(Ch.6) Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice

VOCAB: p.159 aboriginal acculturation

Chapter 6 – Across the Savannas of the Sipaliwini

Chapter 6 – Across the Savannas of the Sipaliwini

Brazil – village of Palu

What is the name of the enzyme that can be extracted from Papaya and used as a meat tenderizer?

What is the name of the one that can be used to clean contact lenses and treat slipped discs of the spine?

p.161

papain; chymopapain

How does the human physiology differ between Caucasians and South American Indians? (In terms of metabolic rate and sweating).

p.167

Caucasians: have higher basic metabolic rate, and therefore tend to have more body heat to dissipate-an adaptation to a colder European climate.

the rain forest is such a humid environment, sweating is an ineffective way to cool the body-the sweat never evaporates, as result Indians sweat very little

Poison-arrow frogs are brightly colored and secrete enough toxins to kill ______people.

p.169

100 ppl

Who is Padre Haas?

p.175

60 yr old Bavarian, 5’2’’, jeans and cotton shirt, slow-burning pipe between this tobacco stained teeth

carpenter, who settled a humble and welcoming for hosptiality impression on Mike

What economical important plant did British botanist, Henry Wickham, steal from Brazil in 1867?

p.179

the ripe fruit from the rubber tree, and therefore produced latex rubber then distributed to British plantations throughout Southeast Asia

Brazil is the world’s leading producer of coffee, yet coffee does not originate there. Instead, it is native to _____

p.179

native to Ethiopia, in Africa

What 2 types of Christianity were the tribes split between in Suriname and Brazil?

p.185

1. Protestantism

1. Franciscans?

Amazonian soils are very poor and cannot support manioc trees (cassava) for more than _____ years.

2 consecutive years

Hummingbirds have evolved special bills that can extract __________ from flowers.

nectar

The genus of chocolate is _________ which is translated to mean “food of the gods”

Theobroma

Kamainja says that the peasant garden is bad because it only has 1 kind of manioc growing in it. Why is this bad?

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What are the negative and positive impacts that Christian missionaries have had on the indigenous people of Brazil.

Sure, here's a simplified explanation:

Positive Impacts:

education, Healthcare, Cultural exchange, Protection

Negative Impacts:

Losing culture, Changing society, Losing freedom, Sickness, Losing land