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Why did people living in the
Andes need to build terraces
and Canals

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Step-by-step explanation:

Because the Incas lived in the mountains, they had no flat land for farming. They had to build wide step-like areas called terraces for farming. Through terrace farming, the Incas were able to provide for all people in the empire.

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