Vocabulary
Geography
Inventions
100
Incas built their homes and cities on steep hills and made _______________, or steps, in the mountains to grow their food.
terraces
100
The Incas lived in the _________________, a tall snowy mountain range that stretches across many countries like Peru, Ecuador, and Chile.
a. Mount Everest b. Andes Mountains
b. Andes Mountains
100
The Incas built ___________, a beautiful stone city on top of a mountain.
a. Machu Picchu b. Tenochtitlan
a. Machu Picchu
200
The king or _________________, the person who ruled over all the Inca people.
emperor
200
The Incas grew lots of different foods like, potatoes, corn, and ______________, a grain that's still popular today.
a. beans b. quinoa
b. quinoa
300
The Incas didn't have writing like we do, but they used ___________________, strings with knots to keep track of numbers and important information.
a. cuneiform
b. quipus
quipus
300
The Inca Empire was located on which continent?
a. North America b. South America
b. South America
300
The Incas did not have writing like we do, but they used ___________, strings with knots to keep track of numbers and important information.
a. cuneiform
b. quipus
b. quipus
400
The ___________ lived high up in the Andes Mountains of South America. From 1400 to 1533, they built one of the biggest and most powerful empires in the world.
a. Incas b. Aztecs
Incas
400
Machu Picchu is located in the country known as ___________.
a. Ecuador b. Peru
b. Peru
400
The Incas were amazing at making colorful cloth using ____________ which are designs that repeat. These used alpaca wool, llama wool, and cotton to make beautiful ____________.
a. patterns b. circles
a. patterns
500
The Incas raised animals called _________________ which helped them carry heavy things and provided wool for clothes.
a. llama b. camel