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Chapter 9 Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where do most Brazilians live?
a)
on the Amazon Basin
b)
on the highland plateaus
c)
on the Coastal lowlands
d)
on the pampas
2.
How is the location of the Amazon River related to the location of Brazil’s population?
a)
Although surrounded by rain forest, the river basin area is densely populated.
b)
Nearly half of Brazil’s land lies within the river basin region.
c)
One-third of Brazilians live in the urban centers near the Amazon.
d)
Only about 6 percent of Brazil’s population lives in the Amazon Basin.
3.

Which of the following describes the Tupi?

a)

The Tupi lived as nomads

b)

The Tupi were mainly farmers.

c)

The Tupi lived in the lowlands

d)

The Tupi did not fish.

4.
Where would you most likely encounter a favela, or shantytown?
a)
in a small,rural town
b)
on a plantation
c)
on the edge of a city
d)
in the rain forest
5.
Which set of attitudes would Brazilians call the “Brazilian Way”?
a)
controlling, scheming, calculating
b)
rude, distant, impolite
c)
efficient, fast, energetic
d)
friendly, easygoing, good natured
6.
In the 1500's, King John III of Portugal gave large tracts of land in Brazil to his supporters, who agreed to develop the land. Which of the following was a direct consequence of the land-grant system?
a)
Colonists forced the native population into slavery.
b)
Portugal went bankrupt from giving away so much valuable land.
c)
Colonists became wealthy by selling the land to the native population.
d)
Spain sent troops into the region to prevent the colonization of Brazil.
7.
Why did Brazilian plantation owners support the overthrow of Pedro II?
a)
Pedro II had offered land to attract European immigrants to Brazil.
b)
Pedro II had taken plantation owners’ land and given it to landless Brazilians.
c)
Pedro II had imposed high taxes on plantation owners.
d)
Pedro II had pushed through an end to slavery
8.
Portuguese sailors first established trading posts along Brazil’s coast in order to collect _____________________.
a)
cotton
b)
bananas
c)
brazilwood
d)
natural gas
9.
a makeshift community on the edge of a city
a)
hinterland
b)
metropolitan area
c)
central city
d)
favela
10.

85% of people in Brazil live in _____________ areas.

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

southern

d)

northern

11.

Brazil produces ___________ of the world's coffee.

a)

1/4

b)

1/3

c)

1/2

d)

1/5

12.

What is the name of the largest rainforest in the world?

a)

Amazon Prime

b)

The Favela Rainforest

c)

The Amazon Rainforest

d)

The Rio Rainforest

13.

Which continent is Brazil a part of?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Central America

d)

New America

14.
Which country colonized Brazil?
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
France
d)
England
15.

What is the national sport of Brazil?

a)

Soccer

b)

Volleyball

c)

Jiu-Jitsu

d)

Capoeira

16.

Which of the following is part of a program to colonize Brazil’s sparsely populated Amazon Basin?

a)

launch of the Brazil Without Poverty program

b)

construction of the Transamazonica Highway

c)

introduction of the Science Without Borders program

d)

creation of MERCOSUR

17.

The Tupi, Arawak, and Carib are three of the many _____ peoples who lived in Brazil before Europeans arrived.

 

a)

immigrant

b)

migrant

c)

indigenous

d)

nomadic

18.

The Tupi and Brazil's other lowland and rain forest peoples practiced _____ agriculture.

a)

terraced

b)

dry irrigation

c)

slash-and-burn

d)

hunter-gatherer

19.

n Brazil, voting is _____, therefore citizens are required by law to vote.

a)

compulsory

b)

optional

c)

illegal

d)

elective

20.

Brazilians blended samba rhythms with jazz to introduce the world to music called _____.

a)

reggae

b)

bossa nova

c)

mambo

d)

tango

21.

The Transamazonica Highway and other new roads have increased _____, which causes destruction of the Amazon rain forest.

a)

pollution

b)

logging

c)

traffic

d)

farming

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