Pre-Inca Culture
Large Geometric designs
Geoglyphs
When this is exposed to the elements if changes color from a shiny red-brown to a pale green
Copper
He who changed the world (almost sounds like Pokemon character)
Pachacuti
Spanish never found it
Machu Picchu
He was the leader of the Conquistadors that overthrew the Inca Empire
Francisco Pizarro
Ruled nearly 400 miles of Peruvian coast and developed a strong military as well as irrigation systems around 100-700 AD
Moche
Gold and silver were merged together to form masks of this animal which represented strength and fierceness.
Cats
Type of Inca farming
Terrace farming
Another name for extracting stone
Quarried
The last Inca King
Atahualpa
They created magnificent jewelry from gold, silver and copper. One of the earliest complex cultures in South America from 200-600 AD
Nasca
The Nacsa designed gold pieces of this animal that were sometimes represented in geoglyphs
Bee
The Empire at its height stretched from what is today______ to ________
Columbia to Argentina
These carried water to the city
Aqueducts
This is how the conquistadors defeated the Inca
Sophisticated weaponry, such as long spears, guns, horses
They dominated the high desert of Peru from 500-1000 AD. They overthrew the Nasca and established the first empire in the Andes Mountains.
Wari
Another name for a Moche headpiece
Diadem
The Inca Capital
Cusco
The Inca built am extensive network of these to transport goods
Roads
The number of men that Pizarro had with him
180
They flourished in the mountains of northern Peru from 800-1400. They showed great respect for the creatures of the natural world. Also, prepared their dead for the afterlife.
Sican
The Sican crafted a headdress with movable parts
El Tocado
A high-protein grain native to the Andes
Quinoa ( Keen- wah)
Machu Picchu included these many structures name three
Temples, Royal Residences, homes for workers, aqueducts or waterworks and terraces for farming
This is the number of years from Pizarro meeting Atahualpa to the Spanish executing the leader
7 years