The incas

1) What mountain range surrounds the fertile valleys the Incas settled in? The Andes

2) Where did the first Incas settle around 1200? In the Cuzco Valley

3) What is the legend of the founding of the city of Cuzco? The Sun god sent his son and daughter to bring civilization to the world

4) What were the Incas doing by the early 1400s? Beginning to conquer their neighbors

Military Force Peace talks 5) What are the two different ways that Pachacuti conquered some groups? Military Force Peace talks

6) How big was the Inca Empire by the year 1532? ½ million square miles

7) What modern day countries did the Inca Empire stretch through? Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile

8) How many different languages were spoken in the Inca Empire? 20 20

9) What three different environments did the Inca Empire cover? Dry Pacific Coast Hot and Humid Eastern Foothills Highland Plateaus

10) How did the Incas link the many regions of the empire? Built more than 14,000 miles of roads

11) How many main roads were there and where did they run? 2 Through the Mountains Along the Coast

12) How did the Incas win the loyalty of the people they conquered? Showered people with gifts of cloth and food Allowed former chiefs to take part in governing

13) When could the conquered people worship their own gods? Only after saying the Inca gods were more powerful

14) What did each household have to do to support Inca rule? Pay a Labor Tax

15) What was the practice of sending people to live in new places called? Mitima

16) What did mitima prevent? How did that work? Rebellion By breaking up large groups and spreading them out through the empire

17) What was found at the center of each Inca city? A main square with large government buildings all around it

18) Why was cement not needed in Inca building? They fit the stone blocks so closely

19) Why did the Incas keep their information on quipus? They didn’t have hieroglyphics or an alphabet

20) What did the different-colored knots on the quipus stand for? Words or ideas

21) What are 2 different things that Inca clothing was made out of? Cotton Yarn made from Alpaca hair

22) What could only Inca nobles own? Jewelry made of gold or silver

23) What did most people live in? Small mud houses with thatched roofs

24) Where did most people work? On government owned farms

To claim the wealth of the Americas 25) What was the goal of Francisco Pizarro and the Spanish conquistadors? To claim the wealth of the Americas

26) What did Atahuallpa promise Pizarro? A room full of gold and silver in exchange for freedom

27) What happened to Atahuallpa? He was killed anyway

Their wooden swords were no match for the Spanish guns 28) Why did the Inca attempts to take Cuzco back from the Spanish fail? Their wooden swords were no match for the Spanish guns It’s almost unfair… Their swords aren’t even pointy!

29) Where did many Incas hide from the Spanish? In the highlands

30) Even today, what do the Peruvian highlanders wear? Traditional clothing woven in the old style