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The Inca, a Quechuan-speaking people of South America, built a vast Andean empire in the 15th and 16th centuries, known for its engineering and cultural legacy. For a detailed description, click on the article title.
The Indian Ocean is the no. 3rd contiguous open water surface on earth. It has a huge, 26,469,500 square mile (68,556,000 square km) area and 13,002 square feet (3,963 square meters) average depth. The Indian Ocean’s greatest known depth is 24,46 feet (7,455 meters), which can be found at Sunda Trench.
Indigenous people: the first, or native, people of an area or country.
A French colony comprised of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. It won independence from France in 1954.
The largest of the world’s first civilizations in what is now Pakistan. this was a highly developed urban civilization, lasting from 2500 B.C. To about 1500 B.C.
A period beginning in mid-18th century Britain saw rapid advances in technology and inanimate power.
The growth of the industry in a country or a society.
Industry: the economic activity that is concerned with manufacturing goods or processing raw materials.
The number of deaths among infants under age one is measured per thousand live births.
Major infectious diseases list major infectious diseases likely to be encountered in countries where the risk of such diseases is very high compared to the United States.
The Internet, wireless telephones, fiber optics, and other technologies characteristic of more developed countries.
The basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications, transportation, water, sanitation, and education systems.
Taking existing elements of society and creating something new to meet a need.
The political party introduced in 1929 in Mexico helped to introduce democracy and maintain political stability for much of the 20th century.
A livelihood requiring the use of small land areas, such as farming.
Growing two or more crops simultaneously in alternate rows.
Investment: the provision of resources, usually money, for a business venture, to later profit from it.