What are Atacama Desert, Amazon River, and Guiana Highlands?
100
Archaeologists believe Machu Picchu was
What is a religious center?
100
How Mochica and Chavin were alike
What is both were accomplished artists?
100
Why Incas road system reserved only for military and government use
What was it kept civilians out of the way of armies out conquering other civilizations?
200
Two emperors who turned the Inca into rulers of the greatest empire in the Americas?
Who were Pachacuti and Topa Inca?
200
The type of land in central and South America
What is an area of plains?
200
The Chavin and Mochica are best known for _____ today
What is art?
200
Characteristics of Chavin art
What were: known for fantastic images
included pottery and carvings
often depicted jaguars?
200
Imaginary lines that run north and south on the map
What is longitude?
300
The Inca are remembered as fine stoneworkers.
What is because they cut stones to fit together so tightly they did not need cement.
300
The land in the northern part of the continent of South America
What is divided by the Amazon River
an area of highlands
divided by the Andes?
300
Description which best describes the Mochica city-states
What are flat-topped pyramids, stone courtyards, and plazas?
300
Mystery that remains unsolved about the Chavin and Mochica civilizations
What is no one knows for sure what happened to them?
300
Possible reasons Chavin and Mochica created art
What is to: appeal to other people
decorate their surroundings
communicate a message or feelings?
400
How the Incan empire kept their vast empire united:
What is having an efficient system of government
building about 14,000 miles of roads
having officials who supervised the people?
400
Reasons why few early South American peoples created large-scale civilizations
What were : it is hard to unite people separated by dense forests
the landscape of the continent is very rugged
people lived great distances apart from one another
400
Reasons why people settled near Lake Titicaca
What were: the climate near the lake was moderate
the soil near the lake could support crops
the lake was a good source of transportation
400
Country in which both the Chavin and Mochica lived
What is Peru?
400
Main events of Inca empire from A.D. 1200 until 1527
What were: 1200 Inca culture appeared
1438 Inca attacked by Chancas
1463 Pachacuti turned control of army to Topa
Inca, his son,
1471 Topa Inca became emperor
1527 Civil war broke out;Pizarro arrived
500
Why the Incas were a more important civilization than the Chavin or Mochica.
What were their engineering skills?
500
___________ is the longest mountain chain in the world and is located in South America.
What is the Andes?
500
A region of plateaus and plains high in the mountains
What is the Altiplano?
500
Landforms in northern South America
What are Amazon River, Amazon rain forest, Guiana Highlands, Angel Falls?
500
Characteristics of leadership of Pacachuti
What were: brave, rallied troops to defeat Chancas, dealt wisely with conquered peoples to increase troops, and kept empire strong