The Inca

1. By: Isabella Morasco The Inca The Inca 1

2. Inca Houses • Lived in simple houses • only 1 main room • very little furniture • made out of blocks and mud

3. Inca Clothing • Made clothes from wool • Cotton was preferred • Alpaca wool was worn by normal people • Nobles wear silky vicuna wool • Simple clothing • Men would wear loin clothes • Made sandals w/ the leather from llama • Clothes were just a garment wrapped around the body 3

4. Machu Picchu • It is high up in the Andes Mountains • City was never seen • Built on many levels • Built at the end of the 15th century • Had temples, courtyard, houses, stairway, and fountains • No one lived there for hundreds of years • Mummies were found • Legend says it was built for sacred Inca women 4

5. Contact with Spanish Explorers • Inca Empire ended w/ Spanish conquest in 1532 • Spanish used Inca storehouses • The food and other supplies lasted 20 years! • Explorers and soldiers came for fame & riches • Pizarro ( spanishexplorer) went to Inca Empire to rule • When he got there it was empty • He told his army of 160 men to hide in empty houses • Pizarro captured the Inca ruler • Inca ruler promised to put gold and silver in a jail cell if Pizarro let him free • Pizarro agreed to that. After months of gold and silver Pizarro did not keep his promise. They killed him • The Inca who survived had to work on farms for the Spanish 5

6. THANKS FOR WATCHING!! 6