What desert did the Inca settle next to?
Atacama Desert
What are two reasons the Spanish had an advantage over the Inca?
What is an ayllu?
A family-based community
What mountain range did the Inca Civilization reside in?
What is Andes
What is the name for the Inca messenger/relay runner
Chasqui
What continent were the Inca located?
What is South America
What type of religion did the Inca have? (polytheistic or monotheistic)
What is polytheistic
What group made up the most of the Inca population? (from the social pyramid)
Commoners
Did the Inca Civilization have bad roads?
What country took down the Inca Civilization?
What mountain range were the Inca's located?
What is the Inca word for their storehouses?
Qullqa
Why did the Sapa Inca have absolute authority?
He was believed to be a God
Where did the Inca Civilization get water?
What are rivers and freshwater streams
What conquistador took down the Inca?
Who is Francisco Pizzaro
What 3 modern day countries were the Inca located?
What is Peru, Chile, and Ecuador
What is the mita system?
Taxes paid with labor
True or False: Yanaconas belonged to an ayllu?
What is False
What animals did the Inca use to help with transportation?
Alpacas and llamas
What landform did people pass through years ago to get to the Americas?
What is the Bering Strait
What were the two major cities of the Inca Civilization?
What is Cusco and Machu Picchu
What city was believed to be the center of the universe?
What is Cusco
True or False: The people (Civilians) of the Inca Civilization had to pay taxes with money
What is False
What farming method did the Inca use on high mountainous terrain?
What is terrace farming
What disease spread through the Inca Civilization killing many of the people?
What is smallpox