Capitals
What is the capital of Peru?
Lima
What group of Europeans conquered the Inca Empire?
Spaniards
How did the Inca treat their deceased emperors?
They treated them as if they were still alive, clothed and fed them.
What desert is situated in northern Chile?
Atacama Desert
Because the Inca Empire expanded upward instead of outward, what was it referred to as?
Vertical archipelago
What is the capital of Bolivia?
La Paz
Why was it better for Atahualpa to be baptized and then strangled to death instead of burnt alive?
If he was burnt alive, people could not mummify and respect him
At its height, how many people lived in the Inca Empire?
10 million
What climate zone sits between the ridges of the Andes Mountains?
Altiplano
What staple European crop began in Peru?
Potato
What is the capital of Ecuador?
Quito
At it's height, how many people lived in the Inca Empire?
10 million
What language system did the Inca use by tying knots in strings?
Quipu
Are the peaks in the southern Andes (Chile) more rugged or rounded?
Rugged
When did Andean farming begin?
9,000 years ago
What is the capital of Chile?
Santiago
What conquistador led the conquest of the Inca?
Francisco Pizzaro
What major wonder of the world did the Inca build?
Machu Picchu
What landmass sits at the bottom of South America?
Cape Horn
Does Bolivia have access to an ocean?
No, it is landlocked
What was the Inca capital?
Cusco
What European disease ravaged the Inca?
Smallpox
What THREE things did the Inca not have?
Wheel, written language, and draft animals
What two islands sit off the Pacific coast of South America? One belongs to Chile, one to Ecuador.
Easter Island and the Galapagos Islands
What is federalism?
System of central AND regional governments working together