A Research Activity for Students
Inca Odyssey
Name _____________________________________
Location of the Inca Empire
1. In which modern-day countries was the Inca Empire located?
2. What was the capital of the Inca Empire?
3. During what years was the Inca Empire at its height?
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Who rediscovered the city?
Conquest of the Inca Empire
1. What is the name of the Spanish conquistador who led Spanish forces against the Inca?
2. In what year did the Spanish conquer the Inca?
3. Who was the Inca leader that the Spanish captured and held for ransom?
4. What is the name of the battle where the Inca were defeated?
Discovering Inca Achievements
1. What language spoken in the Andean countries came from the Inca?
2. What is a quipu? How was it used by the Inca?
3. Describe transportation in the Inca Empire. What animals did they use? How did they
traverse their vast empire?
4. What foods were important to the Inca?
5. Machu Picchu is the finest example of Incan architecture. What was their main building
material?
Write your answers
on the answer
sheet.
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