activities would be most common in the Brazilian Highlands?

• Swimming, sunbathing, and snorkeling
• ranching and farming

• Skiing, snowboarding, and ice climbing
• Fishing, boating, and water skiing

Where do the vast majority of people live in South America?

• • 
    

    in the Brazilian Highlands

• along each coast

• in the rain forest

• in the Amazon Basin

Which resource is not found in Brazil’s rain forests?

• rubber

• wheat

• nuts

• medicinal plants

It might snow in what climate zone in Brazil?

• tropical wet/dry

• temperate

• semiarid

• tropical rain forest