Introduction to the Inca Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• terrace : this type of farming allowed the inca to farm in their mountainous territory
• head priest : was right below the royal family in inca society
• hostage : pachacuti took local rulers sons as this to ensure loyalty
• south america : the inca empire covered much of this continent
• sapa inca : ruler of the inca people and claimed to be the son of the sun
• sorcerers : these people cast spells, read omens, and were thought to have magical powers in the inca empire
• pachacuti : greatest inca leader
• stone : the main building material of the inca
• llama : was used as a source of food and wool by the inca
• quechua : name of the language spoken by the inca
• earthquake : natural disaster experienced often by the inca
• inti : inca sun god worshiped by farmers and protected cuzco
• machu picchu : famous inca city that is now a popular tourist destination
• andes : mountain range the covered the inca empire
• cuzco : name of the inca capital city
• mita : name of the work tax people had to pay in the inca empire