Inca Section 3 Flashcards

1
Q

Inca rose to power in

A

1400s

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2
Q

Inca empire began in the

A

1100s

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3
Q

Inca empire started in ______ and its capital city was _______

A

Peru & the Andes Mountains, Cuzco

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4
Q

Inca used ______ to make farming easier

A

terrace farming

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5
Q

Inca’s rain season was

A

December to March

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6
Q

Bird droppings in Incan language

A

guano

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7
Q

Inca people used _______ for fertilization

A

llama carcass and bird droppings

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8
Q

Incas grew

A

maize, squash beans and potato

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9
Q

Mita ( inca)

A

for way for emperor to promote power collecting food and restributing

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10
Q

For incas to create the road they used ________ to build the roads

A

Labor taxed peasants

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11
Q

Mountaing highways ( inca) was made of

A

2 main roads linking northa nd south, and crossroads that reached most villages

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12
Q

What were runners in incan society

A

when roads were too steep for carts, they sent messages. Relay runners covered up 10,000 miles together running 250 miles each.

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13
Q

What were llamas used for in Inca

A

Wool, food source, transportation

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14
Q

Gorges

A

deep river valleys

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15
Q

Incan bridges were made of ________, some were constructed in ___________ and lasted over ________ years

A

Twisted plant fiber, 1350 CE, 500

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16
Q

Pacachuti ( inca ruler) ruled from

A

1438-1471

17
Q

Pacachuti’s son

A

Topa Inca

18
Q

Last INcan emepror

A

Huayna Capac

19
Q

Emperor was called __________ and believed to

A

Inca, have divine origin from Inti( sun god)

20
Q

After the emperor the next in power was

A

empror’s family

21
Q

Divided Empire into _ regions

A

4

22
Q

Quarters were divided into ______district rulers supervised ______. Village leader governed ______. Foremen over saw_____

A

4, governors supervised 10,000. 1,000. 100.

23
Q

Inca empire was known as

A

Tahuantinsuyu ( land of the four quarters)

24
Q

The north quarter ( suyu) of INca was called

A

Chincasuyu

25
Q

west quarter ( suyu)

A

Cuntisuyu

26
Q

south quarter( suyu)

A

Collasuyu- largest

27
Q

East quarter ( suyu)

A

Antisuyu

28
Q

Empire was at its largest during

A

Huayna capac, 2,500 miles N to S, 500 miles E to W, 3.5 million to 16 million people lived there.

29
Q

Inacs used ______ to record

A

quipu ( knotted ropes of color)

30
Q

Spanish explorer, ______ comes to Inca in ______

A

Francisco Pizarro, 1532 CE

31
Q

Machu picchu is located

A

mountain forest, 8,000 ft above sea level around mountains that were holy to descendants of Inca.

32
Q

Machu picchu was made of and had

A
  1. made of white granite
  2. had terraced land , ramps, elaborarte system of canals, underground drainage system, 700 terraces, 100 drainage holes.
33
Q

_ years after Pacachuti’s death, Inca collapsed

A

60

34
Q

Inca language still spoken in Peru

A

Quechua

35
Q

Inca declined bc of

A

Spanish conquest,civil war and small pox.

36
Q

Inca written language was

A

quipu

37
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