Incan Leaders
Who was the Incan ruler whose name meant “World Transformer”?
Who was Pachacuti?
What was the official language of the Incan Empire?
What is Quechua?
About how many miles did the Incan road system stretch?
What is 14,000 miles?
This sun god was one of the most important gods in the Incan religion.
Who was Inti?
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca?
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
This ruler was captured by Francisco Pizarro at Cajamarca.
Who was Atahualpa?
This extended family group formed the foundation of Incan society.
What is an ayllu?
This famous Incan city sat high in the Andes Mountains.
What is Machu Picchu?
This creator god ranked above Inti in importance.
Who was Viracocha?
What event weakened the Incan Empire right before the Spanish arrived?
What was the civil war between Atahualpa and Huascar?
This Incan ruler died around 1527, leading to a civil war between his sons.
Who was Huayna Capac?
This labor system required citizens to work for the state.
What is the mita?
The Inca built stone walls so precisely that they did not need this material between the stones.
What is mortar?
What was the name of the knotted-string recording system used by the Inca?
What is a quipu?
Besides weapons and horses, what major factor helped the Spanish defeat the Inca?
What was disease/smallpox?
What did the Inca call their empire?
What is the “Land of the Four Quarters”?
The Inca organized families into groups of 10, 100, 1,000, and 10,000 using this math system.
What is the decimal system?
What were the trained runners who carried messages across the empire called?
Who were the chasquis?
What were the “virgins of the sun” called?
Who were the mamakuna?
In what city did Pizarro ambush Atahualpa?
What is Cajamarca?
Pachacuti expanded the empire mainly through these two methods.
What are diplomacy and military force?
What city trained the sons of local leaders in Incan customs and values?
What is Cuzco?
The Incan roads connected the empire from modern Colombia to this country in the south.
What is Chile?
Incan rulers claimed to be descendants of this god.
Who was Inti?
Atahualpa offered to fill rooms with these two precious metals for his ransom.
What are gold and silver?