Geography
What is the name of the city that was placed between two mountain peaks?
Machu Picchu
Who is Pizarro?
What does the Inti God represent?
He is known as the Sun God.
How did the Andes affect how well the Incas could work?
It was hard to transport items up the mountains or hills, but terracing worked to change the shape of mountains.
Define - chasquis.
Trained runners who carried verbal messages and small objects from one end of the empire to the other.Similar to African Griots, a primary source that would deliver objects as a way of mailing and telling messages to other groups.
Lima located in modern day Peru
How did Huayna Capac lead to the Inca civil War?
His passing allowed his sons to split the empire, which led to a war breaking out over land.
Why is Viracocha the main God?
Viracocha was known as the creator of all and was the God they had sacrificed animals to.
What is an Ayllu?
An extended family group took on tasks too large for single families. They built canals, farmed on terraces, and stored food for hard times. The Inca used this system to organize people into groups led by chiefs.
Define - Cajamarca
Place of meeting for Atahualpa and Pizarro before the takeover by the SpanishThis is where Pizarro ambushed the ruler and the Spanish took over the Incan Empire.
Name of the capital AFTER Spanish Colonization?
Cuzco
What is the Andean Rebellion?
Rebellion of the Incan people after the Mita system was created. The Mita system was a slave system that forced Incan citizens into the mines for the wellbeing of the Spanish.
Did the Incans sacrifice humans? What did they sacrifice or do to praise Gods?
The Incas did not sacrifice humans and they would practice good deeds or labor to show appreciation. Animals such as Goats were a popular sacrifice.
Why was Machu Picchu a major/revolutionary city?
This was one of the first cities to be built in between mountains peaks. A major city between mountain peaks with temples, public buildings, and homes. The building was ahead of its time.
Explain the Mita system.
The labor system the Spanish used for slave labor in the mines and plantations.A labor system that was the cause of the Great Andean rebellion and a lot of forced distribution of goods abroad. Forced mining and plantations.
What is the difference between Mesoamerica and the Andes?
Aztecs and Mayans lived in Mesoamerica, also known as Central America, while the Incas lived in the Andes, which is modern day South America.
Why did Atahualpa trust Pizarro after the Spanish had arrived?
Atahualpa believed Pizarro was a God, but after his realization, Atahualpa tried to bribe Pizarro and his men to leave the land.
Who were the Mamakuna? Why were they important?
Virgin/unmarried women who assisted priests. Worked as weavers or teachers and were the main female leaders in religious spaces. Seen as pure in the religous realm.
Why was the Quipu an important invention for the empire?
It was a set of strings that could track population or keep records. This allowed the Incan bureaucracy to maintain detailed records of population, tribute, and resources across the entire empire.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
Spanish conquistador who sailed to Peru. He wanted gold and silver.He ended up killing Atahualpa after he tricked Atahualpa into believing he was a God from Europe but they ended up being ambushed.
How did the citizens carry supplies up to Machu Picchu without any wagons or tools to help them?
They used advanced terracing to help them carry supplies as well as caravans or llamas.
What were the main affects of the Spanish arriving and leaving the empire?
The Spanish taught the Incas to practice a hierarchy, which led to wealth being less common for non-elites after the Spanish had given them freedom. The Spanish instilled schools that practiced Western teachings and a lot of their culture had been lost to assimilation.
What were the three realms?
How did Quechua contribute to the making of a more modern society to the year's standards?
Widely spoken indigenous language. They used this in the first school of the empire, this major discovery and making helped the building of a more organized empire.
Who was Pachacuti?
Powerful and ambitious leader. He took the Inca throne and, under his rule, they conquered all of Peru and expanded into neighboring lands.