The Incas

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Geography

• Andes Mountains
  
• Amazon River
  
• South America
  
• Caribbean Sea
  
• Yucatan Peninsula
  
• Central Mexican Plateau
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Explain the effects of geographic features on Indigenous North American cultures (Northeast, Southeast, and Plains)

• clothing
  
• housing
  
• agriculture
• climate + geography = agricultural practices & settlement
  
• diverse network of cultures
  
  • ​varied languages
    
  • customs
    
  • economy
    
  • political structures
    

Political Structures

• built empire
• organized empire
• no written language!!

Economy

Cultural structures

 Technology

• overcome challenges presented by the geography