Social Science - Incas Flashcards
Where did the Incas live?
South America (where Peru is now)
What land features were in the Inca territory (for example lakes, valleys, mountains, forests)?
Mountains and near the rainforest
What technique did the Inca use for farming?
Terrace farming technique (or plateaus)
Why did the Inca use a terrace farming technique?
So they could grow crops in the mountains
Name 3 important cities in the Incan Empire.
Quito, Cuzco, and Machu Picchu
Who defeated and conquered the Incas and took over their land?
Spanish conquistadores
What is the name of the mountains the Incas lived in?
Andes mountains
What language did the Inca speak?
Quechua
Were the Incas religious?
Yes, they were very religious
Why did the Incas built temples?
To honour their Gods
Where did the Incas build their temples?
In the cities
Why did the Incas pray and make offerings to the Gods?
For rain and good harvest
What Gods did the Incas believe in?
Sun God and Moon Goddess (most important)
They also believed in the God of Thunder and God of War.
What was the Incan calendar based on?
The movement of the sun and the moon
In the Incan calendar, when did a new month start?
When there was a new moon
To build a terrace for faming, the Incas created flat areas by using?
Walls
How did the Incas water their crops?
They developed a canal irrigation system (aqueduct)
Where did the Incas get water for their aqueducts?
Glaciers
How did the Incas travel from one mountain to another and over ravines?
They build suspended bridges
What did the Incas eat a lot of?
Corn and potatoes
What did the Incas eat (other than corn and potatoes)?
Beans, peanuts, squash, peppers, tomatoes, avocadoes and chocolate
Did the Incas eat meat
Not very much
When the Incas ate meat, what kind was it?
Guinea pigs, llamas and ducks
Who gave orders to the Governors?
The Sapa (the King)
Who gave orders to the local Chiefs?
The Governors
Who gave orders to the people of the villages?
The Chiefs
Who replaced the Sapa when he wasn’t available?
The Coya (the King’s wife)
