Geography
The large continental mountain range where the Incas thrived
What is the Andes Mountains?
Inca engineers cut wide steps into mountainsides to create this type of farming.
What is terrace farming?
All young men in the Inca empire were required to serve in this.
What is the army?
Unlike the Aztec, the Inca rarely performed this action to honor their Gods.
What is sacrifice humans?
The leader of the Spanish who is responsible for attacking the Inca Empire
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
what is the Amazon River?
This starchy crop was widely grown by Inca farmers.
What are potatoes?
At the very bottom of the Inca social structure were ordinary soldiers, farmers, and these people.
What are herders?
This was a rope with knotted cords of different lengths and colors used by the Inca.
What is a quipu?
Ruler of the Incas when the Spanish attacked.
Who is Atahualpa?
The original settlement that grew into a city for the Incas
What is Cuzco?
This protein-rich grain was a staple of the Inca diet and was grown in the mountains.
What is quinoa?
Name of the Incan ruler responsible for growing the empire in the 1430s.
Who is Pachacuti ?
The quipu was primarily used for record keeping and for doing this.
What is mathematics?
Object that Atahualpa threw on the floor that caused the Spanish soldiers to attack
What is the Bible?
The two imaginary lines that cross the south american continent
What is the equator and the tropic of Capricorn?
To improve the soil for farming, the Inca used fertilizers and this water management method.
What is irrigation?
In addition to military service, Inca people had to work for this institution for several weeks each year.
What is the government?
Because they had no system of writing, the Inca relied on this tradition to pass on their wisdom and knowledge.
What is oral tradition?
Incan ruler who was supposed to be a puppet ruler for the Spanish but instead led a rebellion.
Who is Manco?
Constructed of white granite high in the Andes, this retreat was a home for the royal family and a center for celebrations.
What is Machu Picchu ?
During poor harvests, government officials did this with the food they had stored from good harvests.
What is distributed it?
The god that Incan's believed protected rulers
Incas did this to please their Deities.
What is build large structures made out of stone?
Major advantage that the Spanish army had over the Incan army
What is gunpowder/ firearms?