"LOST CITIES AND ANCIENT MYSTERIES OF SOUTH AMERICA"

5/4/3/2/1 NOTES #1

5-COMMENTS:

*Setting: Lima, Peru, South America, Andes mountains.
*The whole coast of Peru is desert, this arid strip becomes the driest desert on Earth, the Atacama.
*South America is the world's fourth largest continent, after Asia, Africa, and North America.
*Peru is the third largest country in South America, after Brazil and Argentina. Peru covers an area of 496,222 squared miles or 1,285,216 kilometers.
*South America, Peru and the Andes Mountains hide maybe the oldest artifacts and evidence of the possibly oldest civilization group of people before the Sumaria and Thailand which supposely were the oldest civilization group in the history with maybe 7,000 years B.C.

4-QUESTIONS:

*Isn't America a united continent?
*Is Peru's population only native americans?
*How old is the South American civalizaton?
*who or what are the Sumeria and Thailand?

3-VOCABULARY:

*metalurgy: the science of separating metals by smelting.
*dizzy: feeling giddy or unsteady.
*rampant: growing unchecked, widespread.
*ruthless: without pity or confession.
*sojourn: to live somewhere temporary.
*discernible: to persive or recognize clearly.

2-LITERARY TERMS:

*Exposition: In the first chapter the author is showing and describing what South America, Peru, and the Andes Mountains are and what they mean for the people.

*Setting: In this chapter the author basically described all the setting (South America, The Andes Mountains, and Peru), in which the story will be happening.

1-SUMMARY:

In this chapter one, the narrator talks about his adventure when he went to Peru, the Andes Mountains, and South America, and he talks about the oldest civilizations that were around the world many thousands of years ago, such as Sumeria, Thailand, and South American groups. He says that South American civilizations could be the oldest civilizations in the world's histor, about 7,000 years B.C. The narrator also talks about surfaces of the American Continent and Peru, and also describes some places such aas "El Centro" in Peru.