CHAPTER 12
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Section 2 Quiz
Brazil’s Quest for Economic Growth
A. Vocabulary and Key Concepts
Directions: Read the statements below. If a statement is true, write T in the blank. If it is
false, write F.
1. Gasohol is an alcohol-based fuel.
2. A few wealthy families own plantations in Brazil.
3. The government of Brazil discourages ecotourism.
4. Deforestation helps increase the population of many species.
5. Brasília is the center of a network of roads.
B. Main Ideas
Directions: Write the letter of the correct ending in the blank.
6. Many agricultural workers in Brazil are poor because
a. the country lacks roads to transport crops.
b. they have little or no land and the climate is unfavorable for farming.
c. the vegetation of the rain forest quickly overtakes farmland.
d. the country lacks foreign markets for its crops.
7. The Brazilian government has tried to reduce poverty by
a. changing to a socialist economic system.
b. instituting a welfare program for the poor.
c. boosting industry and encouraging the development of the country’s
interior.
d. promoting the sale of oil to developed countries.
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8. As a result of Brazil’s economic development, poverty in the industrial
cities has
a. increased as technology has been ignored.
b. decreased as new jobs have opened up.
c. decreased as people have been attracted to free land in the Amazon.
d. increased as more rural people have moved to the cities.
9. Brazil’s development programs have resulted in
a. an increase in manufacturing and growth of the middle class.
b. an increase in the agricultural labor force and growth of the upper class.
c. a mass movement of people from the coastal cities to the interior.
d. the elimination of Brazil’s foreign debt.
10. The development of the Amazon Basin has
a. stimulated the growth of Indian cultures.
b. caused erosion of the soil.
c. made Brazil a major world power.
d. been abandoned for environmental reasons.
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