Unit 2 - Latin America

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Define agriculture

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Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock.

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Define Innovation

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Innovation is the process of inventing or creating new methods/technology to assist in a task.

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Define Cultural Hearth

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A cultural hearth is a region where cultural practices and innovations begin and from which they spread.

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What was the Columbian Exchange?

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The transfer of goods, ideas, and diseases between the Americas and the Old World

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Define cultural diffusion

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Cultural diffusion is the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another.

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What are food staples?

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Food staples are essential, regularly consumed foods that form the foundation of a diet.

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Which civilization invented Slash and Burn Farming?

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Maya

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Which civilization invented terrace farming?

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Inca

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Which civilization invented chinampas?

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Aztec

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What are chinampas?

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Chinampas are floating gardens used for agriculture, particularly by the Aztecs.