Inca agriculture
What strategy did the Inca's use to farm
terrace farming
Where were the Inca's located and what were the terrains that they lived in.
Andes Mountains - Jungles, Mountains, Coastal deserts.
What method did they use for freezing their food
Putting the food in snow
What was the most famous city/town that the Inca's built
Machu Picchu
What were the landforms where the Inca's lived
Volcanoes, glaciers, deserts, grasslands, forest, plateaus, mountains (Andes mountains), lakes
What main crops did the Inca grow
Corn, Potatoes, Quinoa
When did the Inca's start
1200 CE
What did they make the terraces out of
clay, stones, gravel, and soil
what are the things the Inca's built for architecture
Public buildings, temples, Machu Picchu, aqueducts, and planned cities with a central plazas
What were the religious beliefs did the Inca's believe in
sun god and moon god. They thought heaven was divided into 4 corners (some better than others) and they believed in huacas .
What did the Inca's change when the climate changed
They grew different crops.
When did the Inca's end
1535 AC
what did they use to capture rainfall and snow
channels dug into the ground
How long did the Inca road system manage
over 100 years
What was the government like in the Incan civilization
They had emperors like Sapa Incas. They made sure no one was hungry or homeless. And the land and people were split into four groups.
How did the Inca's get a water source for their crops
irrigation cannals
What two reasons caused the Inca's to end
The disease small pox and the Spanish came looking for gold, silver, and land
What were the terrace walls made out of
stone, rock, clay
how did the Inca's build Machu Picchu
Used grass ropes to lift and move stones to build it
What was the Incan social structure like
family's were organized in 10 - 20 people called ayllus. Ayllus' payed taxes, farmers payed 2 types of taxes. And the royal family had a life of luxury and wore fine clothing.
Were the Farmers commoners or Elites
Commoners
What Spanish leader helped end the Inca's
Francisco Pizarro
Sense terrace farming was already a thing when the Inca's started what did they do to change them
They expanded and reinforced them
How long did the roads stretch and how did the Inca's travel on them
About 2,000 miles of roads and there was no wheeled transportation, mostly traveled by foot and llamas/ alpacas carried the heavy loads
What was the Sapa Incas like
They wore clothing once then burned it, new Sapa Inca visited the dead ones. When they died they were mummified and buried in their palace, each one built a palace within Cuzco.