Geography
South American River
What is the Amazon River?
process for freeze-drying potatoes
What are placing a cloth over the potatoes overnight and then stepping on the cloth to remove moisture. (Repeat the process)
Roles of the Inca emperor
What is military and religious leader?
Inca clothing
What is alpaca wool and government issued clothing
Last Inca Emperor
Who is Atahualpa?
capital city of the Inca empire
What is Cuzco?
ditches to water crops
What are irrigation canals?
record keeping using knotted strings?
What is the quipu?
domesticated animals
In-empire fighting
What is civil war?
5 modern-day countries of the Inca empire
What are Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Argentina
terrace farm wall building techniques
1. Precise stone cutting
2. Lay gravel
3. Lay sand
4. Lay dirt
highway message system
an almost 8,000-foot-high sacred retreat in the Andes
What is Machu Pichu
Religion of the Spanish conquistadors
What is Christianity (Catholic)?
mountains that stretch North to South through the Inca empire
What are the Andes Mountains?
terrace farming methods to help plants grow
What are the:
1. Stones retain heat
2. Terraces control flooding/rain fall
Inca taxation
What is M'ita-- human labor
What are tools, military weapons, food, and clothing
Name of Spanish conquistador and Spanish king
Who is Francisco Pizzaro and King Charles V?
giant plains of South America
What are the Pampas?
an Inca soldier's outfit
What is thick cotton undergarment with a thick alpaca wool tunic overlay
Inca ruler at Spanish conquest
Who is Atahualpa?
valuable Inca asset
What is cloth
Disease that killed 90% of the population
What is smallpox?