Environmental Challenges And The Incas In The Andes Mountains

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Environmental Challenges are obstacles that exist in nature that a society must overcome. Geography sometimes provides problems for a civilization to beat or overcome. Most civilizations had environmental problems or obstacles that they had to face. The two main civilizations that had many environmental challenges are The Andes Mountains and the Incas and the islands of Japan and the Japanese. The Incas in the Andes Mountains had many environmental challenges. One environmental challenge for the Incas is Traveling. Since the Incas lived on Andes mountains, it was very hard to travel up, down, and around the mountains and it is usually very cold on mountains. Since the Incas can't travel, they cannot trade or communicate with others. Another …show more content…

One way the Incas overcame many environmental challenges is the Incas built bridges. They built bridges so it would be easier to travel and bring stuff from place to place. They also built roads to travel as well. Another way the Incas overcame many environmental challenges is making terrace farms. The Incas couldn’t plant anything because of the geography and the climate of where they live. The Incas then discovered and created terrace farming, which is flat steps cut into sides of hills or mountains, and they tested it. The Incas also discovered they can grow potatoes, maize, squash, and more after creating terrace farming. One last way the Incas overcame many environmental challenges is and messengers to communicate. The Incas built bridges and roads and it became very useful when sending messages. The Incas then realized that now that they have roads and bridges to travel, they need to figure out a way to send messages somehow. They then developed a system, using the roads and bridges, and they hired government messengers to travel to give the message to a person. It's similar to the mail system we use today. This system helped keep invaders out and control the amount of goods for their economy. Those are the ways the Incas overcame environmental

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