The Inca Expanded the Amount of Arable Land Available in Their

question 53

Multiple Choice

The Inca expanded the amount of arable land available in their mountainous home regions by:

• A) their construction of chinampas
• B) using organic trash as land fill in the swampy lowlands
• C) constructing terraces that produced horizontal soil surfaces in the form of steps up the steep slopes of mountains and ridges
• D) planting crops that thrived in the salt marshes that were otherwise not productive agriculturally

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