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Ms. Soles Social Studies

Ms. Soles Social Studies. Lesson 14 South America: The Incas. And away we go to South America to discover new things about people , places, and events!. www.GoogleEarth.com. Lesson Objectives. Learning how the Incas developed and created their great empire.

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Ms. Soles Social Studies

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  1. Ms. SolesSocial Studies Lesson 14 South America: The Incas

  2. And away we go to South America to discover new things about people , places, and events! www.GoogleEarth.com

  3. Lesson Objectives Learning how the Incas developed and created their great empire. Exploring what the Incan civilization was really like. Finding out how the descendents of the Incas live today.

  4. Terms and Places to Know Cuzco The capital of the Incan empire. Census The official count of all the people that live in an area. Topa Inca The ruling emperor of the Incas who was successful in expanding their empire.

  5. Quipus or khipus (sometimes called talking knots) were recording devices used in the Inca Empire and its predecessor societies in the Andean region. A quipu usually consisted of colored, spun, and plied thread or strings from llama or alpaca hair. It could also be made of cotton cords. The cords contained numeric and other values encoded by knots in a base ten positional system.

  6. Inca Quipu

  7. The Inca people began as a tribe of the Killke culture in the Cuzco area around the 12th century AD. Under the leadership of Manco Capac, they formed the small city-state of Cuzco (QuechuaQosqo).

  8. Inca Expansion (1438 – 1527 AD)

  9. The following videos will tell the story of the Inca’s: http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=24361&CategoryID=539 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppio9yKNo_w&feature=related

  10. Review • Where did the Incas live? • Where did the name “Inca” come from? • What method did the Incas use to record information?

  11. 4) Who did they consider the most important god? 5) Which Spanish leader killed an Inca leader and ultimately led to overtaking the Inca empire?

  12. Answers • They lived along the western coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile. • The name “Inca” came from one of their leaders with that name. • The Incas recorded information on quipus.

  13. 4) The highest and most important god to the Incas was the Sun God. 5) The Spanish leader responsible for the death of an Inca leader and defeat of his empire was Pizzaro.

  14. Our visit with the Incas is over!We’ll learn more about European influence on South American history in our next lesson. www.GoogleEarth.com

  15. Resources http://www.wikipedia.com http://www.GoogleEarth.com http://www.watchknowlearn.org

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