Inca Empire

What is the main reason the Incan Empire thrived?

• Engineering

• Selling crops

• Irrigation

• Building roads & bridges

How did the Inca expand and control of their empire?

• The cut off trade with other places.

• They killed everyone.

• They built roads.

• They made their own currency system.

How did the Inca road reflect local environment?

• The Inca people used things from their environment to make the roads.

• The road types varied to meet environment conditions.

Who used the Inca road(s)?

• Ordinary people

• Llamas

• No one

• Important and official people

What impact did Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala make?

• Freed natives from Spanish

• Accurate geographical drawings

• Drew maps of regions in empire

• Wrote books about local Incan life

How did the Inca road help feed the empire?

• Food supplies were moved along the road.

• Food grew along the road for locals to pick when they needed it.

• Food supplies didn't move.

• Food supplies were stored in "colcas."

What were the Incan storehouses called?

• Colcas

• Silos

• La ensiladora

• almacenamiento

Which of these is NOT a typical content stored in colcas?

• Potatoes

• Corn

• Rice

• Quinoa

How were Incan travelers housed?

• Brick houses

• Tents

• In homes of townspeople

• Tampu

How did the Inca road cross rivers?

• Boats

• Suspension bridges

• Wooden canoes

• They swam.