Ch. 8 - Brazil

What type of climate exists in areas along the Amazon River?

• semiarid

• temperate

• tropical wet/dry

• tropical rain forest

Which statement best describes the Brazilian climate?

• Brazil has just two seasons—a wet summer and a dry winter.

• Almost all of Brazil consists of a tropical rain forest climate.

• The climate of Brazil is very much like the climate of the U.S. Gulf Coast.

• Brazil’s climate varies greatly from region to region.

Brazil’s sugarcane is used to make which fuel for cars and trucks?

• natural gas

• gasoline

• ethanol

• benzene

What is the primary language spoken in Brazil?

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• English

• A mix of Spanish and Creole

How wide can the Amazon River get during the heavy rains of the monsoon season?

• 10 miles wide

• 25 miles wide

• 50 miles wide

• 100 miles wide

What is one reason the Amazon River carries so much water?

• A forest canopy shelters the soil of the Amazon Basin.

• Water flows freely from the highland plateaus into the lowland plains.

• It has more than 1,000 tributaries.

• It flows through a vast grassland.

Where would you most likely encounter a favela, or shantytown?

• in a small, rural town

• on the edge of a city

• on a plantation

• in the rain forest

What was one major consequence of the construction of the Transamazonica Highway?

• increased destruction of the Amazon rain forest

• widespread emigration out of Brazil

• de-emphasis on agriculture and mining

• the collapse of Brazil’s logging industry

Which statement about Brazil’s population is correct?

• Mixed-race marriages are more acceptable in Brazil than in many other countries

• Very few Brazilians have European ancestry

• Almost 80 percent of Brazilians have mixed racial ancestry.

• The largest mixed-race group in Brazil is of African and Native American descent.

What is the world's second longest river?

• White

• Mississippi

• Caribbean

• Amazon