Inca vocab

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Incan ruler who expanded the empire in 1438

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Pachacuti

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Incan runner and message carrier

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chasqui

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Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca

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Francisco Pizzaro

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Counting tool made from cord with knotted strings

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quipu

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Empire established before 1200 in the central Andes.

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Inca

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Mountain range over 4,000 miles in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

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Andes

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A word meaning "center" or "navel," this was the capital city of the Inca.

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Cuzco

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Language of the Inca

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Quechua

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Practice of cutting flat surfaces into steep slopes for difficult terrain.

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Terrace farming

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Ruler of the Inca Empire when conquered by Spaniards

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Atahualpa