geographic features
the major mountain system of South America running along its western coast, and is the longest continental mountain range in the world.
what are the andes?
society was hierarchical, with rulers, nobles, commoners, and slaves.
what was the society like for the aztecs?
in the andes region of south america.
where was the incan empire was located?
are flamenco and celtic music, although spain has many other musical styles and dances throughout its mainland and island regions.
what are the two best known musical genres from spain?
the late renaissance and the baroque.
what was the golden age of spanish art?
is an extensive geographical region covering most of the eastern, southern and central portions of Brazil
what are the brazilian highlands?
included maize (corn), along with beans, squashes, potatoes, tomatoes and avocados
what were the types of crops that the aztecs grew?
well-devised agricultural and roadway systems, along with a centralized religion and language, helped maintain a cohesive state.
what was the incan empire economy like?
french pop, which interestingly enough was already imitating american and british pop.
the earliest spanish pop essentially imitated what?
characterized by its use of geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and austere color range; it would also receive the influence of primitive art, chiefly african tribal masks and Iberian pottery.
cool, arid region in northern chile, 600 to 700 miles (1,000 to 1,100 km) long from north to south.
what is the atacama desert?
shared many aspects with other mesoamerican religions, notably including the rite of human sacrifice, magnificent temples, palaces, plazas and statues embodied the civilization’s unfailing devotion to the many aztec gods.
what was the religion of the aztecs like?
self-sufficient farmers who tended to corn, potatoes, squash, llamas, alpacas and dogs, and paid taxes through public labor.
what were most incan people?
is the home of flamenco
andalusia, spain is the home of what dance?
was "lápiz" (pencil).
what was pablo picasso's first word?
a semiarid plateau that constitutes a vast area of steppe and desert in the southern portion of argentina.
what is patagonia?
smallpox, mumps and measles were also powerful weapons against the local population, who lacked immunity to them.
what european diseases spread to the aztecs?
no written language, but a form of the quechua language became the primary dialect, and knotted cords known as quipu were used to keep track of historical and accounting records.
what was the incan's ways of communication?
includes mozarabic chants, which emerged in the catholic church and were influenced by arab and islamic moorish culture.
what were the earliest known Spanish music?
the walls of el castillo cave boast the oldest cave art in the world, dated at more than 40,000 years old.
what is the oldest spanish art?
a vast, fertile grassland region in south america that primarily spans central argentina but also includes parts of uruguay and southern brazil, meaning "plains".
what is pampas?
in mesoamerica–as the south-central region of pre-columbian mexico is known–in the early 13th century.
where did the aztecs first arrive from.
centered on a pantheon of gods, impressive shrines were built throughout the kingdom.
what was the religion of the incan empire?
spanish, consisting of flamenco, folk music, modern and latin genres.
what language is the second most popular language for listening to music worldwide?
BARCELONA & MADRID
what spanish city is known for art?