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CHAPTER SIX: CITIES, TOWNS, AND THE COUNTRYSIDE
TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS
1. What is the population of the largest city in Brazil?
2. Who were the first inhabitants of the favelas and why did
they settle there?
3. What is the Monumental Axis?
RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. Research and identify all the main layers of a tropical rain forest.
Write down and define each of the layers and discuss their
importance to the entire forest.
2. Research and compare the slums of Brazil to other slums in
other major cities in the world. Create a chart showing differences
and similarities. What generalizations can you make regarding
these communities?
A vineyard in Bento Gonçalves, in
the state of Rio Grande do Sul.