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Understanding the Amazon: Challenges and Realities

Understanding the Amazon: Challenges and Realities

Assessment

Interactive Video

Geography, Social Studies, Science

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Jackson Turner

FREE Resource

The video follows a journey through the Amazon, highlighting the struggles of locals involved in illegal activities like coca farming and gold mining. The narrator accidentally buys a coca plantation and encounters illegal loggers, leading to a deeper understanding of their poverty-driven actions. The video also explores the environmental and social impacts of gold mining in Southern Peru, emphasizing the need for empathy and understanding to address these complex issues.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the narrator's primary goal in traveling across the Amazon?

To document the culture

To find the truth about the Amazon

To start a business

To explore the wildlife

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the narrator end up owning a coca plantation?

By inheriting it

By winning a lottery

Through a government auction

By purchasing it over the phone

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the narrator's initial reaction to meeting Elias?

Excited

Terrified

Indifferent

Amused

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Elias claim was his reason for logging?

To pay off debts

To build a new house

To expand his business

To support his disabled daughter

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What environmental issue is associated with gold mining in Southern Peru?

Mercury contamination

Air pollution

Deforestation

Soil erosion

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How much gold was obtained in one day of mining, as mentioned in the video?

10 grams

6.5 grams

20 grams

15 grams

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main chemical used in the gold mining process described?

Arsenic

Lead

Mercury

Cyanide

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