Incas

Here are two facts about the Inca Empire:

• It stretched about 2,500 miles.

• It did not have a written language.

These facts explain why the Incas

• had legends about their origin

• conquered many other groups

• used runners to carry messages

• built their capital in the mountains

A set of strings tied into knots, called a quipu, was an aid for

• finding the best route

• remembering information

• catching fish in the river

• understanding the calendar

Much of the land that was once the Inca Empire is in which countries today?

• Peru and Ecuador

• Brazil and Paraguay

• Mexico and Guatemala

• Colombia and Venezuela

How did the Incas develop the advances listed below?

• well-planned cities

• elaborate irrigation methods

• learned them from the Spanish

• learned them from the nobles

• learned them from the Moches and Chimus

• created them as original inventions

What did the Incas create to hold their empire together?

• a network of roads

• a central market

• a school for sons of commoners

• a flock of trained pigeons

What belongs in bottom row of this chart?

Capac Incas - relatives to the Sapa Inca

Hahua Incas - nobles by privilege

Curacas -

• winners of major battles

• favorites chosen by the royal wives

• local leaders of conquered people

• scholars who did well in school

The most important Incan food crop was unknown to the Mayas or Aztecs. This Incan crop was

• Corn

• Potatoes

• Squash

• Peppers

Two people who belonged to the same ayllu might often

• obey different leaders

• live in different regions

• work at different tasks

• speak different languages.

When a Chosen Woman was 8-10 years old, she would most likely be

• studying in a convent

• married to a commoner

• living with her family

• .helping to govern a village

After the Incas conquered a new area, why were local leaders and their sons brought to Cuzco?

• A.to get sacred objects back

• to tell the emperor their concerns

• to be sacrificed to the sun god

• to learn Incan law and language