geography
What is the name of the capital of the Inca empire?
Cuzco
This person was the a the top of Incan Society.
Sapa Inca
Who wa the most important god to the Inca?
Inti god of sun
The Inca introduced this crop to the world.
potatoes
The inca Empire began with this one city state.
Cuzco
Lake titicaca is located between these two counties.
Peru and Bolivia
What is the name for an extended family group.
allyu
What were most Incan gods related to?
nature
The inca had major achievements despite these 4 essential tools.
horses
wheel
steel
system of writing
Who conquered the Inca?
The Spanish. Francisco Pizarro.
The Inca Empire was located between which 4 geographic features?
Rain forest, Andes Mountains, Lake Titicaca, Pacific Ocean
What were boy commoners expected to do?
These young girls were selected to live in a convent.
Chosen Women
The Inca used this to cross rivers.
Suspension rope bridges
A relay system with quipus.
Which modern countries occupied the Incan Empire?
Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina
How was married life different for commoners and the king?
king many wives
commoners only one
What could be sacrificed to the gods
llamas, guinea pigs, and on special occasion humans
The Inca built this city which survived the Spanish entact.
Machu Picchu
The Inca borrowed many ideas and concepts from these two earlier societies.
Moche, and Chimus
What major natural resources did the Inca utilize from their geography?
gold
How did the Inca pay their taxes without a money system?
goods and labor to their allyu
What is a huaca? Give 2 examples
an object that has a spirit.
rock
temple
charm
spring
What did the Inca build in order to unite and control their empire?
roads
What is the name of the Incas famous King who expanded the empire?
Pachacuti