7th Period 5/20/14

Read pages 196-201 of the textbook and complete Lesson 3: The Inca true/false handout

Additional handout is homework – sum/rev

When you have completed your assignment you may get your assigned laptop

Early People of South AmericaLESSON 3: THE INCA

A Vast Empire

Humans began living throughout South America at least 11,000 years ago

Some built villages that became large cities and empires

The Inca Empire was the largest in the Americas and developed in the Andes Mountains

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu – a mountaintop city in the Incan Empire believed to be a religious center

Inca Contributions

Preserved their dead using mummification

Created sundials to help with planting and harvesting crops

Built roads and suspension bridges

The Inca Legacy

Inca Empire lasted less than 100 years

Civil War broke out 1527 making the empire weak

1532 Francisco Pizarro, a Spanish conquistador, defeated the Incan army and in 1572 the last Incan emperor was killed and the empire defeated