Hello! Questions that address the regions Brazilian They are very common in Enem tests. Let’s now understand how these contents are explored.
Brazilian regions are generally approached in a contextualized and the questions require the candidate to know the characteristics of each of the five regions of our country.
To understand how this is done, let’s analyze some Enem questions:
Question about Brazilian regions in the 2011 Enem
The image depicts the Araucaria, a tree that is part of an important Brazilian biome that, however, has already been greatly degraded by human occupation. One of the forms of human intervention related to the degradation of this biome was
a) the advancement of the extraction of metallic minerals aimed at export in the Southeast region.
b) the continued intensive agricultural occupation of grains in the Central-West region of Brazil.
c) the deforestation process motivated by the expansion of sugarcane activity in the Brazilian Northeast.
d) the advancement of the paper and cellulose industry based on the exploitation of wood, extracted mainly in the south of Brazil.
e) the intensification of the favelaization process in areas of Serra do Mar in the Southeast region.
Resolution:
The correct answer to this question is the letter D, as the Mata de Araucária originally occupied tracts of land in South region and part of region Southeast and has been extremely altered over time by human action. The production of cellulose pulp, to serve the paper industry, is among the main forms of intensive use of the species. Agricultural expansion, the use of wood for construction and the furniture industry also helped in its modification.
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Alternative A is false because the araucaria areas in the Southeast region are limited to mountainous regions and these are not used in mineral exploration.
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Alternatives B and C are incorrect because the Midwest regions It is North East they do not have araucaria in their original vegetation.
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Finally, alternative E is also incorrect, as Serra do Mar – located in Southeast regionand – does not have araucaria in its vegetation.
As we can see in this question, the candidate had to know the particularities of each region to select the correct alternative and eliminate the incorrect ones.
The official regionalization of the country is that carried out by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). In this classification, Brazil is divided into five large regions:
It is also worth knowing the sub-regions of the Northeast region, as it is an important topic in understanding this region:
In addition to the official IBGE regions, there is another regionalization that is widely used for a variety of purposes and is common in many textbooks. Are the geoeconomic regions, that take into account natural and, mainly, socioeconomic aspects. In this classification, Brazil is divided into three large regions:
Click on the links above and learn more about this Brazilian regionalization. To complete your studies, take the exercises below and test the knowledge acquired by reading the texts.
Happy studying!