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The Inca
Question | Answer |
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llama | animal which appears on Incan figurines and was vital to Incan survival |
trepanning | an early form of Incan brain surgery |
Pachacuti | Most famous Incan ruler, expanded the empire including Peru |
Machu Picchu | great Incan city ruins still standing today in the Andes Mountains |
chasqui | a runner who delivered messages in the Incan empire |
Francisco Pizarro | Spanish explorer / conquistador who led an attack on the Incan empire in 1532 |
quipu | cord with knotted strings which the Incans used for counting |
Cuzco | Incan capital city |
barter | system the Incans used for trading goods and services |
nobles | Incan class group who ran the government and army |
wool | Textile/product used from alpacas and llamas by the Incans |
quinoa | a high protein grain native to the Andes Mountains in South America. |
Atahualpa | Emperor of the Incan empire when the Spanish arrived. He was later captured and killed by F. Pizarro in the 1530s |