South America
A large farm that grows crops for sale
plantation
The Inca Empire grew in the ________Mountains of South America.
Andes
What is the highest waterfall in the world located in Venezuela?
Angel Falls
What is the 2nd longest river in the world?
Amazon River
The _________ _________are geoglyphs that are designs of lines and animal shapes on the ground.
Nasca Lines
What are 2 major plantation crops that were grown in Brazil
cotton, coffee, sugarcane
Inca capital city
Cuzco
What is subsistence farming?
farming where you grow food for your family only
Who is the Sun God on the Inca?
Inti
The ______were more powerful than the Inca.
Wari
Many plantations relied on what kind of labor to work the fields
enslaved
The Incas used precise __________so stone walls fit tightly without mortar.
stonecutting
What are tributaries?
small rivers that drain into a larger river.
What was the emperor of the Inca called?
Sapa Inca
The arrival of the________in the 1500s shaped the history and culture of the South American continent.
Spanish
Bolivars actions influenced regional ideas about _____and government.
freedom
Machu Picchu sits high on a ________ridge and includes stone buildings and terraces
mountainside
Simon Bolivar led armies that fought for what from Spain
independence
The people of South America had to_____their economic activities to fit different elevations and climates of the region.
adapt
Portuguese colonization and the arrival of slaves from___influenced the history of Brazil.
Africa
Describe two ways the Inca farmed.
terrace farming, irrigation canals and suspension bridges
The Incas used _____to carry goods across the empire.
llamas
Where in South America are the Andes mountains located
along the western side of the continent
What were suspension bridges made of?
vines and wood
Simon Bolivar earned the name"____ ___________" for his brave efforts against the Spanish during the struggle for independence.
The Liberator