Machu Picchu
What group created Machu Picchu?
Who is the Inca
Where were the Inca?
Peru
The Aztec did what to please their gods?
Human Sacrifices
Where is Tenochtitlan?
Lake Texcoco
Where is Machu Picchu?
Where is Peru?
What is the Incans ruler named?
Sapa Inca
How did they do a water system?
They used an aquaduct
What are the “floating gardens” called?
Chinampas
How long in Machu Picchu?
What is 5 miles?
In what way did the Inca pay taxes?
Through labor and agriculture
Why did the Aztecs settle on Tenochtitlan?
They saw a eagle on a cactus with a snake in its mouth.
What kind of land was it built on?
swampy
Why was Machu Picchu abandoned?
No one knows
what are the two main roads called?
Coastal and Royal
Why did they get banished?
for killing the princess
What are the buildings called that they made?
Temples/pyrimids
How many steps does Machu Picchu have?
Around 300
How did the Incas keep records?
A quipu
What is the lake that they settled on called?
Lake Texcoco
What did they use to connect Tenochtitlan to the other land?
Causeways