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What is the present-day country of where the Incan empire began? |
Peru |
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What was the capitol city of the Incan Empire? |
Cuzco |
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What was the name of the Incan Sun god? |
Inti |
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Way of preserving a body when someone dies |
Mummification |
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An Incan city where you can find great temple ruins |
Machu Picchu |
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Long mountain range along the west coast of South America |
Andes Mountains |
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Title of the Inca’s emperor |
Sopa Inca |
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Structure built to transport water to dry areas |
Aqueducts |
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The Incas grew 200 varieties of this vegetable |
Potato |
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Animal you might make by crossing a camel & a horse |
Llama |
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Why were roads so important to the Inca Empire? |
Mountainous region on different levels needed roads to get up and down. Roads made it easier for long range travel of messengers and army |
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In 1438, who became the ruler of the Incas? |
Pachacuti |
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The name Pachacuti means? |
He who shakes the Earth |
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Pachacuti conquered the people of what 2 areas? |
Andes and Pacific coast |
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What was the name of Pachacuti’s son? |
Topa Inca |
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Topa Inca expanded the Incan Empire to cover what 5 present-day areas? |
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina |
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The Incas worshipped many gods and practiced what? |
Human sacrifice |
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The Incan believed that the sun god, Inti, was their what? |
Parent |
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The Incas referred to themselves as the? |
Children of the Sun |
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The god Viracocha was considered the creator of |
The people of the Andes, the world |
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Incas did not have what kind of language? |
Written |
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Incan government officials and traders used what to record information? |
Quipus, knotted strings |
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Quipus were knotted strings that used colors and knots which represented what? |
The colored strings represented different items knots of different sizes at certain distances represented numbers |
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The Incas used what to spread news from one place in their empire to another? |
Relay runners |
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Most Incas were what occupation? |
Farmer |
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What are the narrow passes or valleys between steep cliffs called? |
Gorges |
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What did the Incas build to spam the deep gorges of the Andes Mountains? |
Rope bridges made of braided vines and reeds |
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The most famous Incan ruin is |
Machu Picchu |
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Describe the structure of Machu Picchu |
A city that includes buildings, stairs carved into the side of the mountain and roads cut into bare rock using only hammers and chisels |
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Led by indigenous farmers, who found Machu Picchu in 1911? |
Hiram Bingham |
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What city did Hiram Bingham think he found when he found Machu Picchu? |
Vilcabamba. He DID find it but at another site called Espirtu Pampa |
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What peoples are descendants of the Incas? |
Quechuas |
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Where do Quechuas live? |
Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile & Columbia |
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What were the Inca relay runners called? |
Chasquis |
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What were 2 main roads that connected the Inca Empire? |
Coastal roads Inland road-royal road |
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Three main classes of the Inca social pyramid |
Emperor, Nobles & Commoners |
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Why were Incan commoners not allowed to own land? |
Because it all belonged to the emperor |
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What are the present-day Countries that made up the vast Inca empire? |
Peru Ecuador Bolivia Chile and Argentina |
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How were taxes paid by the Inca people |
They gave food and labor as taxes |
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What was the Incas greatest skill? How did this benefit them in their vast empire? |
It was engineering which let them make amazing roads to travel on through steep mountains |
