Do Now
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Grab a textbook and turn to page 163.
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Where are the Andes Mountains Located?
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How do you think they farmed in the mountains?
Reminder
Web Quest on Aztecs, Mayans, & Incans
due Friday worth QUIZ grade.
The World of the Incas
Chapter 7 Section 2
Directions
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Please answer handout provided by Mr. C.
1st group please answer questions #1-4
 2nd group please answer questions #5-8
 3rd group please fill-in web graph on back
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You have 10 minutes begin…
#1. Capital of Incan Empire
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Cuzco
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11,000 ft above sea level.
#2. Geography: What are the different
climates & terrains of Western South America.
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Narrow coastal plain
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Dry desert
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Snow-capped Andes
Mountains
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East of the Andes lie dense
jungles
#3. Crops grown & animals domesticated by
early people of Peru?
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Corn, cotton, squash, & beans. On mountain
slopes, they cultivated potatoes.
Domesticated Llamas & Alpacas
#4. Chavin civilization
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Ancestors to Inca built huge temple complex
Art & religion influenced later people of Peru
#5. Achievements of the Mochica
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Terrace farming, irrigation, & fertilization of the
soil. Built roads & organized relay runners to carry
messages, Incas would later adopt.
#6. Glyph
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Glyph
a pictograph or other symbol carved into a surface.
#7. Incas government run so successful?
Quipu?
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Pachacuti- founder
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Absolute ruler
Claimed to be son of the sun
Chain of Command
Quipu- knotted, colored
strings used for record keeping
#8. Inca Empire united their empire?
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Imposed own language (Quechua) &
religion on people.
Created gov’t road system.
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>12,000 miles through mountains &
deserts.
Hundreds of bridges spanned rivers and
deep gorges.
Relay runners
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allowed armies and news to travel quickly
and efficiently
Farming
Metal Work
Terraces
Best metalworkers in
Americas. Alloy
Storehouses
Inca daily
life
Medical Advances
Antiseptics & Anesthesia
Human skull operations
Religion
Poly / Inti- sun god
Chosen Women
Homework
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Guided Reading and Review
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Chapter 7 Section 2
Reminder Web Quest on Aztecs, Mayans, &
Incans due Friday worth QUIZ grade.
Incan Empire
Agriculture and Building
Machu Picchu
Francisco Pizzaro