The Inca

Where did the Inca live?

• Yucatan Peninsula

• South America, specifically mostly modern Peru

• Central Mexico

The Andes

• are a mountain range where the Inca Empire was established

• are a civilization that was built in central Mexico

• are a series of lakes in Peru

The capital of the Inca Empire was at

• Tenochtitlan

• Texcoco

• Copan

• Cusco

Whats the name of the stone city built high up in the Andes including religious temples, royal residences, and houses for workers?

• Andes

• Cusco

• Machu Picchu

• Nahuatl

Cutting flat steps or terraces into the side of a mountain to have more land to cultivate is known as

• tribute

• quechua

• terrace farming

• chinampas farming

The Inca has ______ for meat and wool and for transporting goods and people across the mountains.

• horses

• llamas

• alpaca and llamas

• sheep

Why is so little known about the early history of the Incas?

• Aztecs took their books

• There was a bad fire

• They didn't have a system of writing

• Their history books were hidden in Machu Picchu

Who led the Spanish to conquer the Incas?

• Pizarro
• the gods
• Cortes
• Montezuma

What is a "set of strings with knots. The Number and size of the knots conveyed meaning to the Inca."

• Quipu

• Aqueducts

• Hieroglyphics

• Ropes

What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?

• Chinampas

• Irrigation

• Aqueducts

• Terrace Farming