Amazon Rainforest Quiz

What type of forest is the Amazon?

• Deciduous forest

• Coniferous forest

• Broadleaf rainforest

• Mangrove forest

What does the Amazon cover most of?

• The Andes Mountains

• The Patagonia region

• The Amazon River Basin

• The Galapagos Islands

What is another name for the Amazon?

• The Amazonian

• The Congo Jungle

• The Sahara Forest

• The Gobi Jungle

What percentage of the world's rainforest is made up by the Amazon?

• 20%

• 50%

• 70%

• 80%

What is the area of the Amazon rainforest?

• 1,000,000 square miles

• 2,100,000 square miles

• 3,000,000 square miles

• 2,500,000 square miles

What percentage of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil?

• 40%

• 50%

• 60%

• 70%

Most likely, when was the rainforest formed?

• After the Cretaceous extinction

• Between 56 and 39 million years ago

• During the Cretaceous period

• Before the Eocene era

What event helped the rainforest to flourish?

• The climate becoming very wet after the Cretaceous extinction event

• The formation of the Eocene era

• A decrease in rainfall during the Cretaceous period

• The introduction of new plant species

When did the first human inhabitants settle in the rainforest according to the history provided?

• 10,000 years ago

• 11,200 years ago

• 12,000 years ago

• 9,500 years ago

What was the population of the rainforest in the 1500s?

• 200,000

• 5 million

• 1 million

• 10 million