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Chapter 7 Lesson 2

• Vocabulary

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Slash and Burn

• To cut and burn forest lands to gain new farmland

• The Tupi-Guaranis use this method of farming.

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INCAS

• The Incas conquered groups in the same way as the
  Aztecs.
• The Incas built terraces into the hillside.
• More than 20 million people speak the Inca
  language of Quechua.

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Terrace

• A flat area that was created on the slope of a
  steep mountainside to prevent soil loss and aid
  farming

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Demarcation Line

• A line that marks a boundary

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SPANISH CONTROL

• The Spanish once governed all of South America
  except for Brazil which was governed by Portugal.
• The Spanish set up strict social classes

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Social Class

• A group that has a particular level of importance
  in society

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Viceroy

• The governor of a Spanish colony

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WAYS OF LIFE TODAY

• More than 70 percent of the people in South
  America live in urban areas.
• Many large cities have huge slums crowded with
  very poor people.

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Adobe

• A mixture of sand and straw that is shaped into
  bricks and dried.