AMAZON RAINFOREST VOCABULARY EXAM QUESTIONS

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AMAZON RAINFOREST VOCABULARY EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: rubber tappers

Answer:

people who collect sap from rubber trees, dry it, then sell it to make rubber products

Question 2: clear cutting

Answer:

the act of chopping down an entire patch of rainforest instead of selecting certain, valuable trees

Question 3: renewable resources

Answer:

a resource that can't be used up or that can be replaced as quickly as it is used up

Question 4: environmentalists

Answer:

people who study and protect rainforests' resources and people

Question 5: indigenous

Answer:

produced, growing, or living naturally in a particular region or environment

Question 6: deforestation

Answer:

the removal of trees from a forest; the action or process of clearing forest land

Question 7: non-renewable resources

Answer:

a resource that takes so long to form, it can't be replaced

Question 8: cattle ranchers

Answer:

people who raise cows in the Amazon to ultimately produce beef and sell it to the world

Question 9: rural

Answer:

found in or living in the countryside/not close to a city

Question 10: Native Amazonians

Answer:

people who have lived traditional lives in the Amazon for thousands of years

Question 11: reforestation

Answer:

the act of regrowing a forest by planting seeds or young trees

Question 12: urban

Answer:

found in or living in a city

Question 13: sustainability

Answer:

using resources in an area without causing permanent damage

Question 14: settlers

Answer:

poor Brazilians who were given free land and money in the Amazon by the government

Question 15: loggers

Answer:

people or companies that harvest trees from the forests for use in wood products