On the first Sunday of Enem 2025, five images were submitted for the Human Sciences test, which candidates had to decipher in order to solve the question. Professor Pedro Lopes, assessment supervisor at SAS Educação, explains each assessment and what students need to interpret.
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One of the urban geography questions presented an aerial view of Salvador’s waterfront.
— This test asked about the process of urban verticalization. We needed to identify the processes that were happening within the city — López explains.
Another question featured a cartoon about electric cars, questioning the use of this technology.
— That cartoon pointed out a contradiction in the way alternative technologies are used — the professor observes.
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The theme of the question was the painting “The Piazzetta and the Library” by Italian artist Luca Carlevaris, and questions were asked about the history of Europe from the Middle Ages to modern times. “She mentioned Venice’s role in that context,” Lopez says.
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Another problem had diagrams and was about agricultural land geography.
— The students had to analyze the scenario and data presented and point out the factors contributing to Brazil’s position in this scenario of global production and export of agricultural products — the professor analyzes.
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Finally, an environmentally themed question on satellite imagery of fires required candidates to point out geographic features that explain the spatial distribution of fire occurrences.