Rodovia Fernão Dias

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/rodovia-ferno-dias

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Rodovia Fernão Dias?Federal Highway BR-381, connecting São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2. What is the capital of Rodovia Fernão Dias?São Paulo (state capital) and Belo Horizonte (state capital)
3. What language do people speak in Rodovia Fernão Dias?Portuguese
4. What is the named for?Fernão Dias Pais Leme, a 17th-century bandeirante explorer
5. Why is Rodovia Fernão Dias important?The highway is important because it moves goods like iron ore, coffee, and factory products between cities. It helps Brazil’s economy grow and keeps businesses connected.
6. Who was Fernão Dias?Fernão Dias was an explorer from the 1600s who helped map Brazil’s interior. The highway is named after him because of his role in discovering new places.

Bandeirante: Pioneering explorers and adventurers from colonial Brazil who expanded the territory and searched for resources.
Atlantic Forest: A highly biodiverse and threatened subtropical rainforest biome in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.
Federal Highway: A major public road that is part of the national highway system, managed by the federal government.
Habitat Fragmentation: The process by which large, continuous habitats are broken into smaller, isolated patches.