World Cultures 11

Name: Chase Hodges________________

Block:__4____

The Amazon Rainforest Internet Assignment

1.
Review the photograph. Choose one descriptive word (adjective) that comes to mind and
explain how it relates to the image.
The word that come to mind when I see the trees is beautiful. It is beautiful because it is mother nature
and the river and trees look nice from a birds eye view.

2.
Click on Overview and review the information, including the visuals. List the 8 nations that the
Amazon rainforest is located in.
-Venezuela

-Brazil

-Ecuador

- Columbia

-Peru

- Guyana

-Bolivia

- Suriname

3.
Click on Forest Habitat and review the information there, including the visuals. A forest can
vary based on several factors. What are these four factors?
-Latitude

- Rainfall

-Soil

- Temperatures

4.

What makes rainforests special?

Forests are essential for life on earth and over 300 million people live there.

5.
Worldwide, how quickly is deforestation occurring? How quickly is it occurring in the Amazon?
Use statistics from the reading to explain your answer.
a.

Worldwide 46-58 million square miles every year, or 36 football fields every minute.

b.

Amazon 17% in the last half century

6.
Scroll down to the Why They Matter section. Scroll through the three images and review the
captions. List and explain why rainforests matter.
Forests are important because we rely on them for hunting, medicine, and useful materials. Also, tree
create oxygen through photosynthesis, what we breathe in.

7.
Return to the main page (www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon) and scroll down to the
Species section. Choose three animals found in the Amazon and describe them in the chart.
Animal
Snakes
Monkeys
Insects

Description
Long anacondas, boa constrictors, etc.
Monkeys, Chimpanzees, etc.
Tarantulas, other poisonous insects

Part II (Native Peoples): Use www.survivalinternational.org/about/amazontribes to learn about the

native peoples of the Amazon rainforest.
8.

How many people live in the Amazon rainforest, and how are they organized?

300 million people live in the amazon. They are organized to live near needed products like food
and other materials.

9.

To what extent have they had contact with outsiders? Explain your response.

They have an extremely bad contact with the outside world because they only people they see are
tourists and people who live in the forest with them.
10.
Create a t-chart that compares and contrasts your daily life with that of the people of the
Amazon. Include at least four points of comparison.
Compare

Contrast

-Go to store for Food

-Have Electricity

-Find food in Forest

-Sunlight is only light source

-Prescribed antibiotics when needed

-Find their own antibiotics
11.
Why are land rights so important to the Amazon tribes? Read the text and watch the video clip
in the Land = Life section to answer this question.
Land rights are important for amazon tribes because they need to have access to and own all materials
around them because they need to have food and other materials last them for the rest of their life. If
other people were using their materials, people would need to frequently relocate when they ran out of
materials.

12.
Do you think most Americans agree with the viewpoint expressed by the woman in the video
clip? Explain.
Yes, I think most Americans would agree with the viewpoint by the woman in the video clip because
materials and items are limited in some areas of the Amazon Rainforest.

Part III (Current Challenges): Use www.theguardian.com/environment/amazon-rainforest to research

some of the current challenges facing the Amazon rainforest. Please be mature in handling photographs
of native people, as their dress is quite different from ours!

13.
Choose articles that interest you about each of the topics in the chart. Read them and complete
the chart.
Challenges
Deforestation
Mining/Drilling
Crime

Impact
Less trees to create oxygen
More materials to be used
Many casualties of innocent
people

Solutions
Stop cutting down trees
Rainforest runs out of materials
Get rid of the cartel

What challenges did the rainforest pose for Brazil in its efforts to prepare for the 2014 World Cup?
Brazil put a $300 million dollar stadium that they are only going to use for 4 games. The rainforest have
a lot of rain so it could pose a problem for the Brazil soccer team.

15.

How did the regions emphasis on environmental protection influence the stadium project?

They thought harder about how they amazon forest helps them and many others so why not treat the
rainforest better.