Incas Flashcards
Wheir were the inca located at
In the Andes Moutain range which made it diffucult to live
How was the geography in Incas
Slopes are rocky and steep it’s climate is cold and air is thin at high elevations
What is their agriculture like
Andeans farmed lands along rivers and farmed hillsides by cutting ferraces
How would the Incas gain food
they would hunt game on the mountain slopes and farmers raised llamas for meat
Wheir did the historians believe they settled
They settled in the valley of Cuzco present-day Peru around 1200
How did thier sucess in building and empire happened
To their well-organized society led by warrior kings called supa INcas
Who was the greatest Sapa
It was Pachacuti who took power in 1438 and built a powerful army
What would soliders sing
Bloodthirsty songs to terrify their enimies
Pachacuti would do what
He preferred not to use it and offered peace and protection to those who agreed to join the empire
What would they do in times crisis
In time of crisis, officals distrubited food and clothing from store houses spread across the empire
What would offical messengers carry out
Quipa
What is a quipa
A record of keeping device made of knotted strings
What happened to the fall of the inca empire
Sapa Inca, Huayana capac died without naming a succesor
What did the two sons of Sapa Inca do
They fought for power and the civil war shattered the Incan world
What did Incan’s make
Great arahitects built with huge stone blocks, many still stand after hundreds of years
