The Inca

The original Inca village was nestled high in the

• Rocky Mountains

• The Alps

• The Andes Mountains

• Sierra Nevadas

Inca bricks were so well-crafted to fit together that even today it's nearly impossible to get knife blades or other tools between them.

• True

• False

The high elevations and steep terrain of much of the Inca Empire made it ideal for raising...

• Buffalo

• Llama

• Zebra

• Camels

The __________ maintained the power of government by getting warriors to trouble areas, relaying messages, and keeping trade alive and well.

• Aqueducts

• Road System

• Pyramid Temples

• Statues

An intricate recording system called __________, used knots of different sizes and colors, placed in different places on strings to keep track of important information.

• Quipu

• Quechua

• Cuzco

The Inca religion had a belief in many gods (polytheism) connected to nature and animals

• True

• False

The Inca had multiple conflicts with what when they were expanding their empire?

• Neighboring Tribes

• Nature

• Disease

What is a terrace?

• Carved out land in the mountain side for farming and food

• An artificial island that floats on water for farming

• An underwater cave with treasure

What led to the Inca's collapse as an empire? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

• Smallpox a disease spread by the Spanish

• The Spanish slaughtered the Inca because they had better weapons and armor

• A civil war between tribes close to their empire

• Floods from storms