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What is the Amazon Basin?

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-the land drained by the Amazon River// 2.7 square miles

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The Cerrado includes ______, a parklike landscape of grasslands, as well as forests

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savanna

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_________ cover most of the country.

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Highlands (lowlands are vast though)

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Brazil’s highest point is __________, and is in the ____________.

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Neblina Peak + Guiana Highlands

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In order from north to south along the Atlantic Coast:
________,
________, then
________.

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low-lying land
Brazilian Highlands
lowlands

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It is _______ in the north and _________ in the south.

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tropical + sub-tropical

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In the Northeast, __________ and ________ stove during the summer. (What months?) Temperatures can rise above ________ degrees Fahrenheit.

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heavy rain and flooding // November-April // 100

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From north to south, climates are:
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
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Tropical wet
Tropical wet and dry
Semiarid
Humid subtropical

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9
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Most of Brazil is covered in __________.

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forest ( second being savanna)

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Land use in order is:
1-__________
2-__________

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1-forestry and grazing

2-farming

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Forests produce:

____________________________________________________________________________________.

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rubber, palm oil, timber
//
Hardwood trees give: furniture, flooring, ect.

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There are many _________. The largest is _________. It gives power to _____ and_____.

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Hydroelectric dams // Itaipu Dam // Brazil (duhhh) and Paraguay

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_______ wash from the Andes, making it good farmland.

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sediments

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14
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Soil fertility comes mainly from _____________________.

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leaves that fall to the ground

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15
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_______ and _______ protect the forests from the oceans waves.

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sea grasses and corral

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The ______ is a leafy tent that bears fruit and houses most of the rainforest’s animals.

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canopy

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17
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What speeds up decay?

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Heat, moisture, and insects

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18
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Most nutrients in the rain forest can be found where?

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In the trees

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19
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The Amazon is affected by what?

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Seasonal flooding

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20
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Permanently flooded forests are known as _______.

A

Igapo

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21
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Seasonly flooded forests are known as ________.

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Varzea

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22
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Waters can rise up to ________ feet in areas they normally wouldn’t during the rainy season.

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40

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23
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The jaguar has adaption like…

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Climbing into the canopy, swimming, and attacking caimans (Amazon crocodiles).

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24
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1st largest and 2nd largest cities are…

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1 São Paulo ( population 19 million)

2 Rio de Janeiro ( population 12 million)

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The three ethnic races are...
European, African, Native American
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What port handles the highest volume of shipping in all of Latin America?
Santos
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_______ are overcrowded. Two large inland cities are _________ and _______.
coastal // Brasília and Manaus
28
________ is Brazil's only free trade zone that allows production of goods.
Manaus
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Poor neighborhoods are called _______.
favelas
30
What percent of Brazilians own more than 70 percent of the land and control half the countries wealth.
10 percent
31
Since 1980, poverty has increased by __________.
50 percent
32
Brazil is both multiethnical and ________.
Multicultural
33
The Portuguese royal family lived in Brazil for ________ years.
13
34
Was only empire in Americas for ____ years.
80
35
Portuguese first came to Brazil in _________.
1500
36
Most Native Americans were originally located by the...
Coast of the Amazon Basin
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In what year did Spain claim all American land west of a certain line of longitude? Also, what was the name of the treaty?
1494 // Treaty of Tordesillas
38
Brazil wood produces __________.
Red-dye
39
What is an export economy?
An economy based off of exports.
40
After the Africans worked on sugar plantations, they worked where?
Gold mines of Mina's Gerais
41
How many out of the ten million enslaved Africans were brought to Brazil?
3-4 million
42
Capoeira is what?
A blend of martial arts and dance
43
Slavery was outlawed in ________.
1888
44
What is mercantilism?
Colonies benefiting from parent country
45
Brazilians were expected to send exports only to _____.
Portugal
46
Napoleon invaded Brazil in ________, planting seeds of _________.
1807 // independence
47
What date did Portuguese ships first arrive in Brazil?
March 7, 1808
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Brazil's population is about ______.
200 million
49
The king returned to Portugal in _____.
1821
50
The kings son, Pedro 1, declared independence for Brazil in _______.
1822
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By the mid-1800s ______ was Brazil's main source of income.
Coffee
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What was the boom and bust cycle?
A period of strong economic growth followed by a period of sharp decline
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In the late 1800s, coffee brought such wealth that plantation owners had ________________.
Political power
54
What are abolitionists?
People campaigning to end slavery.
55
In 1889, Brazil's military staged a what?
A coup, or a overthrow of a government
56
When the empire ended a what took its place?
Republic
57
The new constitution was based loosely off of The Who's?
United States'
58
What type of leader does Brazil have?
A president
59
During the republic, power shifter from where to where? Going from what plant to what plant?
Northeast to southeast // sugar to coffee
60
First leaders of the republic were known as what?
Coffee presidents
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Brazil's government returned to a democracy in _______.
1990
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Brazil's economy was hurt when the demand for ______ declined.
Rubber
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Coffee carried the economy until __________ in 1929.
The Great Depression
64
In ______ Getúlio Vargas overthrew the government.
1930
65
Getúlio encouraged manufacturing so that Brazil...
Wouldn't be so dependent on foreign goods
66
Women received voting right in the...
1930's
67
Getúlio Vargas was a powerful figure in government for ________ years.
24
68
In 1950-1999 Brazil's government was mainly controlled by _________
Dictators or the military
69
In 1980's Brazil was one of the world's most...
Powerful empires
70
In the late 1900's thousands of people were _______ for opposing the government.
Arrested

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