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The Amazon Rainforest Internet Assignment
Purpose: This assignments goal is to expose you to basic facts about the Amazon rainforest as well as
introduce you to some of the wildlife and people that live inside it. You will also understand how the rainforest
affects the nations and people of South America and how it is facing unique challenges in the modern world.
Part I (Overview): Use www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon and follow the directions carefully to
complete this assignment.
1. Review the photograph. Choose one descriptive word (adjective) that comes to mind and explain how it
relates to the image.
Lively, it just looks like a beautiful large rainforest.
Click on Overview and review the information, including the visuals. List the 8 nations that the Amazon
rainforest is located in.
- Brazil
-Ecuador
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Bolivia
- Venezuela
Peru
- Guyana
Colombia
- Surname
2. 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?
- Food
- Wood
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Medicine
- Water
There are one million Indians and they are divided into around 400 tribes.
8. To what extent have they had contact with outsiders? Explain your response.
Outsiders want their land because of the oil there.
9. 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.
They grow their own food, they use spears, live in villages, and government regularly ride rough-shod over their
rights.
We buy our food, not everyone hunts, we dont live in villages, and we are a democracy.
10. 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.
Their land rights are very important to them because thats their home but everyone else wants their land
because they know that there is oil there.
11. Do you think most Americans agree with the viewpoint expressed by the woman in the video clip? Explain.
it.
14. How did the regions emphasis on environmental protection influence the stadium project?