Across
- 2. This pack animal helped create healthy urban cities
- 4. This was the son of the first Inca ruler
- 5. As the wives of the Inca rulers these women were very powerful
- 7. This was a unique building material that required no mortar and shifted up and down instead of cracking when an earthquake came about.
- 9. A series of ridges that are built into mountainsides that create level farmland
- 11. Local Inca language used to unify the people
- 12. The first Inca ruler was called this name, means "Earthshaker"
- 14. A cowardly ruler, this man fled when 1438 enemies attacked while the great Pachacuti fought them off
Down
- 1. Like the Aztecs the Inca passed down their knowledge this way.
- 3. The Inca blamed earthquakes on the "Lord of the Earth"
- 6. A rope with knotted cords of different lengths and colors, each knot represented a different number/item
- 8. This city was a home for the royal family, but was also used for celebrations and ceremonial gatherings
- 10. This city was the capital of the Inca empire
- 13. This pathway that the Inca built covered 25,000 miles and helped the Inca overcome climate and geography complications
