Vocab Quiz - Bayou Bridges Unit 4 Chapter 1 The Inca Empire

a chair attached to two beams and carried on the shoulders of several people

• litter

• emperor

• empire

• "geographical diversity"

the ruler of an empire

• emperor

• empire

• "geographical diversity"

• plateau

a group of countries or territories under the control of one government or one ruler

• empire

• "geographical diversity"

• plateau

• alpaca

the presence of man different kinds of landforms, waterways, or other geographic features in a region

• "geographical diversity"

• plateau

• alpaca

• llama

a large area of high, flat ground

• plateau

• alpaca

• llama

• official

a South American mammal valued for its long, soft, wooly coat (Hint: does not spit)

• alpaca

• llama

• official

• census

A South American mammal valued for its endurance, wooly coat, and meat (Hint: can spit)

• llama

• official

• census

• infrastructure

a person who has authority from a ruling power to carry out specific duty

• official

• census

• infrastructure

• terrain

a count of the number of people living in a certain area

• census

• infrastructure

• terrain

• engineer

the public works system that includes roads, bridges, irrigation, public transportation

• infrastructure

• terrain

• engineer

• mortar