Brazil at a glance: land, people, language and trade

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

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   What Brazil sells abroad (cards A to C). Card A, a chart of merchandise exports, 2024 (columns Kind of goods | Share of merchandise exports): Manufactured goods | 23.2%; Food | 40.4%; Fuels | 17.0%; Ores and metals | 12.6%; Farm raw materials | 5.6%; Total value | about $337.0 billion. Note: World Bank figures for 2024; shares do not add to exactly 100% because some goods fit none of these groups. Merchandise exports are goods sold abroad, not services. Card B, World Bank figures for 2024 from the China and Japan profiles in this set: China, total merchandise exports about $3,575.8 billion, with manufactured goods 91.2% and food 2.4%; Japan, total about $707.0 billion, with manufactured goods 82.5% and food 1.1%. Card C, a brochure written for this sheet: Brazil, the world's farm! Come and see where the world's food comes from.

2. 1.

   Card A shows food as the largest group of Brazil's exports. Which statement is supported, Ari asks?

   • Food is Brazil's largest export because Brazil is the world's farm
   • Food was the largest group of Brazil's goods exports in 2024
   • Manufactured goods were the largest group, with food second
   • Food was Brazil's largest export in each year since 1960
3. 2.

   Card A says food was 40.4% of Brazil's total goods exports of about $337.0 billion. About how much was food, Bo asks?

   • About $136 billion
   • About $201 billion
   • About $13.6 billion
   • About $40.4 billion
4. 3.

   Card A and card B give each country's manufactured goods share. Which statement is supported, Esme asks?

   • Brazil makes almost nothing, since manufactured goods are a small share
   • Brazil's manufactured share is close to China's, within a few points
   • Brazil's manufactured share is far below China's and Japan's
   • Brazil's manufactured share is above Japan's but below China's
5. 4.

   Cards A and B give food shares and totals. Which country sold more food abroad in dollars in 2024, Brazil or China, Jun asks?

   • China, because its total exports are about ten times as large
   • China: about $136 billion against Brazil's about $86 billion
   • Brazil: about $136 billion against China's about $86 billion
   • They sold the same amount, since both shares are small
6. 5.

   Card C is a brochure that says Brazil is 'the world's farm'. What does card A show about that claim, Kira asks?

   • Card A shows that Brazil grows most of the food that the world eats
   • Card A contradicts the brochure, since food is a small part of exports
   • Card A shows the brochure was written by the Brazilian government
   • Food is Brazil's largest export group, not proof it feeds the world
7. 6.

   A student says: 'Brazil has huge farmland and forests, so that is why it exports more food than Japan.' Which response is careful, Luz asks?

   • Proven: Brazil's area is about 22 times Japan's, so land is the cause
   • A reasonable idea, but the cards give food shares, not the reason
   • Right: card C says Brazil grows more food than any other country
   • Wrong: Japan exports more food than Brazil, with a share of 1.1%
8. 7.

   Add the food, fuels, ores and metals, and farm raw materials shares on card A. What share of Brazil's goods exports is that, Milo asks?

   • 70.0%
   • 98.8%
   • 76.8%
   • 75.6%
9. 8.

   Manufactured goods are 23.2% of Brazil's goods exports. A student concludes: 'Brazil makes few goods.' How strong is that, Noah asks?

   • Strong: a share as low as 23.2% shows that Brazil makes few goods
   • Strong: card A shows that Brazil sells fewer goods than China does
   • Weak: card A shows 23.2% is the largest of the five groups
   • Weak: the chart shows goods sold abroad, not all that Brazil makes
10. 9.

    A student wants to know whether Brazil's food exports have grown over time. What would help most, Tala asks?

    • Japan's food exports for the same year, 2024, from card B
    • A chart of Brazil's life expectancy for the year 2024
    • A second copy of the 2024 chart from another website
    • The same chart for an earlier year, to compare
11. 10.

    A brochure says Brazil is 'the world's farm'. A Japanese student reads card B and says food is only 1.1% of Japan's exports. What does the difference show, Zee asks?

    • Japan has no farms of its own, because its food share is 1.1%
    • Japan sells more food than Brazil, because its share is smaller
    • Countries sell different mixes, so a good makes different shares
    • Brazil and Japan sell the same mix of goods, in different amounts