Inca Culture - The Land and Farming

Inca Culture

The Land and Farming

​The Inca Empire started in what is now present day Peru in South America. The capital city for the Incas was Cuzco.

Multiple Choice

In what present day country did the Incas start their culture?

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Peru

• Chile

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the capital city of the Inca empire?

• Mexico City

• Cuzco

• Lima

• Santiago

​There were three geographical and climate regions that the Inca Culture had to deal with.

​The western coast of this region, along the Pacific Ocean is in some cases almost desert like.

​The eastern side of the Inca empire is covered

​with tropical rainforests which are part of the Brazilian Rainforest.

​Splitting the desert to the west and the rainforest to the east are the Andes Mountains, which is the longest mountain chain in the world.

Multiple Choice

What geographical/climate feature is found on the west coast of the Inca Empire?

• tropical

  rainforests

• desert

  regions

• mountain

  regions

• plains region

Multiple Choice

Which geographical/climate feature is found on the

eastern side of the Inca Empire?

• prairie

  grasslands

• desert regions

• mountain

  regions

• tropical

  rainforests

Multiple Choice

The largest mountain chain in the world are the;

• Adirondacks

• Andes

• Himalayans

• Rockies

Multiple Choice

This ocean runs along the entire western coast of

the continent of South America.

• the Pacific

• the Atlantic

• the Arctic

• the Indian

​Because the Inca Culture lived primarily in the Andes Mountains, they needed to use terrace or steppe farming in order to grow the crops they needed.

​The Incas built channels in the mountains to guide water to irrigate their crops and bring water to their cities. These aqueducts or channels were usually lined with stone to prevent

​erosion from occurring. Some of these are still used today!

Multiple Choice

Water for irrigation and for drinking in cities traveled for miles

in channels made of stone are known as;

• rivers

• sewers

• aqueducts

• canals

Multiple Select

Farming on mountain sides required which type of farming technique?

(two answers)

• chinampas

• no till

• steppe

• terrace

• slash and burn

​The Incas often grew more crops than they usually needed. Extra crops were kept in "granaries" or buildings that stored the food for times of famine and hardships.

Multiple Choice

What were the Inca buildings that held extra food resources called?

• tepees

• temples

• elevators

• granaries

​As with other cultures, corn was the most important crop for the Incas along with beans and squash. The also raised potatoes and quinoa, a type of plant related to spinach, grown for its seeds that are high in protein.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a crop that the Inca Culture grew for food?

• quinoa

• potatoes

• rice

• beans

• corn

Multiple Choice

Which crop was grown for the seed that was rich in protein. It has

become a popular dish today.

• corn

• beans

• rice

• quinoa

​In the tall peaks of the Andes Mountains the llama became a very important animal to the Incas. Its sure footedness on the steep slopes made it the perfect animal to be used as a pack animal to carry various types of food and materials up the mountain slopes. They used the llama's fur to make clothing out of much like we use the wool from sheep. They also used the llama as a food source for its delicious meat. They even provided the Incas with milk!

​Just too cute to eat!

Multiple Select

Which of the following are uses of the llama for the Incas?

• milk

• a pack animal

• clothing

• meat