Let s Go to Brazil! Click on the Amazon Forest and answer following questions. 2.Where do tribes of Native people live?

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1 Name Let s Go to Brazil! Directions : Go to the Edwardscape.com Link Center. Click on Current Events. Click on Time for Kids. Type Go Places: Brazil in the search box on the homepage. Click on Sightseeing Guide. When you get to the map of Brazil, follow the directions below. Click on the Amazon Forest and answer following questions. 1.What animals make their home in the Amazon jungle? 2.Where do tribes of Native people live? 3.What do the Native tribes believe about the Amazon River? Click on Brasila and answer the following questions. 1.How did the government work to change Brasilia in 1956?

2 Page 2: Let s Go to Brazil 2.What kind of buildings will you find in Brasilia today? Click on Pantanal and answer the following questions. 1.What is Pantanal s best kept secret? 2.What animals will you find in Pantanal? 3.Why will the animals be easier to see in Pantanal than in the Amazon jungle? Click on Iguazu Falls and answer the following questions. 1.Where is Iguazu Falls located? 2.What will visitors find at Iguazu Falls?

3 Page 3: Let s Go to Brazil Click on Sao Paulo and answer the following questions. 1.Where do many of the immigrants living in Sao Paulo come from? 2.What do Sao Paulo residents complain about? 3.Why do residents choose to stay in Sao Paulo? Click on Rio de Janeiro and answer the following questions. 1.Why do tourists flock to Rio de Janeiro? 2.What is Rio de Janeiro s most famous landmark? 3.What world famous party takes place in Rio de Janeiro?

4 Page 4: Let s Go to Brazil Click on Ouro Preto and answer the following questions. 1.What did 17 th century treasure seekers find in Ouro Preto? 2.Why is the region of Minas Gerais important? Click on Salvador and answer the following questions. 1.Why does Salvador have many people of African descent? 2.What have the people of African descent brought to Salvador? Happy Travels!

5 Name History of Brazil Historical Event Date of Historical Event Illustration of Event Describe above event and its importance to the people of Brazil today

6 Name Brazil: Then and Now Brazil: Then Describe Brazil-Then and Now Brazil: Now Brazil: Then Illustrate Brazil-Then and Now Brazil: Now Use the above illustrations to write a comparison of the Then and Now of Brazil

7 Name Building a Vocabulary Wall-Brazil Directions: Put the word on the line above the box and the definition or description inside the box.

8 Name Nouns for Brazil People Places Things Directions: Use the above nouns to write a paragraph describing Brazil.

9 Name Fun Facts: Brazil Fun Facts: Brazil

10 Name It s A Small World: Brazil Directions: Go to Edwardscape Link Center. Click on Geography and Culture. Click on World Atlas.com. Click on the continent of South America. Click on the country of Brazil. Illustrate Brazil Describe Brazil s Geography Facts and Figures of Brazil Draw a Picture of Brazil s Flag Official Name Capital City Population Language Religions National Day

11 Name Journey Into Amazonia Directions: Go to the Link Center at Edwardscape. Click on Science. Scroll and click on Journey into Amazonia. Use the information you read to answer the questions. Click on Enter Amazonia. Read and answer the following questions. 1. What wealth of life resides in the Amazon Basin? _ 2. How far do you need to travel back in time to understand the origin of Amazonia? Click on Waterworlds. Read and answer the following questions. 1. How do the Andes Mountains influence the water level of the Amazon?

12 Page 2: Journey Into Amazonia 2. Why does the Giant Otter thrive only in the remotest jungle? 3. Why are some 20 species of piranha able to co-exist with other fish species in the Amazon? 4. What is the Giant Amazon river turtle best known for? 5. Who is the manatee s closest living relative? 6. How does the electric eel explore its environment? Click on Life on Land. Read and answer the following questions. 1. What does the Indian word for Jaguar mean? 2. Why is the cacique capable of sounding like a jaguar?

13 Page 3: Journey Into Amazonia 3. How does the anaconda snake s weight play an important role in hunting? 4. Why is silence a key trait of a vampire bat? 5. How does the tapir play an essential role in conserving the forest environment? Click on The Big Top. Read and answer the following questions. 1. Why is the richness of the Amazon s ecosystem a paradox? 2. What do scientists now believe about the canopy of Amazonia? 3. How do the sloth and green algae work together? _ 4. What is one stirring thing that the howler monkey can do?

14 Page 4: Journey Into Amazonia 5. How do leaf-cutter ants play an essential part of the Amazonian ecosystem? 6. Why can macaws be found in patches of burriti trees? Click on Powerful Plants. Read and answer the questions below. 1. How have adventurers in the Amazon hurt the biological diversity of the rainforest? 2. What biological diversity do botanists believe to be the richest? Click on Sacred Ground. Read and answer the following questions. 1. Why is Amazonia still threatened?

15 Page 5: Journey Into Amazonia 2. What two new threats to the forest are emerging? _ 3. How can we help to protect the rainforests of Amazonia? Illustrate your favorite animal of Amazonia Write three facts about the animal you illustrated You Have Completed Your Amazonian Journey!