Geography
This mountain range was home to the Incas.
What are the Andes?
This was the most important Inca god, the sun god.
Who is Inti?
Inca children learned skills like farming, weaving, and building from these people in their family.
Who are their parents?
The Incas built thousands of miles of these to connect their empire.
What are roads?
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This was the capital city of the Inca Empire.
What is Cusco?
The Incas believed in many gods, which is known as this type of religion.
What is polytheism.
What was the Incas staple crop?
What are Potatoes.
This system of knotted strings was used to keep records.
What is quipu?
The Inca Empire was located on this continent.
What is South America?
The Incas built terraces to farm on this type of land.
What is steep land?
What did the Incans sacrifice?
Llamas and humans
What animal was used for wool, meat, and carrying goods?
What are Llamas.
What did the Aztecs use to farm on hills?
Terraces
Who was the Spanish explorer who led the decline of the Inca?
Francisco Pizarro
This famous Inca site was rediscovered in 1911.
What is Machu Picchu?
This practice involved giving offerings to the gods, sometimes including humans.
What is sacrifice?
This labor system required people to work for the government instead of paying taxes.
What is the mita system?
The Incas developed advanced irrigation systems to bring this essential resource to their crops.
What is water?
The title of the Inca emperor.
What is Sapa Inca?
The Inca Empire stretched along this ocean on South America’s west coast.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Priests used this method of interpreting signs to predict the future.
What is divination?
Most Inca homes were made from this material.
What is stone (or adobe).
Despite having no written language, the Incas managed a vast empire using this organized relay system of runners.
What is the chasqui (runner system)?
What animals wool did the Inca wear clothing from?
Alpaca