Chapter 12 Section 2

The Incas: People of the Sun!

During the reign of Topa Inca, the

Incan Empire grew to over

2,500 miles with 12 million people

under his rule.

During the reign of Topa Inca, the

Incan Empire traveled south,

from Ecuador to Argentina, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean.

The capitol city of the Incan government is the village of

Cuzco, which is now in present day Peru.

The Incan government was

able to take census and collect taxes

because of the large scale road system that they

built.

A census was a way of

keeping count of the

population. It assisted with collecting

taxes.

The Incan people worshiped many gods, with Inti, the sun god being one of the more

important gods.

The Incan empire

came to an end in the

1500s when they were conquered

by the Spanish.

Incan descendants today speak Quechua

Descendants of the Incans can be found today

in:

Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile

and Columbia.

Peru

Ecuador

Columbia

Bolivia

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South America

A Census is an official count of all people living in an area. Quipas was a knotted string used by the Incas as a method of keeping records

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The Incas were able to bring water to dry land by way of aqueducts, which were a series of

canals and pipes.