A Lost City

Vocabulary & Definitions

1. foretold: warned

2. withstood - endured

3. escort – goes along

4. remote - secluded

5. interpreter - translates

6. undergrowth – small plants

7. venomous - poisonous

8. gourds – dried shell of a fruit

9. vegetation – plant life

10. quipuan Inca way of recording information using colorful threads on a cord

noun

The Inca used a special, colorful, cord about two feet long called a quipu to send messages.

11. terracingarranging land on a hillside in horizontal layers

Noun

Inca farmers began terracing and using fertilizer to increase the crops their land produced.

12. aqueducts above ground pipe system for moving water

noun

Inca engineers built large aqueducts.

13. legacy what a person leaves behind for others to learn from

noun

The Inca legacy remains.

Let’s say all words in unison!

interpreter vegetation escort

undergrowth venomous remote

withstood foretold maize

terracing aqueducts quipo

legacy

Homework: Write in agenda.

Reading: Write the syllablications/enunications/ part of speech for each word. Learn Spelling: Write 11-20 5x’s each Grammar: Monthly essay: Begin P2 in class

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