Answer:
(i) People grow most of their food in small areas after clearing some trees in the forest. Work is distributed among men and women. Men hunt and fish along the rivers and women take care of the crops.
(ii) They mainly grow tapioca, pineapple and sweet potato. Cash crops like coffee, maize and cocoa are also grown. They practise ?slash and burn agriculture?.
(iii) As hunting and fishing are uncertain it is the women who keep their families alive by feeding them the vegetables they grow.
(iv) The staple food is manioc, also known as cassava that grows under the ground like the potato. They also eat queen ants and egg sacs.
(v) The rainforests provide a lot of wood for the houses. Some families live in thatched houses shaped like beehives. There are other large apartments-like houses called Maloca with a steeply slanting roof.
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