3.06: The Rain Forest

What were the results of the Portuguese colonization of Brazil? Choose all answers that are correct. Both native peoples and Africans were taken into slavery. Jesuit Catholic priests immigrated to help the native peoples. Military rulers overtook the leaders and established rule. Movement inland occurred as cities were founded and agriculture spread.

-Both native peoples and Africans were taken into slavery. -Jesuit Catholic priests immigrated to help the native peoples. -Movement inland occurred as cities were founded and agriculture spread.

Which facts about the world's rain forests are true? Choose all answers that are correct. Less than 1 percent of the plants in the rain forests have been tested for medicinal purposes. The proportion of Earth's landmass covered in rain forests has decreased by 50 percent since 1950. Every continent except Antarctica has a rain forest. Half of the known plant varieties in the world are found in rain forests.

-Less than 1 percent of the plants in the rain forests have been tested for medicinal purposes. -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 true? Choose all answers that are correct. They hunted and gathered during the dry season. They lived as nomads with no permanent dwellings. They lived in the rain forests and along the coasts. They grew crops, such as corn and peanuts.

-They lived in the rain forests and along the coasts. -They grew crops, such as corn and peanuts.

Which activities would be most common in the Brazilian Highlands? Choose all answers that are correct. farming ranching logging fishing

-farming -ranching

Which resources are found in Brazil's rain forests? Choose all answers that are correct. rubber medicinal plants wheat nuts

-rubber -medicinal plants -nuts

Where do the vast majority of people live in South America? along each coast in the Brazilian Highlands in the Amazon Basin in the rain forest

along each coast

Item 10 What do many people believe is the most dangerous result of cutting down rain forests? increase in agriculture loss of grazing lands loss of plant and animal species decrease in lumber supply

loss of plant and animal species

Which area would a middle-class family of Brazil likely live in? metropolitan hinterland favela community rural

metropolitan

Which term describes a person of mixed ancestry? native bilingual indigenous multiethnic

multiethnic

Which of Brazil's climate zones has a good chance of snow? semiarid tropical rain forest temperate tropical wet/dry

temperate