Inca Section 3 Flashcards
Inca rose to power in
1400s
Inca empire began in the
1100s
Inca empire started in ______ and its capital city was _______
Peru & the Andes Mountains, Cuzco
Inca used ______ to make farming easier
terrace farming
Inca’s rain season was
December to March
Bird droppings in Incan language
guano
Inca people used _______ for fertilization
llama carcass and bird droppings
Incas grew
maize, squash beans and potato
Mita ( inca)
for way for emperor to promote power collecting food and restributing
For incas to create the road they used ________ to build the roads
Labor taxed peasants
Mountaing highways ( inca) was made of
2 main roads linking northa nd south, and crossroads that reached most villages
What were runners in incan society
when roads were too steep for carts, they sent messages. Relay runners covered up 10,000 miles together running 250 miles each.
What were llamas used for in Inca
Wool, food source, transportation
Gorges
deep river valleys
Incan bridges were made of ________, some were constructed in ___________ and lasted over ________ years
Twisted plant fiber, 1350 CE, 500
Pacachuti ( inca ruler) ruled from
1438-1471
Pacachuti’s son
Topa Inca
Last INcan emepror
Huayna Capac
Emperor was called __________ and believed to
Inca, have divine origin from Inti( sun god)
After the emperor the next in power was
empror’s family
Divided Empire into _ regions
4
Quarters were divided into ______district rulers supervised ______. Village leader governed ______. Foremen over saw_____
4, governors supervised 10,000. 1,000. 100.
Inca empire was known as
Tahuantinsuyu ( land of the four quarters)
The north quarter ( suyu) of INca was called
Chincasuyu
west quarter ( suyu)
Cuntisuyu
south quarter( suyu)
Collasuyu- largest
East quarter ( suyu)
Antisuyu
Empire was at its largest during
Huayna capac, 2,500 miles N to S, 500 miles E to W, 3.5 million to 16 million people lived there.
Inacs used ______ to record
quipu ( knotted ropes of color)
Spanish explorer, ______ comes to Inca in ______
Francisco Pizarro, 1532 CE
Machu picchu is located
mountain forest, 8,000 ft above sea level around mountains that were holy to descendants of Inca.
Machu picchu was made of and had
- made of white granite
- had terraced land , ramps, elaborarte system of canals, underground drainage system, 700 terraces, 100 drainage holes.
_ years after Pacachuti’s death, Inca collapsed
60
Inca language still spoken in Peru
Quechua
Inca declined bc of
Spanish conquest,civil war and small pox.
Inca written language was
quipu
