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2. Peru
Created by
Mr. Raponi

3. Objectives
Students will be able to discuss culture in
Peru. (Foods, Machu Picchu)
Students will be able to define the following
Natural Resources
Cash Crops
Empire
Aqueduct
Students will be able to discuss the Inca.

5. Peru lies along the Pacific
Peru Coast of South America,
west of Brazil, and south
of Colombia.
The _______________
Mountains, a 4,500 miles
mountain range, the
longest in the world as a
matter of fact, forms the
spine of Peru.
Peru is a Native
American word that
means
“___________________” is

6. Landscape of Peru Many landforms are
found within Peru. Dry
deserts, snowcapped
mountains, and humid
rainforests.
East of the Andes, you
come to a flat plains area
of the Amazon
Rainforest, in which flows
the world’s
____________________
longest river, the
Amazon.
Rainfall is plentiful here
and the rainforest covers
almost the entire plains
area.

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9. Amazon Parrot

10. HUGE SNAIL!

11. Interesting
Mohawk Bird

12. Caiman

13. Caiman

14. Little Baby Caiman

15. Rainforest Walk

21. Peru’s economy relies
Economy of Peru on a variety of
___________________,
which are products of
the earth that people
use to meet their
needs.
Peru’s largest export is
copper and its second
largest export is
__________________
which has been taken
out of the Pacific
Ocean.

23. The Rainforest’s Alarm Clock

24. About 1/3 of Peru’s
More Economy people are farmers who
grow sugar cane, cotton,
and coffee as
__________________,
crops that have been
grown specifically to sell
to other countries as
exports.
Most Peruvians work on,
___________________,
small plots of land where
people grow only
enough food to feed
their families.

25. Crops The chief crops of Peru
are rice, corn, and
plantains (a type of
banana).
Native Americans in the
Andes Mountains were
the first people to ever
grow
___________________.
Today in Peru, farmers
grow more than 3,500
kinds of potatoes in
many different sizes
and colors.

26. American During the 1400s, a Native
American people called the
Group ___________ had a very powerful
civilization in the area that is now
Peru.
Their ____________________, a
group of lands under one ruler,
stretched for more than 2,500 miles.
The Inca were quite advanced.
They had courts, roads, bridges,
and
___________________________, a
channel or pipe used to transport
water from a major water source
and bringing it to a desired location

27. Incan Aqueducts in Peru

28. The capital city of the Incan
The Inca Empire was
___________________, a city
far up in the Andes
Mountains.
In Peru today, you can still
see the remains of
fortresses and buildings
made over 500 years ago.
The most well known Incan
ruins are the city of
______________________,
which were voted in as one
of the New 7 Wonders of
the World back in 2007.

30. A Wonder of the World

34. In the early 1500s,
End of the Inca conquerors from
_________________ arrived
in Peru.
They desired gold and silver
and defeated the Inca to
make Peru a Spanish
territory.
For 300 years, Peru
remained a
___________________, an
overseas area owned by
another country, until
gaining its independence in
1821.

35. Population and Peru has a population
Capital of ________ million
people, most of whom
live right on the Pacific
Coast.
The country’s capital
and largest city is
_________________.
The capital, due to
overpopulation, has
become very crowded,
noisy, and polluted.

36. Peruvian Grocery Store!

37. Peruvian Grocery Store!

38. About half of Peru’s people
The People of are
Peru ______________________. In
fact, Peru has one of the
largest Native American
populations in the western
hemisphere.
Peruvians also include
many people of mixed or
_________________
ancestry.
Most Peruvians blend their
______________________
faith, Peru’s main religion,
with the beliefs of their
ancestors.

39. ___________________ is
Culture Peru’s official language,
but around __________
Native American
languages are also
spoken throughout the
country.
You can hear
___________________,
which was the ancient
language spoken by the
Inca spoken in many
current Native American
villages.

40. Mmmmmmmm, My Dinner in Peru!