Unit 4: Early South America Culture, Incan Civilizations, Living

a narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and separates two bodies of water.

• Isthmus

• Hydroelectric Power

• Telenovela

• Nomad

to change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans.

• Infrastructure

• Domesticate

• Mechanization

• Nomad

a person who moves from place to place without a permanent home.

• Promote

• Nomad

• Absorb

• Immunity

a mountain range that runs along the western edge of South America.

• Domesticate

• Quipu

• Samba Carnival

• Andes

a strip of level land cut into a mountain slope that is planted with crops.

• Hydroelectric Power

• Terrace

• Precision

• Promote

something that is expected.

• Andes

• Brazilwood

• Predictable

• Isthmus

to help bring about.

• Telenovela

• Translate

• Promote

• Brazilwood

record-keeping device made of knotted strings, used by the Incas.

• Literacy Rate

• Ethnic Group

• Quipu

• Absorb

system for ranking members of a group according to their importance.

• Nongovernmental Organization

• Diversified

• Multiple

• Hierarchy

in Incan society, a group of related families that pooled its resources to meet people's needs.

• Hydroelectric Power

• Bandeira

• Corruption

• Ayllu