Chapter 16 Section 3 The World of the Incas
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Where are the Andes Mountains Located?
How do you think they farmed in the mountains?
Reminder
Web Quest on Aztecs, Mayans, & Incans
due Friday worth QUIZ grade.
The World of the Incas
Chapter 7 Section 2
Directions
Please answer handout provided by Mr. C.
1st group please answer questions #1-4
2nd group please answer questions #5-8
3rd group please fill-in web graph on back
You have 10 minutes begin…
#1. Capital of Incan Empire
Cuzco
11,000 ft above sea level.
#2. Geography: What are the different
climates & terrains of Western South America.
Narrow coastal plain
Dry desert
Snow-capped Andes
Mountains
East of the Andes lie dense
jungles
#3. Crops grown & animals domesticated by
early people of Peru?
Corn, cotton, squash, & beans. On mountain
slopes, they cultivated potatoes.
Domesticated Llamas & Alpacas
#4. Chavin civilization
Ancestors to Inca built huge temple complex
Art & religion influenced later people of Peru
#5. Achievements of the Mochica
Terrace farming, irrigation, & fertilization of the
soil. Built roads & organized relay runners to carry
messages, Incas would later adopt.
#6. Glyph
Glyph
a pictograph or other symbol carved into a surface.
#7. Incas government run so successful?
Quipu?
Pachacuti- founder
Absolute ruler
Claimed to be son of the sun
Chain of Command
Quipu- knotted, colored
strings used for record keeping
#8. Inca Empire united their empire?
Imposed own language (Quechua) &
religion on people.
Created gov’t road system.
>12,000 miles through mountains &
deserts.
Hundreds of bridges spanned rivers and
deep gorges.
Relay runners
allowed armies and news to travel quickly
and efficiently
Farming
Metal Work
Terraces
Best metalworkers in
Americas. Alloy
Storehouses
Inca daily
life
Medical Advances
Antiseptics & Anesthesia
Human skull operations
Religion
Poly / Inti- sun god
Chosen Women
Homework
Guided Reading and Review
Chapter 7 Section 2
Reminder Web Quest on Aztecs, Mayans, &
Incans due Friday worth QUIZ grade.
Incan Empire
Agriculture and Building
Machu Picchu
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