Inca Architecture
In what mountain range did the Inca develope architecture?
Andes Mountains
Are the Inca's monotheistic or polytheistic ?
Polytheistic
What was the main art of the Inca?
Pottery
Who was the Ruler (Sapa Inca) When Pizarro conquered the Inca?
Sapa Inca Atahualpa
What is the most inspiring contribution that the Inca had?
Architechture
What agricultural invention helped them farm on the mountain side?
terrraces
What gods did they worship?
the moon, Sun, Earth, wind, and thunder
What was some of their religious objects and decoration, MADE OF, that the Spanish wanted?
Gold
What is the highest city in the Inca empire?
Machu Pichu
What were some of the ways of transportation that the Inca made?
Roads, bridges, stone paved paths
What is the name of the city where they built their capital?
Cuzco
Who did they believe was their creator?
Virochocha
What Spanish conqueror destroyed or melted down Inca art?
Pizarro, a Spanish conquistador and leader of the Spanish invaders
Who was the greatest Sapa Inca?
Pachicuti
What great food concept did the Inca develop?
Freeze Dried Foods
What were all of the Inca's buildings dedicated to?
All their gods
What humans in the Inca society were worshipped as gods?
Sapa Incas (the Rulers)
What was their jewelry made out of?
Gold
What city did the Inca establish as their capital?
Cuzco
The Inca further developed the use of land by developing?
Terraces for agricultural farming
What is the city of the clouds?
Machu Picchu
Who was the God of the Sun?
Inti
What was their art mainly used for?
Religious Reasons
What modern country was Cuzco in?
Peru
What carried messages along mountain edges?
Couriers