The Inca Civilization

Capital of Peru where Machu Picchu is:

• Cuzco

• Palenque

• Lima

Main Gods in the Inca empire were:

• Inti - God of the Sun, Moon, Thunder

• Huitzilopochtli, Tlaloc and Quetzalcoatl

• Hernan Cortés, Francisco Pizarro

The Math system for the Incas was:

• Drawing lines on a wall.

• The Quipu, a recording device made of knotted string.

• Writing numbers on rocks and clay in their own Math system.

What animal provided the Incas with wool, fertilizer for their crops and a way to transport men and goods?

• llama

• elephant

• camel

• donkey

The Incas built networks of ______________ that helped to connect the empire together.

• crops

• roads

• shelters

• stone buildings

What are terraces?

• Flat land for farming carved into the mountainside

• Bumpy land smoothed down to build houses.

• Water

• Large porches

Who was Francisco Pizarro?

• Just another Incan emperor.

• The founder of the Inca civilization.

• A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca empire.

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

Even though the Inca had a large and strong army, the Spanish successfully defeated them because they had

• Atahualpa

• horses and superior metal weapons

• terraced farming

• Francisco Pizarro

Their bridges built of wood, stone, and thick rope, as well as their extensive network and roads, plus their entire cities built out of stone show us that the Inca were

• lazy

• gifted engineers and builders

• using a lot of help from the Maya

• skilled readers and writers