Lessons 56
A human-made waterway that allows for the passage of boats or ships.
What is a canal?
A seasonal wind that lasts for several months.
What are monsoons?
Triangle- shaped deposits that form in the freshwater bodies of water at the base of landforms like mountains.
What are fan deltas?
An amount that is too small, not enough.
What is a deficit?
Unique traditions or aspects of a culture such as language, religion, and dress.
What are cultural features?
A place where people live.
What is a human settlement?
Has cool summers and very cold winters, which results in treeless tundra, glaciers, or a permanent or semi-permanent layer of ice.
What is the polar zone?
Bits of rock, dirt, and sand that settle to the bottom of water.
What is sediment?
A group of people native to the land.
Who are Indigenous people?
This was once the famous seat of the Incan government and society.
What is Machu Picchu?
This area was inhabited by the Incan Empire. Agriculture thrived in this area making it easy for human settlement. The Indigenous people also engaged in ceramics and weaving.
What are the Andes Mountains?
These Indigenous peoples established roads and major cities.
Who are the Incas?
These were used for official state business, transport of goods, military purposes, and communication.
What were the Incan roads?
Family farmers who harvest just enough crops to feed themselves.
What are subsistence farmers?
The act of sharing culture with the world.
What is cultural diplomacy?
This river provided an excellent source for travel, trade, fishing, and fertile soils. Going deeper into the rainforest provided protection for human settlement.
What is the Amazon River and the surrounding rainforest?
An area of low, flat land near the ocean.
What are coastal plains?
These are the result of natural processes.
What are natural resources?
To move from one area to another, sometimes in search of resources.
What is to migrate?
An agreement joining countries together as a group to promote and defend their common interests.
What is an intergovernmental organization?
Humans settled in this harsh environment. The Chinchorro culture developed in this area, where it was easy for them to practice mummification. In the present day, much of this area lacks human settlement. The Atacama one of these is located on the coast.
What are deserts?
Areas of high or mountainous land.
What are highlands?
A nonrenewable natural resource found in Peru and Chile.
What is copper ore?
Many, many people moved around the same time for similar reasons.
What is a mass migration?
Divided the world between Spain and Portugal in the fifteenth century.
What is The Treaty of Tordesillas?