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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWho colonized Brazil and brought their language and religion to the area?PortugueseSpanishFrenchMexican
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the conservationists and local residents of South America arguing about?How to best manage the rainforest and preserve as much as possible.The amount of roads in each townWho can have how many cattleHow to handle all the economic growth the rainforest has brought them
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich issue in Brazil has the greatest global (worldwide) impact?deforestationland ownership reformabundancecrime
- 4. Multiple ChoiceName two ways the people of South America are modifying the environment.mining and transportation infrastructuetraveling and tourismbuilding tents in the rainforest and hikingobserving nature and recording weather changes
- 5. Multiple ChoiceEven though the Spanish conquered the Incan Empire, which present day cultural trait is still in Peru?Quechua, the native language is still spokenSpanish is still spokenQuipos are still used in mathematicsThey still worship a sun God.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhere do the poor live in Rio de Janeiro?FavelasRancherosHaciendasMestizos
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is ecotourism?Touring a region for its natural sights and resourcesTouring a region for its historical landmarksTouring a region and spending a lot of moneyBolstering an economy through tourism
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of industry is ecotourism?service industrymanufacturing industryagricultural industryeconomic industry
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How have the people living on the Amazon River adapted to the physical environment in the region in which they live?Their homes are on stilts.Their homes float on the water.Their homes are built on mountainsides.They swing through trees to get from place to place. - 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat religious group influenced Brazilian art?Roman CatholicSpanish CatholicIslamJudaism
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the largest country of South America?BrazilVenezuelaChileArgentina
- 12. Multiple ChoiceDefine: industrializeda region that has built up a system of industriesa region that is primarily rurala region that speaks one languagea region that has only one industry
- 13. Multiple ChoiceIs Brazil an industrialized nation?yes, newly industrializedno, still developingyes, well developed for many yearsno, will never develop
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich country is shaped like a whale?ArgentinaChileBrazilParaguay
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich country is shaped like the saddle of a horse?VenezuelaSurinameFrench GuianaPeru
- 16. Multiple ChoiceImproved highways and greater economic development in South America are factors of cultural _______?changereligionborrowingcultural stigma
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat does scarcity mean?being in short supply ofhaving an abundance ofneeding to exportbeing afraid
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