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What group of Natives were living along the Andes?
What is the Incas
Who conquered the Incas?
What is the Spanish
What are 2 inventions of the Incas?
What is freez-drying ice cream, brain surgery, brilliant bridges, and a government that acually worked.
Did the Incas have an alphabet?
What is no
What are some things that the Incas ate? Name 2
What is potatoes, quinoa (a type of grain), as well as maize (corn) and berries.
What was a Chasqui?
What was the Incas messengers
What is a self-sustaining unit, that would educate their own children and farm or trade for all the food they ate.
What was the Incas capital city?
What is Cusco
How long did the Inca Empire last?
About one century
What sports game did the Incas play?
What is Tlachli
When did the Incas begin their rise?
What is the early 1200s
Who was the Sapa Inca?
What is the absolute ruler of the Inca Empire
What was the average height of an Incan man
What is 5'2"
What was the average height of an Incan woman?
What is 4'11"
What did the Incas do for entertainment? Name 2 things
What is playing sports, dancing, playing music, and dice games.
When were the Incas conquered?
When is 1532
What religion did the Incas practice?
What is a polytheistic religion
How long was the Inca road system?
What is over 25,000 miles long
What were Inca terraces?
A system of moisture retention into their terraces by layering sand and stone, clay, and fertile soil upon each other.
What did the Incas have instead of an alphabet?
What is khipu
When did the Incas expand across the Andes?
What is 1438 to 1531
What was the main system employed by the Incas to record information?
What were quipus
What was the Inca road system?
A network of roads that facilitated the movement of armies, people, and goods across plains, deserts, and mountains.
How many parts did the Incas believe the earth was split into? And what was this known as?
What is three and the Inca Trilogy
What was a polytheistic religion?
What is a religion with multiple Gods