Monday, January 11, 2010

Brazil Web Quest #2




Hello Students:

Last session you answered questions about Brazil from an article in World Book Online. Today you will continue with another set of questions from the article.

Click on this link (usename: ps376k / password: ps376k), read the article and answer the following questions in your social studies notebook:

1) The _______ Region is the biggest region in Brazil.

2) The Amazon forest is the world's_________ rain forest.

3) What are favelasl?

4) Brazil has many industries. Its factories make____, _____ and _____, and ______.

5) Most of Brazil's farmers work on ________ and ________.

6) The nation's vast forests produce valuable timber. ________, _______, _______, and _________ are made from the trees.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Brazil Web Quest #1




Hello Students:

Today, we will continue our investigation of Brazil with a web quest.

Click on this link (usename: ps376k / password: ps376k), read the article and answer the following questions in your social studies notebook:

1) Brazil is the ______ country in South America and the _____ largest country in the world.

2) Brazil covers nearly ______ of South America.

3) What is the capital of Brazil?

4) More than half of Brazil's people live in which region of the country?

5) What is a fazendas?

6) What are the three biggest cities in Brazil and what are their populations?