Peru Flashcards
Through Limas support, a flood of Incan and pre-Incan ____ melted into transportable ingots were sent to Europe.
Ingots
The Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro arrived in Peru in _____ and conquered the Inca empire.
1532.
It is believed that brain surgeons, as early as ___ BC, performed brain surgery in order to treat head injuries, migraines, and seizures.
400
Surgeons replaced bone in the head with ____.
Gold
Designs of Nazca lines match the designs found in the _______ of the Nazca civilization.
Pottery
Incas were highly advanced in
Agriculture, city planning, architecture, and art
Most of the crops and farming methods of the Incas were destroyed by the _______ conquerors, who insisted on growing other crops.
Spanish
Incas believed the Milky Way was actually a
Heavenly river
Folk art in trujillos region follows styles of the
Inca and Chimu cultures
Bull- often used as
Spanish conqueror symbol
Condor was the symbol for
Inca resistance depicting their hit and run attacks from hard to get places
Chiclayo is one of perus
Largest cities
Amazon starts out as a tiny stream in the _____ Andes
Peruvian
Along the banks of the amazon are
Floating cities
Houses are built on _____ or ____ on the sides of the amazon to accommodate rise and fall of waters.
Stilts or boats
