610 Q1

Question 1

The Amazon river basin in in what region?

Answer 1

Amazonia

Question 2

The capital of Brazil was built to encouraged settlers to move where?

Answer 2

West

Question 3

Brazil’s hottest region is what?

Answer 3

the Northeast

Question 4

orchids and strangler figs are what type of plants?

Answer 4

Epiphytes

Question 5

the smallest region in Brazil is what?

Answer 5

the south

Question 6

the Amazon River contributes how much of the fresh water that flows into the word’s oceans?

Answer 6

One fifth!

Question 7

A sharp drop-off or steep slope between two level pieces of land is called a what?

Answer 7

Escarpment

Question 8

How much of the rain forests had been cleared by 2000?

Answer 8

10%

Question 9

What part of Brazil is not located in the tropics?

Answer 9

the South

Question 10

Rainfall in the rain forest helps or hinders the development of what farms and cities?

Answer 10

Hinders

Question 11

The most densely populated region of Brazil is what?

Answer 11

the Southeast (where the two largest cities are)

Question 12

Half of the word’s rain forest are found in what region of Brazil?

Answer 12

Amazonia

Question 13

Brazil’s coolest region is what?

Answer 13

the South

Question 14

Plants with large leaves make up what layer of the rain forest?

Answer 14

lower

Question 15

The two largest cities in Brazil are what?

Answer 15

Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro

Question 16

Brazilian farmers in the West raise what as a cash crop?

Answer 16

Cotton

Question 17

Brazil includes how many states?

Answer 17

26 states and 1 federal district

Question 18

Map Skills - know where to place the following on a map

Answer 18

Peru, West, South, Southeast, Bolivia, Guyana, Uruguay, Colombia, Suriname, Argentina, Paraguay, Northeast, Amazonia, Venezuela, French Guiana

Question 19

The smaller Brazilian states are located where?

Answer 19

Near the coast

Question 20

What region contains Brazil’s two largest cities?

Answer 20

the Southeast

Question 21

Brazil leads the world in production of what?

Answer 21

Coffee

Question 22

The capital of Brazil is what?

Answer 22

Brasilia

Question 23

The Butantan Institute uses what to treat snakebites?

Answer 23

Serum made of venom

Question 24

The capital of Brazil was built in what year?

Answer 24

1960

Question 25

Brazil’s western region is about the size of what country?

Answer 25

Mexico

Question 26

Huge hardwood trees make up what layer of the rain forest?

Answer 26

Upper Layer

Question 27

the Great Escarpment is found in what region of Brazil?

Answer 27

the Southeast