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Who were the Incas?
An ancient civilization in South America. Paragraph 1
How can you tell the value of the knots on a quipu?
If a cluster of knots is close to the top cord, it has a higher value. Paragraph 3
What are researchers going to use to try and reconstruct the quipu code?
Researchers found a three-knot pattern in the strings of seven different quipus. They believe this may be code for the name of an Incan city.
Name a remnant of a campfire.
- Ashes
- Coal
- Left over wood
What did the Incas use quipu's for?
Incas would use the quipu to record and add up numbers. Paragraph 2
Besides standing for numbers, what else do researchers believe the quipu knots might represent?
Researchers think the knots may be symbols, or another form of language. Paragraph 7
Was the Inca tool quipu a primary or secondary source? What does it tell us about life in ancient Inca?
The quipu is a primary source because it is an artifact. It tells us that they could keep track of things like the number of crops or number of people. It tells us that they had a written form of language.
Which word is not a synonym for the word fragments.
- bits
- circles
- pieces
- parts
Circles is not a synonym for fragment.
How many miles did the Inca civilization stretch?
3,000 miles. Paragraph 10
What are some of the mysteries that researchers have yet to explain about the Inca Civilization?
- Incas build thousands of roads, yet did not use any wheeled vehicles.
- Incas made houses of stone blocks without mortar.
- The Incas kept their empire together without a written language.
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Why in the last paragraph does the author say "Perhap's the quipu helped keep this vast empire together"?
The quipu was a form of written language for the Inca, creating organization and code patterns that could be used to communicate.
What does the word intact mean in this sentence?
- The ancient vase was still intact, despite being burried for centuries.
The ancient vase was still whole and undamaged.