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Americas - Inca
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| South America | the continent on which the Inca Empire was located |
| Incas | people of a culture in the Andes Mountains of South America that arose in the 1400s C.E. and lasted until 1532 |
| Andes Mountains | the longest mountain range in the world; home of the Inca civilization |
| chasquis | runners who would relay messages from one part of their territory to another |
| quipu | a system of knotted, colored, cotton or camelid fiber cords used by the Incas to record information |
| Sapa | Inca emperor |
| Cusco | capital city of the Inca civilization |
| Inti | sun god of the Inca religion |
| Lake Titicaca | largest freshwater lake in South America and the highest of the world's large lakes; “the mountain of the puma” |
| Manco Cápac | son of Inti, the Inca sun god, he is credited with founding the city of Cuzco and being the first Inca emperor, or Sapa Inca; founded the Inca tribe |
| Ayllu (EYE-yoo) | an Incan clan (group of related families), the basic unit of Incan society |
| communal | shared by a community or group |
| mit’a | public duty tax; a form of tribute to the Inca government in the form of labor to government projects |
| polytheism | the belief in many gods |
| oracle | person through whom a god or spirit is believed to speak about the future |
| Quechua (KECH-wah) | official language of the Incas |
| llamas | a domesticated South American animal widely used as a pack animal by the Andes culture; member of the camel family; A herd animal prized for its soft fur |
| Machu Picchu | a royal retreat for the Inca rulers built on sacred mountain peaks in the Andes |
| terraces | turning steep mountainsides into lush gardens/level platforms for growing crops on the steep slopes of the Andes mountains |
| suspension bridge | bridge held up by cables anchored at each end |
| trephination | type of surgery in which a hole is made in the skull |
| conquistadors | Spanish explorers and soldiers who claimed land in the Americas for Spain in the 1500's and 1600's. Their motives were to take gold, land, and convert people to Christianity |
| Francisco Pizarro | person who led the Spanish conquistadors that conquered the Inca Empire in 1537 |
| city-state | independent government based around an urban center |
| Pachacuti | greatest Inca Emperor-1438. Expanded the Inca Empire to all of Peru |
| masonry | stonework |
| Atahualpa | the last Inca ruler captured by Pizarro |
| smallpox | infectious disease brought by the Spanish to the Americas |
| socialism | a way to organize a society by spreading wealth more evenly and to treat all people fairly; economic and political system used by the Incas |
| mummification | a process in which the skin and flesh of a corpse can be preserved |
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jenine.haines