L29 Inca

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What region of the Americas do we find the Inca empire located in?

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Andes Mountains

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Around 1200 C.E. (A.D.), the Incas first settled their capital city, which they called

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Cuzco.

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Who ruled the Inca?

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The Sapa Inca

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What system of farming did the Inca develop in order to farm in the mountains?

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Terrace Farming

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What was the made food for the Inca Empire?

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potatoes

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The Inca used______ for meat and wool and for transporting goods and people across the mountains.

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alpaca and llamas

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The Inca leadership used the quipus (cord with knots) to:

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count, collect data and keep records

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What is one way the Inca managed such a vast, long empire?

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They built an extrensive road system and ran messengers (chasquis)

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To connect their roads across the mountain canyons what did they build?

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rope bridges

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What is the mit'a system?

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A tax of labor - peasants had to build the empire's roads and storehouses or work in gold mines.