Inca Civilization

Inca civilization

• South America

• ​Andes Mountains

• Both desert and jungle

• How did the location affect their way of life?

Inca Location

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Where was the Inca civilization located?

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The capital of the Inca Empire was ​

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Multiple Choice

Inca adapted to their environment by using ________ farming.

• slash and burn

• chinampa

• crop rotation
• terrace

• ​Quipu

  • 1-7-1-7 = emergency

• Quechua

• The Inca did not have a writing system

How did the inca communicate?

Multiple Choice

What Inca job required running to deliver messages?

• Merchant

• Artisan

• Postmen
• Chasquis

Multiple Choice

How did the chasquis travel from place to place?

• The chasquis traveled by horseback across the mountains.
• The chasquis used boats to navigate rivers.
• The chasquis relied on carrier pigeons for message delivery.
• The chasquis traveled on foot, using a relay system to pass messages.

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The inca had well developed

that connected different parts of the empire.

Multiple Choice

The inca did NOT have a written language.

• True

• False

• Sapa Inca (king/ruler) ruled over the 4 provinces.

• Each province had its own government.

• Sapa Inca owned everything and made all laws.
  

Government

Multiple Select

The following were recorded by government officials on a Quipu.

hint: there is more than 1 answer

• Supplies (trade)

• Troops (warrior) distribution

• Population (census)

• Roads

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The Inca Empire was divided into ___#___ provinces.

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Each province had its own​ government and all provinces followed ​

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king(s).

• ​Only city that was never discovered and destroyed by the Spanish.

• Incas cut huge slabs of stone and fit them together to make massive buildings.

• One of the seven wonders.

Machu Picchu

Multiple Choice

Which is true about Inca stonework?

• None of it remains today

• Wheels were used to build it

• Bricks were made out of mud

• The stones fit together so well, that the blade of a knife could not fit through.

Multiple Choice

Machu Picchu is:

• A city in peru built for the emperor Pachacuti in the 1500's.

• An island built on lake Texcoco .

Multiple Choice

The city of Machu Picchu is located:

• on the Pacific coast

• high in the Andes Mountains of Peru

• Francisco Pizarro

• What Advantages did the Spanish have over the Inca?

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Fall of the Inca Empire

Open Ended

What advantages did the Spanish have over the Inca?

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