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11 - Inca
Inca 6th grade
Question | Answer |
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The Inca settled on the continent of | South America |
The largest rainforest in the world is the | Amazon |
In between the mountains and the coast was a | desert |
Some of the Inca lived in these mountains | Andes |
The climate in this region is ______ all year | warm |
The captial city was | Cuzco |
An area with lots of plants & animals that receives 80" of rain a year is called a | rainforest |
An important crop that could withstand frost was | potato |
An important animal used for food, clothing, and travel was the | llama |
The Inca empire was connected by a huge network of paved | roads |
The Inca people kept records by tying knots of different color that were called a | quipu |
The llama is related to this animal | camel |
The king was in control & was worshiped like a god. He was called the ______ Inca | Sapa |
They worshipped many gods which is called | polytheism |
This person talked to the gods & dead people | priest |
The Inca preserved dead bodies which is called | mummification |
They invented a musical instrument with string and wood called a | panpipe |
A farming method which made ledges into hills to get more land was called a | terrace |
This disease helped the Spanish defeat the Inca | smallpox |
The Inca were conquered by the | Spanish |
The Inca shrunk this part of an enemies' body to wear and scare others | head |
Another word for corn is | maize |
An actual ancient shrunken head is what type of source | primary |
Your poster you made in class is this type of source | secondary |
TRUE or FALSE: Terrace farming is easier to water and gives a farmer more land to grow crops | true |
TRUE or FALSE: Criminals got off easy in the Inca empire | false |