Write all your answers on a separate sheet of binder paper:

1. How many square kilometers of rain forest was lost to deforestation between 2000 and 2006?

2. Historically a large portion of deforestation in Brazil can be attributed to what factor?

3. Brazilian deforestation is strongly correlated to what?

4. Check out the picture in the upper right hand corner - what activity contributes to 60-70% of the deforestation in the Amazon?

5. Why are large tracts of forest being cleared and sometimes planted with African savanna grasses?

6. How have tax incentives contributed to deforestation?

7. What is the leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon?

8. What percentage of deforestation was attributed to cattle ranching from 1966-75?

9. Between 1990 and 2001 the percentage of Europe's processed meat imports that came from Brazil rose from 40 percent to ______ percent.

10. What percentage of Brazilian cattle production is found in the Amazon Basin?

11. List three factors that have spurred Brazil's recent growth as a producer of beef:

12. A significant amount of deforestation is caused by the_________________ activities of poor ___________ who are encouraged to settle on forest lands by government land policies.

13. What kind of right do squatters acquire in Brazil?

14. How many farmers did the Brazilian grant land to between 1995 and 1998?

15. What are the two reasons that the government in Brazil planned a 2,000-mile highway that would bisect the massive Amazon forest?

16. Recently what resource has become one of the most important contributors to deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?

17. In September 2003 how many people were arrested for allegedly cutting 10,000 hectares worth of timber?

18. How many Brazilians work under "conditions analogous to slavery," clearing land and working for cattle ranches, soy farms, and other labor-intensive industries?

19. Who will you work with on the project? List your teammates:

20. What is going to be the name of your island? Write down the name of your island. Then come see me - and be the first group to tell me the name of your island in person - and everyone in your group wins one Olson dollar.