Early South American Cultures
This region, known for its vast grassy plains, was home to people who ate more land animals compared to those along the southern Chilean coast.
What are the Pampas?
This system allowed the Inca government to collect taxes in the form of physical labor.
What is the mita system?
These two factors were the most significant contributors to the dramatic population decline among South American Indians after the Spanish and Portuguese arrived.
What are disease and forced labor?
This issue wastes resources and can discourage companies from investing in a country.
What is corruption?
This mountain range stretches along the western edge of South America and is the longest continental mountain range in the world.
What is the Andes Mountains?
This event occurred first in South America's history.
What is the domestication of plants?
What are prefects?
What is language and religion?
This process in agriculture led to more people moving to cities as rural labor needs decreased.
What is mechanization?
This desert, located in northern Chile, is known as one of the driest places on Earth.
What is the Atacama Desert?
This event came second in South America's history.
What is the rise of the Norte Chico civilization?
This was the major infrastructure achievement that helped connect the vast regions of the Inca Empire.
What is an extensive network of roads?
This figure, known for leading revolutions across South America, inspired the events that lead to Brazil's independence.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
This festival blends African and European traditions, reflecting the multicultural nature of modern Brazil.
What is Carnival?
This region, shared by Argentina and Chile, is famour for its rugged landscape, glaciers, and dramatic mountain scenery.
What is Patagonia?
This event happened last in South American history.
What is the expansion of the Inca Empire?
This modern-day country was home to the Inca civilization, where they built extensive road networks and agricultural terraces.
What is Peru?
After independence, most South American countries were primarily controlled by this group, who held significant political and economic power.
Who are wealthy landowners?
Brazil is addressing this issue by tracking illegal tree cutting and encouraging shade farming.
What is deforestation?
This natural waterway, located at the southern tip of South America, connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Strait of Magellan?
The development of agriculture led to this major change, as people no longer needed to move in search of food.
What is the settling in permanent cities?
This was the language spoken by the Inca people, which is still used today as one of the official languages of Peru.
What is Quechua?
This Treaty created and put into effect this boundary line, which divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal.
What are the Line of Demarcation and the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This region, home to the world's largest rainforest, is crucial for biodiversity and is vital to the Earth's climate system.
What is the Amazon Basin?
This vast, fertile plain in Argentina and Uruguay is known for its agricultural productivity and grazing land for cattle.
What are the Pampas?