Historical South America

What country is the Amazon Rainforest primarily found in South America?

• Brazil

• Venezuela

• Chile

• Argentina

The Incas used what is known as ______ farming in order to grow crops on the mountainsides.

• Alpine
• Creative
• Terrace
• Sharecrop

Rainforests are well known for

• being great habitats for animals and plants

• generating carbon dioxide through the trees

• growing banana trees

• having many Western influences

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This is the Longest river in South America.

• Nile River

• Mississippi River

• Amazon River

How have the people living on the Amazon River adapted to the physical environment in the region in which they live? 

• Their homes are on stilts.
• Their homes float on the water.
• Their homes are built on mountainsides.
• They swing through trees to get from place to place.

What does scarcity mean?

• being in short supply of
• having an abundance of
• needing to export
• being afraid

How high something is (often measured as a distance above the level of oceans e.g., many places in Michigan are about 700 feet above sea level)

• elevation
• highland
• watershed
• plain

area of higher elevation land (e.g., hills, mountains)

• elevation
• highland
• watershed
• plain

What did the Incas use to carry their goods on the roads?

• horses
• carts
• sleds
• llamas

Which geographic feature was the Inca Empire centered around?

• Lake Texcoco
• Andes Mountains
• Yucatan Peninsula
• Mexican Valley