Chapter 28 People and Their Environment
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cassava | a root crop that is the source of today's tapioca |
| Terraced Fields | built like steps on mountain sides to create flat fields at lower, warmer elevations. |
| Incas | Native American people who maintained an empire in the Andes Mountains of western South America until the Spanish Conquest. |
| Cacao | beans used in making cocoa, chocolate, and cocoa butter |
| Conquistador | conqueror |
| Pizzaro | Sailed in 1531 for the west coast of South America to conquer the Incans. |
| El Dorado | great king in South America. Native Americans said that king was so rich that he dusted his body with gold every morning and every evening washed the gold off into the lake. |
| Haciendas | large tracts of land set aside by the Spanish government to be developed into a ranch or farm. |
| Plaza | a town's central square |
| Brasilia | Brazil's capital city, built in the interior of the country. |
| Distillery | a factory where plant material is made into liquid |
| ethanol | a petroleum like product from distilled plants |
| Archaeologist | A person that studies ancient artifacts |
| Simon Bolivar | He was responsible for the independence of five countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia |
| Seasonal Reversal | When it is winter in the Northern hemisphere it is summer in the Southern and vice versa. |
| Smelting | using furnances to to seperate the metal from mined iron ore |
| autocratic | government controlled by a few people, mainly military. |
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