Vocab Matching Pt. 1
A mountain range that runs along the western edge of South America and is home to the Incas is called _____________________.
A) sara
B) Andes Mountains
C) Spanish Conquest
D) aqueducts
B) Andes Mountains
What is embroidery?
A) fancy stitching sewn to cloth
B) the Incan name for corn
C) a plant whose fibers can be spun into thread
A) fancy stitching sewn to cloth
What is a ransom?
A) leader of the Spanish soldiers who conquered the Incas
B) workers built the roads in order to pay this to the Incan government
C) a payment given in exchange for the release of someone who is held captive
C) a payment given in exchange for the release of someone who is held captive
What was the Spanish Conquest?
A) the defeat of the Natives of the New World by Spain
B) a canopy-covered chair on a platform on which the Incas were carried
C) a payment given in exchange for the release of someone being held captive
A) the defeat of the Natives of the New World by Spain
What were some of the practical items for everyday use the Incas made out of metal and pottery? Explain with detail.
The Incas used gold and silver to make masks, plates, and jewelry. They also used copper, tin, and bronze to make knives, weapons, pins for garments, and tools.
Pottery included three-legged pots, plates, and drinking cups. The "aryballus" pottery was used to store liquids.
What is a pedestrian?
A) ridges cut into steep sides of mountains to create more level farm land
B) fancy stitching sewn onto cloth
C) people who walk from place to place
D) the studying of objects to find magic signs
C) people who walk from place to place
Designs based on simple shapes, such as straight lines, circles, or squares are called _____________.
A) cotton
B) terraces
C) geometric
C) geometric
Workers built the roads in order to pay __________ to the Incan government.
A) labor tax
B) fortress
C) litter
A) labor tax
This area stretched from the Northern border through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, into Argentina and Chile.
A) Andes Mountains
B) Royal Road
C) litter
B) Royal Road
Why is so little known about the early history of the Incas? What can we look at now to find out about the Incas? Explain in detail.
The Incas did not develop a system of writing. They did not leave behind any books or writings about their history.
We can, however, study the writings of the Spanish who conquered the Incas. We can also study Incan artifacts in the ancient cities to try to get clues about the early Incas.
Ridges that are cut into steep sides of mountains to create more level farm land is ____________.
A) terraces
B) work tax
C) divining
D) geometric
A) terraces
What is a sara?
A) the studying of objects to find magic signs
B) the Incan name for corn
C) people who walk from place to place
B) the Incan name for corn
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
A) the defeat of the Natives of the New World by Spain
B) a large open area surrounded by public buildings
C) the leader of the Spanish soldiers who conquered the Incas
C) the leader of the Spanish soldiers who conquered the Incas
What is a fortress?
A) a canopy-covered chair on a platform on which the Incas were carried
B) a large structure built of stone where citizens would gather in times of danger
C) the defeat of the Natives of the New World by Spain
B) a large structure built of stone where citizens would gather in times of danger
What is a work tax?
A) designs based on simple shapes
B) the requirement Incas had to give a certain amount of their labor to the government
C) a plant whose fibers can be spun into thread
B) the requirement Incas had to give a certain amount of their labor to the government
A plant whose fibers can be spun into thread is called _________________.
A) cotton
B) embroidery
C) pedestrians
A) cotton
A large open area surrounding public buildings is called a _______________.
A) plaza
B) litter
C) fortress
A) plaza
A canopy-covered chair on a platform on which the Incas were carried on is called a ____________.
A) fortress
B) Inca
C) litter
C) litter
The studying of objects to find magic signs is ______________.
A) aqueducts
B) embroidery
C) divining
C) divining
What is an aqueduct?
A) people who walk from place to place
B) a structure carrying flowing water, usually from a river or stream to other locations
C) designs based on simple shapes
B) a structure carrying flowing water, usually from a river or stream to other locations
What is an Inca?
A) a large structure built of stone where citizens would gather in times of danger
B) a word meaning "the children of the sun god Inti", the ruler of the Incan empire and its civilization
C) leader of the Spanish soldiers who conquered the Incas
B) a word meaning "the children of the sun god Inti", the ruler of the Incan empire and its civilization