Inca Civilization Colorado 6th grade

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

• The Aztec Empire

• remembering information

• potatoes

• The local bellydancer

These facts explained about the Inca empire. 

- It stretched about 2,500 miles

- It did not have a written language

These facts explain why the Incas...

• Were totally AWESOME!

• Had a great cardiovascular system

• Created Nikes

• Used runners to carry messages

Much of the land that was once the Inca Empire is in which countries today?​ (a)   ​ ​ (b)  

• Peru
• Ecuador
• Tenochtitlan
• Tikal

The Inca Empire reached its peak in the same period as which group

How did the Incas develop the advances below?

* well planned cities

* elaborate irrigation methods

They adapted these from

​ (a)   ​

• The Chimus
• The Toltecs
• The Olmecs
• The Teotihuacans

According to Incan legend, the Inca tribe began when the sun god's son

• ghosted and designated the Sapa Inca to take over.

• rose out of Lake Titicaca

• skipped rocks across Cottonwood Lake

• designated the Sapa Inca to rule

The Incas lived for hundreds of years without spreading their civilization. What set off the expansion of the empire?

• An attack by neighboring people

• Melia passing notes in Cuzco

• Julian screaming into the phone

• The theft of a sacred statue

What did the Incas create to hold their empire together?

​ (a)  

• A network of roads
• A quipo
• An elaborate irrigation system
• Jesse's shoe strings

Who were the Curacas?

• Commoners in disguise

• Family members of the Sapa Incas

• Cuzco nobles

• Local leaders of conquered people

The most important Incan food crop that was unknown to the Maya or Aztecs.