Incan Structures and Cities
The capital for the Incas
What is Cuzco?
The Moon God
Who is Mama Killa?
The labor for the men that worked for 3-6 months.
What is Mita?
The main language that Pachacutec made official.
What is “Quechua?”
cancha, condor, inca, llama, quinoa
What are five Quechan words?
Roads built for messengers to run.
What is Capac Ñan?
Known as the Earth God A.K.A. “Mother Earth”
Who is Pachamama?
The messengers or runners used for the roads.
Who were “chasquis?”
The Sapa Inca who united the Incan Empire.
Who is Manco Capac?
The sun dial/ calendar and one of the few still in place.
What is the Sun Stone?
The zigzag fortress at the entrance of Machu Picchu.
Who is Sacsayhuacan?
Inti
Who is the Sun God?
Location of Incan sacrafices
What are caves?
The builder of Machu Picchu
Who is Pachacutec?
A laboratory to test the agriculture.
What is the Moray?
Structure where based on the shadow, we can see the time of day.
What is Intihuatana?
”OG God” and Staff God
Who is Viracocha?
Used for assortment of items such as mita, census, farming, and soldiers.
What is a “quipu?”
This ruler expanded the Incan Empire tremendously.
Who is Tupac Inca Yupanqui?
What is 12-13?
Founder of Machu Picchu
Who is Hiram Bingham?
God associated with calendars
Who is Mama Killa?
The Incan calculator used for complex math especially for farming.
What is a “Yupana?”
The structure that Pachacutec constructed.
What is “Coricancha”
The location where the terrace farming occured.
What is Colca Valley?