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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
