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Brazil Flashcards

1
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What is the Amazon Basin?

A

-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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3
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_________ cover most of the country.

A

Highlands (lowlands are vast though)

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4
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Brazil’s highest point is __________, and is in the ____________.

A

Neblina Peak + Guiana Highlands

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5
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In order from north to south along the Atlantic Coast:
________,
________, then
________.

A

low-lying land
Brazilian Highlands
lowlands

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6
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It is _______ in the north and _________ in the south.

A

tropical + sub-tropical

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7
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In the Northeast, __________ and ________ stove during the summer. (What months?) Temperatures can rise above ________ degrees Fahrenheit.

A

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

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From north to south, climates are:
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
A

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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10
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Land use in order is:
1-__________
2-__________

A

1-forestry and grazing

2-farming

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11
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Forests produce:

____________________________________________________________________________________.

A

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

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12
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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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13
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_______ wash from the Andes, making it good farmland.

A

sediments

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14
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Soil fertility comes mainly from _____________________.

A

leaves that fall to the ground

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

A

sea grasses and corral

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16
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The ______ is a leafy tent that bears fruit and houses most of the rainforest’s animals.

A

canopy

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17
Q

What speeds up decay?

A

Heat, moisture, and insects

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

A

In the trees

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19
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The Amazon is affected by what?

A

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 ________.

A

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.

A

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…

A

1 São Paulo ( population 19 million)

2 Rio de Janeiro ( population 12 million)

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25
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The three ethnic races are…

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European, African, Native American

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26
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What port handles the highest volume of shipping in all of Latin America?

A

Santos

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27
Q

_______ are overcrowded. Two large inland cities are _________ and _______.

A

coastal // Brasília and Manaus

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28
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________ is Brazil’s only free trade zone that allows production of goods.

A

Manaus

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29
Q

Poor neighborhoods are called _______.

A

favelas

30
Q

What percent of Brazilians own more than 70 percent of the land and control half the countries wealth.

A

10 percent

31
Q

Since 1980, poverty has increased by __________.

A

50 percent

32
Q

Brazil is both multiethnical and ________.

A

Multicultural

33
Q

The Portuguese royal family lived in Brazil for ________ years.

A

13

34
Q

Was only empire in Americas for ____ years.

A

80

35
Q

Portuguese first came to Brazil in _________.

A

1500

36
Q

Most Native Americans were originally located by the…

A

Coast of the Amazon Basin

37
Q

In what year did Spain claim all American land west of a certain line of longitude? Also, what was the name of the treaty?

A

1494 // Treaty of Tordesillas

38
Q

Brazil wood produces __________.

A

Red-dye

39
Q

What is an export economy?

A

An economy based off of exports.

40
Q

After the Africans worked on sugar plantations, they worked where?

A

Gold mines of Mina’s Gerais

41
Q

How many out of the ten million enslaved Africans were brought to Brazil?

A

3-4 million

42
Q

Capoeira is what?

A

A blend of martial arts and dance

43
Q

Slavery was outlawed in ________.

A

1888

44
Q

What is mercantilism?

A

Colonies benefiting from parent country

45
Q

Brazilians were expected to send exports only to _____.

A

Portugal

46
Q

Napoleon invaded Brazil in ________, planting seeds of _________.

A

1807 // independence

47
Q

What date did Portuguese ships first arrive in Brazil?

A

March 7, 1808

48
Q

Brazil’s population is about ______.

A

200 million

49
Q

The king returned to Portugal in _____.

A

1821

50
Q

The kings son, Pedro 1, declared independence for Brazil in _______.

A

1822

51
Q

By the mid-1800s ______ was Brazil’s main source of income.

A

Coffee

52
Q

What was the boom and bust cycle?

A

A period of strong economic growth followed by a period of sharp decline

53
Q

In the late 1800s, coffee brought such wealth that plantation owners had ________________.

A

Political power

54
Q

What are abolitionists?

A

People campaigning to end slavery.

55
Q

In 1889, Brazil’s military staged a what?

A

A coup, or a overthrow of a government

56
Q

When the empire ended a what took its place?

A

Republic

57
Q

The new constitution was based loosely off of The Who’s?

A

United States’

58
Q

What type of leader does Brazil have?

A

A president

59
Q

During the republic, power shifter from where to where? Going from what plant to what plant?

A

Northeast to southeast // sugar to coffee

60
Q

First leaders of the republic were known as what?

A

Coffee presidents

61
Q

Brazil’s government returned to a democracy in _______.

A

1990

62
Q

Brazil’s economy was hurt when the demand for ______ declined.

A

Rubber

63
Q

Coffee carried the economy until __________ in 1929.

A

The Great Depression

64
Q

In ______ Getúlio Vargas overthrew the government.

A

1930

65
Q

Getúlio encouraged manufacturing so that Brazil…

A

Wouldn’t be so dependent on foreign goods

66
Q

Women received voting right in the…

A

1930’s

67
Q

Getúlio Vargas was a powerful figure in government for ________ years.

A

24

68
Q

In 1950-1999 Brazil’s government was mainly controlled by _________

A

Dictators or the military

69
Q

In 1980’s Brazil was one of the world’s most…

A

Powerful empires

70
Q

In the late 1900’s thousands of people were _______ for opposing the government.

A

Arrested

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