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CA 3: Brazil - Hiles HJH

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Nomads who lived as hunter-gatherers in the dry season and built temporary villages and farmed in the wet season.

a)

Caddo

b)

French

c)

Native Americans

d)

Nambicuara

2.

What does it mean when something is composed of many distinct and different parts?

a)

Diverse

b)

Similar

c)

Odd

d)

Unfortunate

3.

Who offered the Brazilians free land in the Amazon Basin to develop the land?

a)

The people

b)

The government

c)

Farmers

d)

Congress

4.

What is considered a geographical location?

a)

area

b)

region

c)

distance

d)

elevation

5.

True or False: When the Brazilians were offered free land to develop, it hurt the growth of the rain forest?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Who claimed the land of Brazil for Portugal?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Cabeza de Vaca

c)

Pedro Cabral

d)

Hernan Cortes

7.

What type of music was created by blending samba with jazz?

a)

bossa nova

b)

reggae

c)

mariachi

d)

hip hop

8.

What is an overcrowded city slum located on the edge of a city in Brazil?

a)

Adobe

b)

Community

c)

favelas

d)

housing district

9.

Who were the Catholic priests that were brought to Brazil by King John to help convert the native peoples to Christianity?

a)

Baptists

b)

Ministers

c)

Buddhists

d)

Jesuits

10.

What does occur mean?

a)

to never take place

b)

to happen or take place

11.

Which river is considered the second longest in the world as well as the largest carrier for freshwater?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Amazon

c)

Congo

d)

Nile

12.

More than 1,000 smaller rivers flow into the Amazon River also known as what?

a)

Lakes

b)

Gulf

c)

Tributary

d)

Sea/Ocean

13.

True or False: Carnaval is a huge celebration in not only Brazil, but the whole world?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Where was the largest Carnaval celebration held?

a)

Rio de Janeiro

b)

London

c)

Florida

d)

Caracas

15.

What is the official language in Brazil?

a)

Portuguese

b)

Spanish

c)

French

d)

English

16.

Who worked on coffee plantations after the end of slavery?

a)

Women

b)

African Americans

c)

Italians

d)

Chinese

17.

What is the country highlighted in red?

a)

Venezuela

b)

Chile

c)

Paraguay

d)

Brazil

18.

What is the country highlighted in red?

a)

Colombia

b)

Peru

c)

Bolivia

d)

Ecuador

19.

What is the country highlighted in red?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Brazil

c)

Peru

d)

French Guiana

20.

Which physical landform is highlighted in red?

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Atacama Desert

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Cape Horn

21.

Which river is highlighted in blue on the map?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Amazon

c)

Nile

d)

San Francisco River

22.

Which geographical feature is highlighted on the map?

a)

Chile

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Amazon River

d)

Atacama Desert