activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about a piece of news. Brazil gains territory! Will we understand this fact? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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The survey was released this Wednesday (29), in Rio de Janeiro. Institute also released updated maps with the new boundaries of 174 Brazilian municipalities.
The territorial area of Brazil increased by 72.2 km² in 2022, according to a survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), released this Wednesday (29), in Rio de Janeiro.
The expansion went from 8,510,345.540 km² in 2021 to 8,510,417.771 km² last year. According to the institute, the increase in territory is due to new international border delineations in stretches of Amazonas, Rondônia, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul.
This Wednesday, the institute also released updated maps with the new limits of 174 Brazilian municipalities. Changes in the political-administrative division took place between May 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022.
The state with the highest number of changes in municipal boundaries was Rio Grande do Sul (61 municipalities), followed by Pernambuco (50) and Paraná (47).
There were also changes in Mato Grosso (6), Maranhão (3), Rio Grande do Norte (3), in addition to Tocantins (2) and Goiás (2).
“Updates take place from the publication of new legislation, court decision and technical reports/opinions made by the respective state bodies responsible for the political-administrative division of each state and forwarded to the IBGE", explains Roberto Tavares, coordinator of Territorial Structures, of the Geosciences from IBGE.
Available in:. Accessed on: March 29, 2023. (With cut).
Question 1 – Read back:
"Survey was released this Wednesday (29), in Rio de Janeiro."
What survey does the text refer to?
Question 2 – Watch:
“According to the institute, the increase in territory is due to new international border delineations in stretches of Amazonas, Rondônia, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul.”
In this passage, the text reveals:
( ) the cause of the increase in the Brazilian territory.
( ) the purpose of expanding the Brazilian territory.
( ) the consequence of the increase in the Brazilian territory.
Question 3 – The segment “The institute also released updated maps this Wednesday with the new limits of 174 Brazilian municipalities.” It is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 4 – In “Changes in the political-administrative division took place between May 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022.”, the underlined part indicates:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 5 – Identify the “state with the greatest number of changes in municipal boundaries”:
( ) Paraná.
( ) Pernambuco.
( ) Rio Grande do Sul.
Question 6 – In “There were also changes in Mato Grosso (6), Maranhão (3), Rio Grande do Norte (3), in addition to Tocantins (2) It is Goiás (2).", the underlined word expresses:
( ) sum.
( ) conclusion.
( ) explanation.
Question 7 – The quotes stand out in the text:
( ) a quote.
( ) an opinion.
( ) the main information.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.