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Article: Seven special places: look at the map as you read seven special facts about seven special continents.
- Article from:
- Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin)
- Article date:
- January 5, 2007
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Home, Sweet Home!
North America is where we live. It is the continent that produces corn. Corn is used to feed people and animals. It can also be used as fuel to heat homes and help automobiles run.
An Ancient City
South America is the site of Machu Picchu (MAH-choo PEE-choo). That city was built hundreds of years ago by people called the Incas. That ancient city is high in the Andes Mountains in Peru.
Tilting Tower
Europe is home to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. That is a famous tower in Italy. The tower was built on soil made up of sand and clay. Some parts of the building have sunk into the ground more than others.
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Article: CRADLE OF THE AMERICAS? ANCIENT CITY IN PERU DATES ...
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April 27, 2001 ;
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... ... Although the site today is dry, remote and sparsely settled, Caral appears to have played a pivotal role in social, political and economic development of civilization in South America, providing ancestral roots to the Incan empire. Ironical
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