The Incan Empire

3. In the 1530s, this Spanish Conquistador took over the Incan Empire.
5. The Incas also built __________ to carry water to their mountaintop cities.
9. The Incas did not have the __________!
12. The Inca relied on llamas for:
14. The Incan Empire had up to 12 million people and covered 2,500 miles. The capital was ____.
15. The Incas lived in what mountains?
16. The Incas developed a _______ to record who worked on what projects.
17. The Incas also built ______ out of grass. They could hold thousands of pounds.
20. Messages were sent using ___________ carrying quipus - carrying messages up to 20 miles per day.
21. The Spanish brought diseases like _________ which practically destroyed the Incan Empire. In fact, this disease reached the Incas before the Spanish did!

1. Many of the buildings the Incas built were made using stone ________ and bronze _________ (two words - no spaces).
2. The Inca relied on llamas for:
4. The Inca relied on llamas for:
6. In the 1530s, the Incas were coming out of a _________ (two words - no space).
7. Quipu used knotted _________ where each knot and color meant something. Researchers understand what knots mean numbers but still don’t understand other words.
8. The Incas would farm by building ___________.
10. The Incas didn’t have a written language and would keep track of things using a _______.
11. The Incas built bridges out of _______. They could be 150 feet long and hold over 50 people.
13. The Incas built 2,500 miles worth of ______ through the mountains.
18. The two domesticated animals the Inca had (two words - no spaces - put in alphabetical order).
19. Terraces are _______ that are cut into the mountainside to hold soil in place for farming. Some cities can have up to 50 “steps.”