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CLASS PERIOD________________
DATE_______________________
Inca: Secrets of the Ancestors
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In ________________________ the Inca are at the height, and the civil wars end.
After winning the final battle of the civil wars, Atahualpa does what?
3.
How long is Atahualpa’s empire going to last? _____________________________________
4. Who was the Inca’s spiritual father? _____________________________________________
5. In 1911 Bingam discoveres ____________________________________________________.
6. How did the Inca develop and survive?
7.
___________________________ is the longest mountain range in the world, and only second in height to the
__________________________________.
8. How many times would Atahualpa wear a set of clothes?
9. What are the Panaca?
10. How did the Paracas make their heads elongated?
11. In around 500 AD the Paracas were performing brain surgery. What percentage of the people survived?
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12. The Nazca developed their civilization in the __________________________________ valleys.
13. What is located on the surface of the desert?
14. Pizarro invaded Peru in 1532. What two weapons were decisive in his takeover?
_____________________________ and _____________________________
15. There were _______________________ Spaniards vs. _____________________ Inca warriors. The Incas were
unarmed and were defeated. ___________________________ Inca warriors were killed and no Spaniards were
killed.
16. Atahualpa was taken captive. To gain release he pledged to fill a room with ________________. Pizarro gave
him __________________ months to do it.
17. The tomb of _______________________ was the richest found in the Americas.
18. Even after raising the ransom, Pizarro sentenced Atahualpa to death. How was he killed? Why?
19. How did the practice of mummy worship come to an end?
20. Why did the Spanish take their hats off when the mummies passed by on their way to Lima?