What is the main cause of land use conflict in the Amazon rainforest?

differences among many groups over how to use the rainforest

What is one way rubber tappers use the rainforest without harming the environment?

Rubber tappers remove sap by making cuts in the bark

What has caused many rubber trees to disappear in the Amazon?

Deforestation caused by ranchers and farmers

What happens to the land in the Amazon basin once large areas of rainforest are cleared?

The cleared areas become grasslands.

Which of the following activity would support sustainable development in the Amazon rainforest?

the use of rainforest resources without destroying them

What can settlers in the Amazon basin do to promote sustainable development of the rainforest?

plant crops that grow under the rainforest canopy

What do rubber tappers want the government to do?

to create protected reserves in the rainforest

Explain why flowering plants are drawn larger than birds on the diagram.

There are more species of plants than birds.

Which statement is best supported by the graph?

More than half of the world's rainforests have been lost.

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6th Grade: Chapter 12 Land Use Conflict in the Amazon Rainforest

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1
The Amazon rainforest can be found on what continent?
Asia
Europe
South America
North America
2
What new skills do native Amazonians have to learn to survive?
how to speak Portuguese
how to work with Brazil’s government and legal system
All of the above
how to become legal owners of their homelands
3
What is the main cause of land use conflict in the Amazon rainforest?
conflicts between ranchers & farmers over clearing of land
arguments among environmentalist over biodiversity
differences among many groups over how to use the rainforest
opposition by the government to farmers moving to the Amazon
4
What are some positive consequences of logging in in the rainforest?
Money earned from wood sales is helping Brazil to pay debts.
Logging is a valuable economic activity for Brazil.
It is making life better for many people through jobs
All listed
5
What logging practice is a major cause of deforestation?
clear-cutting
cut-to-length logging
planting new trees
All listed
6
For thousands of years, which small group made their home in the Amazon rainforest?
cattle ranchers
rubber tappers
farmers
indigenous people
7
What is one way rubber tappers use the rainforest without harming the environment?
Rubber tappers drill holes to remove the rubber
Rubber tappers remove sap by cutting the rubber tree down
All listed
Rubber tappers remove sap by making cuts in the bark
8
Why have scientists and environmentalists come to the rainforest?
All listed
to work with native people
to find plants that could cure diseases
to study rainforest animals
9
How has Cattle ranching become an important economic activity in Brazil?
The U.S. is one of the biggest buyers of Brazilian beef.
In 2008, the value of beef exported was more than $3 billion
Brazil uses profits earned from beef sales to pay its debts
All listed
10
Rainforests are called the “lungs of the Earth” because of their role in
the carbon-oxygen cycle.
the Coriolis effect.
the food web.
the El Niño current.
11
The picture below best represents which key term?
biodiversity
deforestation
carbon-oxygen cycle
sustainable development
12
How did the arrival of so many newcomers hurt native Amazonians?
Others have been killed or injured in land use conflicts.
All listed
Many native people have been driven from their homelands.
Some have died from diseases brought by newcomers.
13
What are arguments about the best ways to use the land called?
land use conflict
biodiversity
carbon-oxygen cycle
sustainable development
14
Which of these groups is most responsible for deforestation of the rainforest?
environmental groups
rubber tappers
logging companies
native peoples
15
What has caused many rubber trees to disappear in the Amazon?
Rubber tappers use techniques that caused trees to die
Deforestation caused by ranchers and farmers
All listed
Native Amazonians use of the rubber tree
16
What happens to the land in the Amazon basin once large areas of rainforest are cleared?
All listed
The cleared areas become grasslands.
Trees grow back.
Loggers benefit by the regrowth of trees.
17
In more recent times, which groups have come to the rainforest?
farmers
cattle ranchers
loggers
all listed
18
Which of the following activity would support sustainable development in the Amazon rainforest?
the use of rainforest resources without destroying them
the building of more roads into the rainforest
the clearing of rainforest to create farms and ranches
the harvesting of rainforest trees to create more jobs
19
What is an example of a way Native people live a sustainable way of life?
They rotate their fields allowing trees to regrow.
They hunt & fish, & they grow crops on small plots of land.
None listed
Both choices
20
What problems do people experience farming in the Amazon?
All listed
The thin soil is surprisingly poor in nutrients.
A few wealthy wealthy families own the best farmland.
As the soil loses its fertility, the amount of food lessens
21
What can settlers in the Amazon basin do to promote sustainable development of the rainforest?
plant crops that grow under the rainforest canopy
encourage more poor farmers to migrate to the rainforest
clear more land to make larger farms
use cleared land to raise cattle instead of crops
22
What do rubber tappers want the government to do?
to make it illegal for Native Amazonians to use rubber trees
to excluded ranchers and farmers from using the rainforest
All listed
to create protected reserves in the rainforest
23
Explain why flowering plants are drawn larger than birds on the diagram.
Birds are smaller in size than the flowering plants.
There are more species of plants than birds.
Scientist believe plants are more important than birds.
All listed
24
Which statement is best supported by the graph?
Rainforest once covered about 3 million square miles.
Two thirds of the world's rainforests have disappeared.
More than half of the world's rainforests have been lost.
Rainforest loss has increased in the past 10 years.
25
What are tropical rainforest found near?
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Tropic of Cancer

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