inca Flashcards
1
Q
geography
A
The Inca live in the Valley of Cuzco, located in the Andes Mountains in Peru.
2
Q
Pachacuti
A
ruled Inca and conquered lots of land, builder
3
Q
incan official language
A
quechua
4
Q
social class in which people are in charge of duties that a single family can not do like building irrigation canals or cutting agricultural terraces into steep hillsides
A
ayllu
5
Q
Mita
A
people that were under the Incan rule from defeat and have to labor for the rest of their lives
6
Q
Chunos
A
freeze-dried potatoes used in a time of need
7
Q
Chasquis
A
system of runners like a postal service
8
Q
quipu
A
strings, which recorded numerical info bc they didn’t have a writing system
