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U4 CH1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What mountain range ran through the Inca empire? | Andes Mountain |
| Who is "He-who-sees-everything"? | A matchmaker for arranged marriages and a tax |
| Who was the Sapa Inca? | The son of Inti, the sun god and Emperor of the Inca Empire |
| What was the farming method the Inca used | Terrace farming with terraces built into the mountain |
| Why is a quipu? | Knotted strings that were used to record information such as records of goods traded and payments of tribute (like taxes) |
| Why were roads so important to the Inca? | Roads helped people send messages across the empire and allowed movement across the empire easier for armies and merchant traders |
| How did the geography of South America impact the Inca empires? | The Inca people used terraced farming because they lived in the Andes Mountains; developed a method of building roads that crossed mountains, valleys, swamps, and desert to connect their communities; and built bridges to cross their waterways |
| What animal played a central role in the life of the Inca? Why? | Llamas were used for travel and transporting goods |