Geography of South America
What is the Climate of Colombia?
Mostly tropical
What were some of the technological achievements of the Inca?
Terraces (Big Steps built for Farming)
Freeze-Dry (Potatoes)
Road System
Where do most people in South America live? Can you name some of them?
Cities (Sao Paulo, Rio De Janeiro, Buenos Aires)
Strips of level land that are planted with crops
Terraces
Long dramas made for television in Brazil
Telenovelas
Mountain range that runs through most of Western South America
Andes Mountains
How did the Inca people communicate and keep records?
Quipu, knotted strings
Where in South America is the population very small? Think of the geography of South America.
Amazon Rainforest has very little people
Many parts of the Andes Mountains has very little people
Record keeping device made of knotted strings (Inca)
Quipu
Celebration before Lent, Christian period of fasting during Easter.
People dress up in costumes, perform dances, and ride floats
Carnival
What is the climate like in Chile?
Wide range of climate, Desert to Ice Caps
What was life like for nobles in Inca society?
Had the finest houses, the best food and clothes, and held important positions in government
How does Brazil express their culture?
Telenovelas - dramatic tv shows
Carnival - Religious celebration before Lent (Christian Period of fasting before Easter)
Soccer
System for ranking members of a group according to their importance
Hierarchy
State of being extremely poor (20 Percent of Brazil)
Poverty
Driest Desert on Earth, Located in Chile
Atacama Desert
How did Inca people pay taxes?
Mita System - Labor (work) on government projects like building roads and palaces for nobels
What are some of the natural resources in South America? What industries are important because of that?
Rich soil and warm climate - Coffee Industry
Oil Exports
Copper
People paid taxes by working part of the year on government building projects like roads and the ruler's palace
Mita System
Use of political power for personal gain
Corruption
River that runs through Brazil, 4,000 miles long
Amazon River
Who did the Inca people worship?
Sun God - Inti
What are some of the major challenges that South American people face?
Deforestation
Poverty
Income Inequality
When machines do the work instead of people
Mechanization
Taking water from one source to grow crops
Irrigation