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Corbin 6th Grade: Chapter 12 Land Use Conflict in the Amazon Rainforest
Corbin 6th Grade: Chapter 12 Land Use Conflict in the Amazon Rainforest
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1
What has caused many rubber trees to disappear in the Amazon?
Rubber tappers use techniques that caused trees to die
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Native Amazonians use of the rubber tree
Deforestation caused by ranchers and farmers
2
Rainforests are called the “lungs of the Earth” because of their role in
the Coriolis effect.
the carbon-oxygen cycle.
the El Niño current.
the food web.
3
What problems do people experience farming in the Amazon?
All listed
A few wealthy wealthy families own the best farmland.
The thin soil is surprisingly poor in nutrients.
As the soil loses its fertility, the amount of food lessens
4
Why have scientists and environmentalists come to the rainforest?
to work with native people
to study rainforest animals
All listed
to find plants that could cure diseases
5
What happens to the land in the Amazon basin once large areas of rainforest are cleared?
Loggers benefit by the regrowth of trees.
The cleared areas become grasslands.
All listed
Trees grow back.
6
Which of the following activities would support sustainable development in the rainforest?
the harvesting of rainforest trees to create more jobs
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
7
The picture below best represents which key term?
deforestation
biodiversity
sustainable development
carbon-oxygen cycle
8
What logging practice is a major cause of deforestation?
clear-cutting
cut-to-length logging
planting new trees
All listed
9
What are arguments about the best ways to use the land called?
biodiversity
sustainable development
land use conflict
carbon-oxygen cycle
10
What are some positive consequences of logging in in the rainforest?
It is making life better for many people through jobs
All listed
Money earned from wood sales is helping Brazil to pay debts.
Logging is a valuable economic activity for Brazil.
11
What is the main cause of land use conflict in the Amazon rainforest?
opposition by the government to farmers moving to the Amazon
arguments among environmentalist over biodiversity
differences among many groups over how to use the rainforest
conflicts between ranchers & farmers over clearing of land
12
What is an example of a way Native people live a sustainable way of life?
None listed
Both choices
They rotate their fields allowing trees to regrow.
They hunt & fish, & they grow crops on small plots of land.
13
The Amazon rainforest can be found on what continent?
North America
Europe
South America
Asia
14
How has Cattle ranching become an important economic activity in Brazil?
All listed
In 2008, the value of beef exported was more than $3 billion
The U.S. is one of the biggest buyers of Brazilian beef.
Brazil uses profits earned from beef sales to pay its debts
15
What do rubber tappers want the government to do?
to create protected reserves in the rainforest
to make it illegal for Native Amazonians to use rubber trees
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to excluded ranchers and farmers from using the rainforest
16
How did the arrival of so many newcomers hurt native Amazonians?
Many native people have been driven from their homelands.
Some have died from diseases brought by newcomers.
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Others have been killed or injured in land use conflicts.
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What can settlers in the Amazon basin do to promote sustainable development of the rainforest?
encourage more poor farmers to migrate to the rainforest
plant crops that grow under the rainforest canopy
clear more land to make larger farms
use cleared land to raise cattle instead of crops
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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
Rubber tappers remove sap by making cuts in the bark
All listed
19
For thousands of years, which small group made their home in the Amazon rainforest?
cattle ranchers
rubber tappers
indigenous people
farmers
20
What new skills have native Amazonians had to learn to survive?
how to become legal owners of their homelands
how to speak Portuguese
All of the above
how to work with Brazil’s government and legal system
21
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.
22
Which of these groups is most responsible for deforestation of the rainforest?
rubber tappers
native peoples
logging companies
environmental groups
23
What are tropical rainforests found near?
Tropic of Capricorn
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
24
Explain why flowering plants are drawn larger than birds on the diagram.
Scientist believe plants are more important than birds.
Birds are smaller in size than the flowering plants.
There are more species of plants than birds.
All listed
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In more recent times, which groups have come to the rainforest?
farmers
all listed
loggers
cattle ranchers
