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18 Cards in this Set
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Name the longest mountain range in the world
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Andes Mountain
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Describe the Altiplano
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a region of plateaus and plains high in the mountains
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What are some of the reasons people settled by Lake Titicaca?
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fresh water, fish, supports farmers, and the climate is moderate
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Name some of the landforms found in South America
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mountains, plains, plateaus, rainforest, wetlands, grassland, desert, high land, scrub land
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How is the land in Central and Southern S. america different from the land in the north
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it is an area of plains
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Why didn't the early south american people create large scale civilization
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it is hard to unite people separated by forces and rugged land
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name some of the facts of Chavin Art
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images, pottery, carvings and jaguars
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compare the Mochica and
Chavin civilization |
both great artists, and live 700 years, and lived in the river valley
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where did the Mochica and Chavin live
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Peru
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what are the Mochica and Chavin best known for today
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their art
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describe the Mochica city states
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flat topped pyramid, stone court yards and plaza
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what mystery still remains unsolved about the Mochica and Chavin civilization
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no one knows how the civilization ended and where they came from
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what do archeologists believe Machu Picchu was
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religious center
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name the capital of the Incas Empire
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Cuzco
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who were the most successful emperors of the Incas civilizations
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Pachacuti Topa Inca
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how did the Incas keep their vast empire unified
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government
4,000 miles of road and officials suppervised the people |
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why are the Incas remembered as fine stoneworkers
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they cut stones so finely they didn't need cement and they could not stick a knife blade through
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name the achievements of the Incas
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built miles of roads
dug tunnels through rock made sacred rope bridges |
