GHY101 Unit 4c South America

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South America

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Ethnic & cultural diversityAztec

Maya

Inca

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Sugar plantations&

slavery

Staple food

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Chapter 4:

LatinAmerica

(Fig. 4.1)

Bolivian PresidentEvo Morales chats with an Aymaro woman in El Alto.

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Where was the Inca Civilization,

which was conquered by the

Spanish in the early 1500s?

AB

C

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Where was the Aztec Civilization,

which was conquered by the

Spanish in the early 1500s?

AB

C

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Where was the Mayan Civilization,

which was already in decline by the time

of the Spanish invasion?

AB

C

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Where are the Andes Mountains, the

highest mountains in the Western Hemisphere?

AB

C

What is made from this crop, which is grown on the slopes of the Andes?

A. CoffeeB. Potato

C. CocaineD. Chocolate

What is the staple food of Mexico and Guatemala?

A. CornB. Rice

C. ChickenD. Soybeans

What is the staple food of the U.S.?A. Corn

B. ChickenC. Soybeans

D. We don’t have one

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Physical Geography(Fig. 4.7)

Altiplano in Bolivia, showing Lake Titicaca with an elevation of 12,500 feet(Fig. 4.8)

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