Geography of Brazil

4emes and Mrs Dieu

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  1. The world's largest flood plain and home to the greatest quantity and variety of wildlife in all the Americas , located in eastern central Brazil
  2. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    Marajó Island
    Fernando de Noronha Island
    Lençois Maranhenses National Park
    Pantanal Mato-Grossense


  3. What does the word "Iguaçu"(name given to the Falls in Brazil) mean in the Tupi-Guarani language?
  4. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    mother water
    great waters
    magic waterfall
    beautiful water


  5. Most economic development in Brazil (63% of all industrial production) is concentrated into a relatively small area (10% of the national territory) . This region is now one of the most prosperous in Brazil and includes the area where the coffee industry developed and where you can find mineral resources like precious stones.
  6. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    the Central West
    The South
    the Northeast
    The Southeast


  7. The largest hydroelectric works in Brazil and in the world, it has the capacity to generate 12,6 million kilowatts and supply the energy needs of Paraguay and Southern Brazil. The concrete used in this dam could have paved a two-lane highway from Moscow to Lisbon.
  8. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    Itaipu
    Jupiá
    Sobradinho
    Ilha Solteira


  9. The most important ports in the southeast of Brazil are:
  10. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    Ilhéus and Recife
    Tubarão and Laguna
    Rio Grande and Itajaí
    Santos and Rio de Janeiro


  11. The Brazilian basic unit of currency is
  12. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    real
    cruzeiro
    peso
    cruzado


  13. 1) A Unesco World Heritage site with numerous rock shelters decorated with cave paintings, some of which are more than 25000 years old. It's an exceptional testimony of one of the oldest human communities of South America
  14. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    Historic Centre of São Luiz
    Chapada dos Guimarães
    Serra da Bocaina National Park
    Serra da Capivara National Park


  15. A major tourist destination in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul with impressive natural resources like caves, underground lakes and incredibly clear rivers.
  16. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    Bela Vista
    Chapada dos Guimarães
    Pantanal Mato-Grossense
    Bonito


  17. Baependi, Caxambu, São Lourenço, Cambuquira and Passo Quatro are:
  18. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    ghost towns in Minas Gerais where many far west films were made
    mystic villages in the mountains northeast of Minas Gerais.
    mineral spa towns south of Minas Gerais
    famous beaches south of Rio de Janeiro


  19. .The 6275 km-long Amazon is the world's largest river. With around 1100 tributaries, 10 of which have more water than the Mississipi river, the Amazon carries an estimated __________of the world's fresh water.
  20. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    40%
    30%
    50%
    20%


  21. What is the most important problem in the northeast of Brazil?
  22. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    drought
    volcano eruptions
    floods
    earthquakes


  23. The Brazilian capital , Brasília was created ex nihilo (out of nothing) in the centre of the country so as to integrate all regions and develop the interior. It was projected by Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer and considered a landmark in the history of town-planning. The layout of the residential and administrative districts is often compared with the shape of :
  24. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    a rocket
    an aeroplane
    a flying saucer
    a boat


  25. In which region is the state of Alagoas located?
  26. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    Central West
    North
    South
    Northeast


  27. Brazil covers 47.3% of the continent of South America and is the fifth largest country by area in the world. Only two countries do not have a border with Brazil. Can you name them?
  28. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    Venezuela and Peru
    Bolivia and Ecuador
    Peru and Chile
    Chile and Ecuador


  29. 58% of Brazil is covered by:
  30. Links to reference material:
    The English Department Brazil Page

    Your answer:
    the Amazon rainforest
    marshes and wetlands
    grassland, savannas and palm trees
    grassland, pine forests and semi-desert areas



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