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- Vocabulary
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- In mountainous and hilly regions of the world, to make use of all available land, crops are grown on different levels.
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- A Native American people who built a notable civilization in western South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Peru.
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- A vast area of grassland and rich soil in south-central South America. Argentina.
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- A stream or river that flows into a larger river
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- A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America.
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- A large system of mountain ranges located along the Pacific coast of Central and South America
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- Dry plateau region found in southern Argentina.
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- The movement of people from rural areas into cities
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- An ancient Inca fortress city in the Andes northwest of Cuzco, Peru. Its extensive ruins, including elaborate terraces, were discovered in 1911
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- A Spanish conquistador and explorer. He conquered the Inca Empire, naming Peru's capital Lima. Helped discover the Pacific Ocean.
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- An Incan ruler who was kidnapped by Pizarro during his attempt to keep the Spanish from entering his territory. He offered to fill a room with gold and silver in exchange for his release. The ransom was accepted, but the ruler was strangled by the Spanish.
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- The capital city of the Incan Empire, Located in present-day Peru. All the roads in the great Inca road network led through