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23 Cards in this Set
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how did the incas keep thier vast empires unified
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officiant goverment
14000 miles of road officals who provied people |
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name the longest mountian range in the world
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andes mountains
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diescribe the altiplano
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a region of platues and plains high in the mountains
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what r some of the reasons people settled by the lake titcaca
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: many rivers flow into the lake
: supports crops-corn and patatoe :mild climate :good transportion |
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name some of the landforms found in south america
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platues,plains,mountain,deserts, high lands
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how is the land in central and southren s america different from the land in the north
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area of plains
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why did the early south american people create large scale civillizations
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people were seperated by rugged lands and a dence rainforest
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name some of the facts about chavin art
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they made carvings and poetry there art images inculed cats crocodiles and surpents
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compare the mochica and the chavin civilaztion
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they were both great artists
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where did the mochica and the chavin live
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river valley between the mountains of peru
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what r the mochica and chavin both known for today
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art
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diescibe the mochica city states
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flat toped pryimds, stone court yards, plasma
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what mystery still remains unsloved about the mochcia and the chavin civilation
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there dissapearences
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what do archolistes belive machu picchu was
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religos centers
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name the capital of the incas empire
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cuzco
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who where the most successful empire of the incas civilization
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pachacuti
topa inca |
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why r the incas remebered as fine stone workers
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they cut the stones so they fit so tighty they didnt need cement
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name the achivments of the incas
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buit miles of roads
dug tunnels through road buit road bridges |
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wat is a wetland
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an area of very moist soil such as a swamp
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wat is a biome
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places that have distinct climates and types plants and animals
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scrub land
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areas of low vegation
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archipelago
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groups of ilands
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quipu
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rope with variste lenghts and colors of a cord
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