Inca Geography
Name at least 4 countries that were within the Inca Empire.
Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
How far did the Inca Roadways stretch?
Over 10,000 miles
What types of food did the Inca grow? (name at least 2)
corn, potatoes, beans, squash, quinoa
What was the name of the Inca sun god?
Inti
What were the Spanish conquistadors looking for in South America?
What mountains did the Inca live within?
The Andes Mountains
People who worked for the empire to pass messages were called this.
Chasqui runners
What was the most important crop grown by the Inca?
potatoes
In the Inca origin story, where did Inti create the Inca people?
In lake Titicaca
Why were the Inca not afraid of the Spanish when they first arrived?
There were fewer than 200 Spanish, Atahualpa felt his empire was powerful
Name at least 3 natural resources the Inca used.
gold, silver, grass, stone, potatoes, corn, wool, copper, bronze, fish
What type of bridge were the Inca famous for buiding?
Suspension Bridges
How did the Inca grow their food on the sloping sides o the Andes?
Terrace Farming
What did the Inca do if they thought the gods were angry?
They would sacrifice animals and humans to their gods.
What did the Inca do in an attempt to make the Spanish leave?
they collected all gold artifacts in a room for the Spanish to take.
Besides the Andes Mountains, name two other landforms impacted the Inca?
Amazon Rainforest, Coastal Desert
Name at least two ways the Inca roadways were used.
passing messages throughout the empire, the trade and transport of goods, for military purposes
How did terraces help the soil?
They stopped mudslides and soil errosion.
The Inca believed that this had to happen to their body upon death so they could pass to the afterlife.
mummification
What happened to the Inca ruler, Atahualpa?
The Spanish abducted him and strangled him to death.
This lake within the Inca Empire is the highest navigable lake in the world. Located between Peru and Bolivia.
Lake Titicaca
Name the animal that the Inca used the most for travel and transporting goods.
Llamas
How would the Inca get water to their crops?
by creating irrigation canals that brought water to the crops.
They called their emperors this _________. They also believed their leaders were descendants of this god ______. (answer both correctly to collect points)
Sapa Inca and The Sun God, Inti
What did the Spanish continue to do to the Inca people in order to gain valuable natural resources?
forced them to work in the fields and mines