THE INCAS 1 What mountain range surrounds the

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 1400 s? • Beginning to conquer their neighbors

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 governm ent owned farms

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

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