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Adapting to the Andes

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Popular ways to transport goods in the Andes include...

a)

planes

b)

trains

c)

livestock- llamas, donkeys, cattle

d)

cart, wagons, wheelbarrows

e)

The Trans-Andean Highway

2.

Which of these is NOT a power source at higher elevations?

a)

solar

b)

wind

c)

fire

d)

coal from power lines

3.

Bartering is...

a)

vertical trade

b)

trading one good for another good

c)

currency in Peru

d)

not used at high altitudes

4.

Trade of farm products between higher and lower zones in the Andes is known as...

a)

shopping

b)

vertical trade

c)

vertical tendency

d)

farmers market

5.

Check all farming "tools" that are used at higher altitudes...

a)

hand tools

b)

tractors

c)

combine harvesters

d)

oxen

e)

wheelbarrows/ carts

6.

Because there isn't flat land, farmers in the Andes use...

a)

terrace farming

b)

step-step farming

c)

territory farming

d)

terrodactyl farming

7.

Plants grow at higher altitudes include...

a)

quinoa

b)

potatoes

c)

corn

d)

coffee

e)

beans

8.

This animal is a great protein source at higher elevations because it takes little space, is easy to care for, and has lots of offspring.

a)

llamas

b)

alpacas

c)

chickens

d)

cuy (guinea pigs)

9.

To keep babes safe and hands free for work, indigenous mamas use...

a)

stroller

b)

mananan

c)

manta

d)

manatees

10.

What ends the Tierra Fria zone?

a)

tree line

b)

snow line

c)

bush line

d)

rock line

11.

In this zone they grow quinoa and certain potatoes. They also raise llamas and alpacas.

a)

Tierra Helada

b)

Tierra Fria

c)

Tierra Templada

d)

Tierra Caliente

12.

What is an illness that people can get only in Tierra Helada?

a)

Tarantula Bite Itch

b)

malaria

c)

altitude sickness

d)

flu TH

13.

This is a special food made in the Tierra Fria that is left out in the cold at night and then the water is squeezed out before it is left to dry in the sun.

a)

freeze-dried potpots

b)

freeze-dried potatoes

c)

freeze-dried pork

d)

freeze-mc-freezies

14.

The two MOST populated zones in the Andes are...

a)

Tierra Helada

b)

Tierra Fria

c)

Tierra Templada

d)

Tierra Caliente

15.

Llamas and alpacas are important to Peruvians for...

a)

wool

b)

meat

c)

transportation

d)

cuteness

e)

child rearing