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The  Inca Empire

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  The  Inca were a highly organized pre-Columbian civilization in what is now Peru

this

  civilization flourished many thousands of years after the ancient civilizations

and Asia, they were one of the  first civilizations in the Americas.

The  area had a wide variety of vegetation, but the cold climate and the steep mountains made agri

ficult.  As a result, the Inca developed complex systems of irrigation to water their crops. This cultu

thriving  when the Spanish  arrived.  Through treachery and disease, the Inca were conquered easily.

1 Which Inca city is at approximately

16°S and 70°W?

2.  Which city is directly northwest

ofTarma?

a.  Chuquiapo

b. Chucuito

c. Huanuco Pampa

d. Cajamarca

a.

  Machu Picchu

b.  uzco

c. Hudnuco Pampa

d. Cajamarca

3 What are two cities along the

Marandn River?

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What are the approximate coordin

of Huanuco Pampa in latitude and

a.  Machu Picchu and

  uzco

b. Chucuito and Chuquiapo

c. Tarma and Quito

d. Huanuco Pampa and Cajamarca

a.  16

°S and 80°W

b. lO S and 76°W

c.  10°S and 80°W

d. 20°S and 70°W

5 Approximately how far is it from

Quito  to Cuzco?

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Name

  three tributaries of the

Amazon River.

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