Inca Internet Assignment.pdf

Instructions:
Name: ________________________
The Inca Empire – Internet background research
assignment
1. Log onto the following web-site: http://www.incaempire.org.uk/ and click on
“Downloads.”
2. Click on the “.pdf” icon for The Rise and Fall of the Incas to open the document.
Click there
Name: __________________________
3. Read through the document and answer the following questions directly in the space
provided.
a. When and where did the Inca first appear?
b. At their height, where did the Inca Empire exist in South America? Describe in
detail.
c. Who were the two people that created the empire?
d. What was the capital city of the Inca Empire?

e. What was the name of the sun god the Inca worshipped?
f. At its peak nearly the entire Andes region in South America fell under
________________ control.
g. Why were the Inca considered to be “clever rulers?”
h. Describe three reasons why the Inca Empire fell so quickly.
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3.
i. How did the Inca emperors Huayna Capac and his son, Ninan Cuyuchi die?
j. Who were the conquistadors?
k. What country eventually took over the Inca Empire?
4. Go back to the main site: http://www.incaempire.org.uk/.
5. Click on Inca Websites and provide some facts about the
following aspects of Inca life.
a. Religious organization of the Inca
b. Inca architecture (under Buildings)
c. A description of the lost city of Machu Picchu.