1. D. Inca settlements were difficult to find and reach because they were build at high altitudes on rough terrain.
Inca civilizations were well hidden and protected from outside influences due to their location high in the Andes Mountains of South America. It took the Spanish a while to find them, though diseases reached the outlying settlements even when the Spanish did not.
2. D. infectious diseases and drought
The Maya civilization experienced a lengthy and extreme drought that led to widespread starvation, which reduced their population and influence over the region long before Europeans arrived in Mesoamerica. The Inca and the Aztec populations were wiped out by the infectious diseases the Spanish conquistadores brought with them.
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</span><span>B.
It was a shame that these new immigrants did not move to farms.
Instead, they formed ethnic neighborhoods in cities so that they could
keep their old-world languages, traditions, and beliefs.</span>
1) The phrase "Cotton is King" refers to the extremely influential impact that the production of cotton had on the economy of the Southern states during the Antebellum era. Thanks to the invention of the cotton gin, cotton became much easier and cheaper to produce. At this time, cotton was a highly valued resource as it could be used to make textiles.
"Cotton as King" resulted in the increase of the slave population in the South and even benefitted Northern states as well. The ability to access cotton resulted in the growth of Northern textile factories who would then send this manufactured goods to other countries via trade.
3) The South's dependence on just cotton may it extremely vulnerable. This is due to the fact that the South ignore other elements of their economy. This helps us to understand why the South had less railroads and factories when the Civil War began. This focus on cotton resulted in a Southern economy that was unprepared for war.
It was using the irrigation systems.
